Dallas County Poverty and Median Household Income

Compiled by
The County Information Program, Texas Association of Counties

The information contained in this report was obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau's Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) Program. However, the changes since the prior year are from calculations by the County Information Program, Texas Association of Counties. For more information, contact the CIP at (512) 478-8753.

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Bar chart showing county income and poverty by year.
  1. Recent data for this county is available from the U.S. Census Bureau's SAIPE Interactive Tool.
  2. Lack of a visible bar can occur when a bar is less than one pixel in height.c
  3. There was a change in the U.S. Census Bureau's methodolgy from 2004 to 2005. This makes comparability across those years problematic. Therefore, data shown on this webpage begins with 2006.
  4. Median houshold income data for this county is available from the Median Household Income History Chart.
Data for the Dallas County Income and Poverty Chart
Calendar YearEstimate of People of All Ages in PovertyChange from Prior Year90% Confidence Interval Lower Bound90% Confidence Interval Upper Bound
2006380,261N/A359,916400,605
2007393,7653.6%373,911413,619
2008409,6124.0%390,057429,167
2009450,0829.9%430,626469,537
2010446,466-0.8%426,116466,816
2011475,4466.5%453,147497,745
2012466,855-1.8%449,017484,693
2013477,5572.3%458,677496,437
2014480,1600.5%460,149500,171
2015451,795-5.9%432,228471,362
2016413,956-8.4%392,744435,168
2017382,477-7.6%360,976403,978
2018368,310-3.7%345,246391,374
2019363,567-1.3%337,779389,355
2020357,084-1.8%328,219385,949
2021368,7093.3%345,049392,369
2022364,132-1.2%340,776387,488