Galveston 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 Galveston 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
200638,933N/A33,80044,065
200734,586-11.2%29,85239,320
200833,874-2.1%29,85437,894
200941,60622.8%36,71846,493
201037,521-9.8%32,29742,745
201143,27015.3%37,70948,831
201236,380-15.9%31,44841,312
201342,81417.7%37,61248,016
201444,1943.2%38,74849,640
201544,3550.4%38,91049,800
201641,747-5.9%37,26146,233
201739,606-5.1%33,74945,463
201840,1091.3%33,75946,459
201938,181-4.8%31,93744,425
202033,751-11.6%27,09040,412
202142,17425.0%35,52948,819
202247,44612.5%42,44552,447