Hidalgo 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 Hidalgo 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
2006253,991N/A239,765268,218
2007238,683-6.0%221,370255,997
2008250,1174.8%236,740263,494
2009258,2593.3%243,718272,801
2010258,065-0.1%241,147274,983
2011294,50414.1%276,975312,033
2012272,635-7.4%256,158289,112
2013274,2090.6%258,441289,977
2014275,8400.6%261,243290,437
2015259,506-5.9%242,432276,580
2016262,0281.0%246,524277,532
2017251,593-4.0%236,757266,429
2018256,9852.1%239,243274,727
2019231,032-10.1%213,112248,952
2020207,104-10.4%184,050230,158
2021251,22021.3%234,303268,137
2022240,721-4.2%225,887255,555