Jim Wells 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 Jim Wells 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
20068,950N/A7,27010,631
20078,9510.0%7,21310,689
20088,744-2.3%7,19110,297
20099,4027.5%7,68011,125
20108,753-6.9%6,83010,676
201110,44119.3%8,82312,059
20128,295-20.6%6,6269,964
20139,22311.2%7,56010,886
20148,249-10.6%6,5979,901
20159,0259.4%7,49110,559
20169,4594.8%7,92010,998
20179,5791.3%7,65411,504
20188,552-10.7%6,64710,457
20198,385-2.0%6,51810,252
20208,051-4.0%6,1989,904
20218,2342.3%6,5129,956
20229,54115.9%7,81611,266