Texas Counties by Poverty Rate

Name: Texas Counties by Poverty Rate
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

The poverty rate measures the share of residents with income below the federal threshold. It varies by household size and is a key indicator of economic hardship.

All 254 counties ranked by Poverty Rate, from lowest to highest. Click the column header to reverse sort order. Data from the U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates, 2023.

States Counties Cities Metros ZIPs

#	Counties	Poverty Rate ↑
101	Stonewall County, Texas	6.9%
102	Montgomery County, Texas	7.1%
103	Taylor County, Texas	7.2%
104	Rusk County, Texas	7.2%
105	Van Zandt County, Texas	7.3%
106	Caldwell County, Texas	7.3%
107	Ochiltree County, Texas	7.3%
108	Upton County, Texas	7.4%
109	Blanco County, Texas	7.4%
110	Lavaca County, Texas	7.4%
111	Winkler County, Texas	7.6%
112	Gillespie County, Texas	7.6%
113	Comanche County, Texas	7.6%
114	Martin County, Texas	7.6%
115	Kerr County, Texas	7.6%
116	Anderson County, Texas	7.7%
117	Yoakum County, Texas	7.7%
118	Kaufman County, Texas	7.7%
119	Baylor County, Texas	7.8%
120	Bosque County, Texas	7.8%
121	Grayson County, Texas	7.9%
122	Parmer County, Texas	7.9%
123	Knox County, Texas	8.0%
124	Johnson County, Texas	8.0%
125	Medina County, Texas	8.1%
126	Washington County, Texas	8.3%
127	Hutchinson County, Texas	8.3%
128	Burleson County, Texas	8.4%
129	Hamilton County, Texas	8.5%
130	Chambers County, Texas	8.5%
131	Llano County, Texas	8.5%
132	Hansford County, Texas	8.6%
133	Panola County, Texas	8.6%
134	Schleicher County, Texas	8.7%
135	Throckmorton County, Texas	8.8%
136	Gray County, Texas	8.8%
137	Ector County, Texas	9.1%
138	Runnels County, Texas	9.2%
139	Montague County, Texas	9.2%
140	Wood County, Texas	9.2%
141	Briscoe County, Texas	9.4%
142	Edwards County, Texas	9.4%
143	Hunt County, Texas	9.4%
144	Wharton County, Texas	9.4%
145	Sabine County, Texas	9.4%
146	Fannin County, Texas	9.5%
147	Bandera County, Texas	9.5%
148	Eastland County, Texas	9.6%
149	Hardeman County, Texas	9.6%
150	Orange County, Texas	9.6%
151	Fisher County, Texas	9.7%
152	Ward County, Texas	9.7%
153	Leon County, Texas	9.9%
154	Delta County, Texas	9.9%
155	Hardin County, Texas	9.9%
156	Grimes County, Texas	10.1%
157	Shackelford County, Texas	10.1%
158	Motley County, Texas	10.2%
159	Jackson County, Texas	10.2%
160	Brewster County, Texas	10.3%
161	Jones County, Texas	10.6%
162	Kimble County, Texas	10.8%
163	Colorado County, Texas	10.9%
164	Dallas County, Texas	10.9%
165	Wichita County, Texas	11.0%
166	Starr County, Texas	11.1%
167	Lee County, Texas	11.2%
168	Rains County, Texas	11.2%
169	Upshur County, Texas	11.2%
170	Bexar County, Texas	11.3%
171	Lamb County, Texas	11.3%
172	Culberson County, Texas	11.3%
173	Terry County, Texas	11.4%
174	Lubbock County, Texas	11.5%
175	Freestone County, Texas	11.6%
176	San Saba County, Texas	11.6%
177	Robertson County, Texas	11.7%
178	Real County, Texas	11.7%
179	Hill County, Texas	11.9%
180	San Patricio County, Texas	12.1%
181	Bowie County, Texas	12.1%
182	Hudspeth County, Texas	12.1%
183	Navarro County, Texas	12.1%
184	McMullen County, Texas	12.1%
185	Tyler County, Texas	12.4%
186	Travis County, Texas	12.4%
187	Jack County, Texas	12.6%
188	Cooke County, Texas	12.6%
189	Victoria County, Texas	12.8%
190	DeWitt County, Texas	12.9%
191	Lipscomb County, Texas	13.0%
192	Nueces County, Texas	13.3%
193	Limestone County, Texas	13.4%
194	Morris County, Texas	13.4%
195	Atascosa County, Texas	13.5%
196	Comal County, Texas	13.7%
197	Aransas County, Texas	14.4%
198	San Jacinto County, Texas	14.5%
199	La Salle County, Texas	14.5%
200	Wheeler County, Texas	14.7%