Texas: Poverty Rate Trend
How Texas's poverty rate changed from 2017 to 2023, based on U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates. The 2019 vintage reflects the pre-COVID peak; 2021 captures the immediate COVID-era disruption; 2022–2023 show the recovery.
2017
12.4%
2023
10.5%
Total change
-1.9 pp
% change
-15.3%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 12.4% | — |
| 2019 | 11.3% | -1.1 pp (-8.9%) |
| 2020 | — | — |
| 2021 | 10.7% | — |
| 2022 | 10.7% | +0.0 pp (0%) |
| 2023 | 10.5% | -0.2 pp (-1.9%) |