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Highest poverty rate, Texas counties

Texas counties with the highest share of residents below the federal poverty line (2024 ACS). This list covers the 254 counties in Texas that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 254 is 14.6%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Edwards County, TX, up 209 places to #7.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOVERTY RATEVS 2000
01Dimmit County, TXTX8,02441.1%+7.9 pts
02▲6Zapata County, TXTX13,75338.4%+2.6 pts
03▲2Zavala County, TXTX9,03733.9%−7.8 pts
04▲2Starr County, TXTX66,31933.5%−17.4 pts
05▲44Duval County, TXTX9,40233.3%+6.1 pts
06▼3Presidio County, TXTX5,43332.0%−4.4 pts
07▲209Edwards County, TXTX1,37031.9%+0.3 pts
08▲1Jim Hogg County, TXTX4,55531.4%+5.5 pts
09▲10Swisher County, TXTX6,70330.1%+12.7 pts
10▲1Kleberg County, TXTX30,31528.1%+1.4 pts
11▲1Cochran County, TXTX2,54627.8%+0.8 pts
12▲2San Augustine County, TXTX7,72227.1%+6.0 pts
13▼3Hidalgo County, TXTX921,54926.7%−9.2 pts
14▼1Cameron County, TXTX433,94624.8%−8.2 pts
15▲16Jim Wells County, TXTX38,80424.7%+0.5 pts
16▲7Brazos County, TXTX249,08824.3%−2.6 pts
17▲12Throckmorton County, TXTX1,55424.2%+10.8 pts
18Willacy County, TXTX19,97124.0%−9.2 pts
19▲32Jeff Davis County, TXTX1,71123.9%+8.9 pts
20▼16King County, TXTX19223.7%+3.0 pts
21▲141Coke County, TXTX3,41222.9%+9.8 pts
22▼7Maverick County, TXTX58,82322.8%−12.1 pts
23▲79Nolan County, TXTX14,11722.5%+0.8 pts
24▲10Uvalde County, TXTX24,96322.2%−2.1 pts
25▼4Nacogdoches County, TXTX66,03521.8%−1.5 pts
26▲93Baylor County, TXTX3,47221.8%+5.7 pts
27▲12Collingsworth County, TXTX2,48721.8%+3.0 pts
28▲60Pecos County, TXTX14,56021.6%+1.1 pts
29▲32La Salle County, TXTX6,51721.4%−8.3 pts
30▼8Webb County, TXTX281,22421.3%−9.9 pts
31▲10Potter County, TXTX114,45320.8%+1.6 pts
32▲5Jasper County, TXTX33,07520.7%+2.7 pts
33▲32Matagorda County, TXTX36,46320.7%+2.2 pts
34▲134Oldham County, TXTX1,78320.7%+0.9 pts
35▼11Shelby County, TXTX24,28620.6%+1.2 pts
36▲32Hale County, TXTX31,81920.5%+2.6 pts
37▼2Crosby County, TXTX4,85220.1%−8.0 pts
38▲2Camp County, TXTX13,38019.9%−0.9 pts
39▲82Coleman County, TXTX7,91519.6%−0.2 pts
40▼12Dawson County, TXTX11,77619.6%−0.1 pts
41▲2Frio County, TXTX18,82319.5%−9.4 pts
42▲22Jefferson County, TXTX254,32119.5%+2.1 pts
43▼36Culberson County, TXTX2,26719.5%−5.6 pts
44▲26Morris County, TXTX12,13319.5%+1.2 pts
45▼43Brooks County, TXTX6,57919.4%−20.8 pts
46▲130Castro County, TXTX7,29519.2%+0.2 pts
47▲30Karnes County, TXTX15,01819.1%−2.7 pts
48▲14Lamar County, TXTX51,50319.0%+2.6 pts
49▼33Newton County, TXTX11,95419.0%−0.1 pts
50▲91Menard County, TXTX1,95618.9%−6.9 pts
51▼7El Paso County, TXTX877,85818.7%−5.1 pts
52▲68Liberty County, TXTX121,36418.7%+4.3 pts
53▲93San Jacinto County, TXTX29,48818.4%−0.5 pts
54▼18Walker County, TXTX83,84218.4%0.0 pts
55▼23Terry County, TXTX11,72018.3%−4.9 pts
56▲4Marion County, TXTX9,89618.3%−4.0 pts
57▲152Moore County, TXTX21,89118.3%+4.8 pts
58▲66Cherokee County, TXTX53,33718.2%+0.3 pts
59▲50Dickens County, TXTX1,69218.0%+0.6 pts
60▲52Floyd County, TXTX4,88117.9%−3.6 pts
61▼4Tyler County, TXTX20,44317.9%+2.1 pts
62▼45Real County, TXTX2,74517.9%−3.4 pts
63▲79Deaf Smith County, TXTX18,62617.7%−2.9 pts
64▲5Trinity County, TXTX14,38417.6%0.0 pts
65▲1DeWitt County, TXTX20,30917.6%−2.0 pts
66▼19Bee County, TXTX32,51517.6%−6.4 pts
67▲6Cass County, TXTX28,65117.5%−0.2 pts
68▲16Polk County, TXTX53,43417.5%+0.1 pts
69▼17Wilbarger County, TXTX12,48117.5%+4.4 pts
70▲22Nueces County, TXTX352,99217.4%−0.8 pts
71▲65Anderson County, TXTX59,80517.4%+0.9 pts
72▼47Hudspeth County, TXTX3,43317.3%−18.4 pts
73▼15Lubbock County, TXTX328,90617.1%−0.7 pts
74▲32Navarro County, TXTX57,18117.1%−1.0 pts
75▲24Titus County, TXTX31,56317.1%−1.4 pts
76▼50Cottle County, TXTX1,22417.1%−1.3 pts
77▼29Limestone County, TXTX22,84917.1%−0.7 pts
78▼45Live Oak County, TXTX11,92917.1%+0.6 pts
79▲3Briscoe County, TXTX1,47416.8%+0.8 pts
80▲121Yoakum County, TXTX7,43816.8%−2.8 pts
81▲10Reeves County, TXTX12,13816.8%−12.1 pts
82▲63Palo Pinto County, TXTX30,79116.7%+0.9 pts
83▼24McLennan County, TXTX272,02016.6%−1.0 pts
84▼21Val Verde County, TXTX47,83516.6%−9.6 pts
85▲2Erath County, TXTX43,91116.6%+0.5 pts
86▲21Haskell County, TXTX5,49916.6%−6.3 pts
87▲46Young County, TXTX18,15416.5%+0.8 pts
88▼13Wichita County, TXTX129,55516.5%+3.3 pts
89▼47Hamilton County, TXTX8,68016.5%+2.2 pts
90▲60Ector County, TXTX173,80116.5%−2.3 pts
91▼20Leon County, TXTX16,89416.4%+0.8 pts
92▲11Harris County, TXTX5,045,02616.3%+1.3 pts
93▼40Hall County, TXTX2,73716.3%−10.1 pts
94▲6Victoria County, TXTX92,65616.2%+3.3 pts
95▲77Winkler County, TXTX7,54016.2%−2.5 pts
96▼15Bowie County, TXTX92,69616.2%−1.5 pts
97▼41Eastland County, TXTX18,14316.2%−0.6 pts
98▲28Comanche County, TXTX14,43216.2%−1.2 pts
99▼27Gregg County, TXTX126,09516.1%+1.0 pts
100▲143Motley County, TXTX1,04316.1%−3.4 pts
101▲99Upton County, TXTX3,13116.0%−3.9 pts
102▲100Atascosa County, TXTX53,59015.8%−4.4 pts
103▲46Gonzales County, TXTX20,15915.8%−2.7 pts
104▼28Angelina County, TXTX88,15415.8%0.0 pts
105▲73Knox County, TXTX3,19215.7%−7.2 pts
106▼20Gray County, TXTX20,91915.7%+1.9 pts
107▼24Harrison County, TXTX71,95615.6%−1.0 pts
108▼70Red River County, TXTX11,81615.6%−1.7 pts
109▲89Andrews County, TXTX18,91415.6%−0.8 pts
110▼31Wheeler County, TXTX4,77315.4%+2.4 pts
111▲18Childress County, TXTX6,64315.3%−2.2 pts
112▲1McCulloch County, TXTX7,47215.3%−7.2 pts
113▲45Brown County, TXTX38,71115.3%−1.9 pts
114▲139Kenedy County, TXTX31915.3%0.0 pts
115▼20Lynn County, TXTX6,01715.2%−7.4 pts
116▼66Houston County, TXTX22,31615.0%−5.9 pts
117▼71Lamb County, TXTX12,57915.0%−5.9 pts
118▲63Ward County, TXTX11,12514.9%−3.0 pts
119▲107Stonewall County, TXTX1,18614.9%−4.4 pts
120▼6San Patricio County, TXTX72,05314.8%−3.2 pts
121▼41Henderson County, TXTX88,59514.7%−0.3 pts
122▼102Falls County, TXTX17,86914.7%−7.9 pts
123▲40Hill County, TXTX39,50314.7%−1.0 pts
124▲14Taylor County, TXTX150,07714.7%+0.1 pts
125▼80Stephens County, TXTX9,38014.6%−1.0 pts
126▼4Waller County, TXTX69,85814.6%−1.4 pts
127▼16Refugio County, TXTX6,65714.6%−3.2 pts
128▼23Bexar County, TXTX2,160,08814.6%−1.3 pts
129▼32Grimes County, TXTX34,25214.6%−2.0 pts
130▲2Bell County, TXTX402,24814.5%+2.4 pts
131▲65Rusk County, TXTX54,85414.4%−0.2 pts
132▼105Aransas County, TXTX26,14614.2%−5.7 pts
133▲4Montague County, TXTX21,96614.2%+0.2 pts
134▲10Jackson County, TXTX15,39314.1%−0.7 pts
135▲51Jones County, TXTX20,86114.1%−2.7 pts
136▼11Dallas County, TXTX2,661,39713.9%+0.5 pts
137▼48Howard County, TXTX30,50413.8%−4.8 pts
138▲41Mitchell County, TXTX8,94713.8%−3.9 pts
139▲22Fannin County, TXTX39,26513.7%−0.2 pts
140▲25Fisher County, TXTX3,69213.7%−3.8 pts
141▼26Wharton County, TXTX42,06013.6%−2.9 pts
142▲11Cooke County, TXTX44,46113.5%−0.6 pts
143▼20Robertson County, TXTX17,83913.5%−7.1 pts
144▼1Bandera County, TXTX22,87613.5%+2.6 pts
145▲66Washington County, TXTX38,28813.4%+0.5 pts
146▲5Hutchinson County, TXTX19,63313.3%+2.2 pts
147▼49Caldwell County, TXTX55,15013.2%+0.1 pts
148▼38Hockley County, TXTX21,60013.1%−5.8 pts
149▲25Goliad County, TXTX7,20813.0%−3.4 pts
150▼42Jack County, TXTX9,56313.0%0.0 pts
151▼50Milam County, TXTX26,25812.9%−3.0 pts
152▲36Burleson County, TXTX20,54912.7%−4.5 pts
153▲13Orange County, TXTX86,26612.5%−1.2 pts
154▼2Wood County, TXTX49,68812.5%−1.8 pts
155▼38Upshur County, TXTX44,41012.4%−2.5 pts
156▼66Freestone County, TXTX20,81112.3%−1.9 pts
157▲56McMullen County, TXTX54412.3%−8.4 pts
158▼4Hays County, TXTX304,39012.1%−2.1 pts
159▲12Hardin County, TXTX58,72312.1%+0.9 pts
160▲30Bailey County, TXTX6,96312.0%−4.6 pts
161▲77Llano County, TXTX23,35312.0%+1.7 pts
162▲18Austin County, TXTX33,62512.0%−0.1 pts
163▲14Hopkins County, TXTX39,06311.9%−2.7 pts
164▼34Chambers County, TXTX57,59411.9%+0.8 pts
165▼47Ochiltree County, TXTX9,28411.8%−1.1 pts
166▲40Reagan County, TXTX3,16611.8%0.0 pts
167▼36Hunt County, TXTX123,33611.8%−1.0 pts
168▲35Galveston County, TXTX372,20711.7%−1.5 pts
169▼115Kimble County, TXTX4,43811.7%−7.1 pts
170▲63Franklin County, TXTX10,99411.7%−3.9 pts
171▼16Scurry County, TXTX16,16211.6%−4.4 pts
172▼33Smith County, TXTX252,54911.6%−2.2 pts
173▼57Dallam County, TXTX7,50811.5%−2.6 pts
174▲17Lipscomb County, TXTX2,95511.5%−5.3 pts
175▲52Lavaca County, TXTX20,65111.5%−1.8 pts
176▼102Concho County, TXTX3,60711.4%−0.5 pts
177▼84Delta County, TXTX5,54911.4%−6.2 pts
178▼18Kerr County, TXTX54,03711.4%−3.1 pts
179▲43Midland County, TXTX187,85511.3%−1.6 pts
180▲4Lee County, TXTX18,72911.3%−0.5 pts
181▲40Wilson County, TXTX56,13911.3%0.0 pts
182▼48Panola County, TXTX23,01811.2%−2.9 pts
183▲2Coryell County, TXTX85,59211.2%+1.7 pts
184▼11Grayson County, TXTX153,61311.2%−0.1 pts
185▼15Tom Green County, TXTX120,60211.1%−4.1 pts
186▲3Tarrant County, TXTX2,248,46611.1%+0.5 pts
187▼31Van Zandt County, TXTX66,13011.1%−2.2 pts
188▼133Sabine County, TXTX10,01211.0%−4.9 pts
189▼32Runnels County, TXTX9,69311.0%−8.2 pts
190▼3Travis County, TXTX1,389,67010.9%−1.6 pts
191▲19Madison County, TXTX14,22610.9%−4.9 pts
192▲57Crane County, TXTX4,55410.9%−2.6 pts
193▼34Irion County, TXTX1,46310.8%+2.4 pts
194▼47San Saba County, TXTX5,78710.7%−5.9 pts
195▼60Hardeman County, TXTX3,29210.7%−7.1 pts
196▲22Colorado County, TXTX21,43910.7%−5.6 pts
197▼2Sherman County, TXTX2,78110.4%−5.8 pts
198▼4Bastrop County, TXTX118,90810.2%−1.4 pts
199▼51Parmer County, TXTX9,67810.2%−6.8 pts
200▲15Johnson County, TXTX218,04810.0%+1.2 pts
201▼26Rains County, TXTX13,54210.0%−4.9 pts
202▼124Schleicher County, TXTX2,2459.9%−11.6 pts
203▼36Kent County, TXTX6749.9%−0.5 pts
204▲16Randall County, TXTX152,3519.7%+1.6 pts
205▲3Kaufman County, TXTX209,2359.7%−0.8 pts
206▲6Medina County, TXTX56,8819.6%−5.8 pts
207▲17Callahan County, TXTX14,4919.6%−2.6 pts
208▼16Shackelford County, TXTX3,1979.5%−4.1 pts
209▲20Montgomery County, TXTX781,1949.4%+0.1 pts
210▲25Hartley County, TXTX4,9049.4%+2.8 pts
211▼144Crockett County, TXTX2,7699.3%−10.0 pts
212▲16Guadalupe County, TXTX201,1119.3%−0.5 pts
213▼85Bosque County, TXTX18,9189.3%−3.4 pts
214▼9Gillespie County, TXTX28,5279.2%−1.0 pts
215▼33Archer County, TXTX9,1299.2%+0.2 pts
216▼12Lampasas County, TXTX23,6579.1%−4.9 pts
217▼113Brewster County, TXTX9,4588.9%−9.3 pts
218▼133Glasscock County, TXTX1,1288.9%−5.8 pts
219▼5Wise County, TXTX83,7788.9%−1.0 pts
220▼23Fayette County, TXTX25,4598.6%−2.8 pts
221▼28Hansford County, TXTX4,9448.6%−7.8 pts
222▼23Blanco County, TXTX13,5818.4%−2.7 pts
223▼193Garza County, TXTX4,5108.4%−13.9 pts
224▼128Kinney County, TXTX3,1288.4%−15.7 pts
225▼56Clay County, TXTX10,7648.4%−1.9 pts
226▼9Martin County, TXTX5,2848.3%−10.4 pts
227▲5Parker County, TXTX184,7678.0%−0.3 pts
228▲11Burnet County, TXTX57,0158.0%−2.9 pts
229▼65Donley County, TXTX3,2137.9%−8.0 pts
230▲18Terrell County, TXTX7027.7%−17.5 pts
231▼12Calhoun County, TXTX19,5997.7%−8.7 pts
232▼2Hood County, TXTX70,5017.7%−0.9 pts
233▲7Fort Bend County, TXTX975,1917.6%+0.4 pts
234▼140Somervell County, TXTX10,2617.5%−1.1 pts
235▼4Carson County, TXTX5,8057.4%+0.2 pts
236▲15Borden County, TXTX5677.4%−6.6 pts
237▼1Brazoria County, TXTX419,0807.4%−2.8 pts
238▼55Mills County, TXTX4,5807.2%−11.2 pts
239▲2Denton County, TXTX1,069,3467.1%+0.4 pts
240▲5Mason County, TXTX3,9907.0%−6.2 pts
241▼7Ellis County, TXTX240,8676.9%−1.7 pts
242▼115Gaines County, TXTX23,9566.8%−14.9 pts
243▼6Comal County, TXTX209,1666.5%−2.1 pts
244▲2Williamson County, TXTX752,8276.4%+1.6 pts
245▼1Collin County, TXTX1,297,1796.2%+1.4 pts
246▼21Hemphill County, TXTX3,0836.2%−6.4 pts
247▲7Loving County, TXTX526.1%+6.1 pts
248▼41Roberts County, TXTX8675.6%−1.5 pts
249▼26Foard County, TXTX1,0445.6%−8.7 pts
250▼8Armstrong County, TXTX1,8435.2%−5.4 pts
251▼4Kendall County, TXTX53,2895.0%−5.5 pts
252▼112Sutton County, TXTX3,2034.5%−13.5 pts
253▼1Sterling County, TXTX1,3494.3%−12.5 pts
254▼4Rockwall County, TXTX140,7384.0%−0.6 pts
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES