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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.

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