RANKING · 2010 CENSUS · 254 SHOWN OF 254

Highest poverty rate, Texas counties · 2010

Texas counties with the highest share of residents below the federal poverty line (2023 ACS). This list covers the 254 counties in Texas that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOVERTY RATEVS 2000

01Hudspeth County, TXTX3,43346.0%+29%

02Willacy County, TXTX19,97143.4%+31%

03Zavala County, TXTX9,03743.0%+3%

04Starr County, TXTX66,31938.0%−25%

05Zapata County, TXTX13,75337.6%+5%

06Dimmit County, TXTX8,02436.4%+10%

07Cameron County, TXTX433,94634.7%+5%

08Hidalgo County, TXTX921,54934.4%−4%

09Brooks County, TXTX6,57934.0%−15%

10Maverick County, TXTX58,82333.6%−4%

11Kinney County, TXTX3,12832.2%+34%

12Webb County, TXTX281,22429.8%−5%

13Brazos County, TXTX249,08829.7%+10%

14Coleman County, TXTX7,91529.4%+48%

15Culberson County, TXTX2,26728.8%+15%

16Reeves County, TXTX12,13828.7%−1%

17Hall County, TXTX2,73727.7%+5%

18San Augustine County, TXTX7,72227.1%+28%

19Real County, TXTX2,74526.8%+26%

20Uvalde County, TXTX24,96326.7%+10%

21El Paso County, TXTX877,85825.6%+8%

22Shelby County, TXTX24,28625.4%+31%

23Yoakum County, TXTX7,43825.0%+28%

24Cochran County, TXTX2,54624.9%−8%

25Kleberg County, TXTX30,31524.8%−7%

26Edwards County, TXTX1,37024.7%−22%

27Nacogdoches County, TXTX66,03524.6%+5%

28Dickens County, TXTX1,69224.6%+41%

29Presidio County, TXTX5,43324.1%−34%

30Val Verde County, TXTX47,83524.0%−8%

31Crosby County, TXTX4,85223.9%−15%

32Floyd County, TXTX4,88123.8%+11%

33Walker County, TXTX83,84223.8%+29%

34Houston County, TXTX22,31623.7%+13%

35San Saba County, TXTX5,78723.4%+41%

36Falls County, TXTX17,86923.4%+3%

37Foard County, TXTX1,04423.4%+64%

38Castro County, TXTX7,29523.3%+23%

39Wilbarger County, TXTX12,48123.3%+78%

40Marion County, TXTX9,89623.2%+4%

41Duval County, TXTX9,40222.9%−16%

42McCulloch County, TXTX7,47222.9%+2%

43Potter County, TXTX114,45322.7%+18%

44Cherokee County, TXTX53,33722.4%+26%

45Comanche County, TXTX14,43222.1%+28%

46Motley County, TXTX1,04322.1%+14%

47Jim Wells County, TXTX38,80421.9%−9%

48Polk County, TXTX53,43421.8%+26%

49Frio County, TXTX18,82321.8%−25%

50La Salle County, TXTX6,51721.8%−27%

51Garza County, TXTX4,51021.7%−3%

52Runnels County, TXTX9,69321.6%+13%

53Matagorda County, TXTX36,46321.6%+17%

54Robertson County, TXTX17,83921.2%+3%

55Waller County, TXTX69,85821.1%+32%

56Sterling County, TXTX1,34921.0%+25%

57Eastland County, TXTX18,14321.0%+25%

58Collingsworth County, TXTX2,48720.8%+11%

59McLennan County, TXTX272,02020.5%+16%

60Madison County, TXTX14,22620.4%+30%

61Camp County, TXTX13,38020.4%−2%

62Gonzales County, TXTX20,15920.3%+9%

63Concho County, TXTX3,60720.0%+68%

64Briscoe County, TXTX1,47419.9%+25%

65Pecos County, TXTX14,56019.9%−3%

66Stephens County, TXTX9,38019.9%+27%

67Navarro County, TXTX57,18119.8%+9%

68Erath County, TXTX43,91119.7%+23%

69Caldwell County, TXTX55,15019.6%+50%

70Nolan County, TXTX14,11719.4%−11%

71Cass County, TXTX28,65119.3%+9%

72Hardeman County, TXTX3,29219.2%+8%

73Hunt County, TXTX123,33619.2%+50%

74Nueces County, TXTX352,99219.1%+5%

75Dawson County, TXTX11,77619.1%−3%

76Karnes County, TXTX15,01819.0%−13%

77Bee County, TXTX32,51519.0%−21%

78Hale County, TXTX31,81919.0%+6%

79Limestone County, TXTX22,84918.9%+7%

80Lubbock County, TXTX328,90618.8%+6%

81Atascosa County, TXTX53,59018.8%−7%

82Haskell County, TXTX5,49918.8%−18%

83Jefferson County, TXTX254,32118.8%+8%

84Parmer County, TXTX9,67818.6%+10%

85Menard County, TXTX1,95618.6%−28%

86Jasper County, TXTX33,07518.6%+3%

87Bandera County, TXTX22,87618.4%+70%

88Tyler County, TXTX20,44318.3%+16%

89Sabine County, TXTX10,01218.0%+13%

90Gaines County, TXTX23,95618.0%−17%

91Lamb County, TXTX12,57917.9%−14%

92Titus County, TXTX31,56317.9%−3%

93Jack County, TXTX9,56317.8%+38%

94San Jacinto County, TXTX29,48817.8%−6%

95Angelina County, TXTX88,15417.8%+12%

96Howard County, TXTX30,50417.7%−5%

97Ochiltree County, TXTX9,28417.7%+36%

98Scurry County, TXTX16,16217.7%+11%

99Milam County, TXTX26,25817.6%+11%

100Dallas County, TXTX2,661,39717.6%+31%

101Red River County, TXTX11,81617.5%+1%

102Deaf Smith County, TXTX18,62617.5%−15%

103Aransas County, TXTX26,14617.4%−12%

104Baylor County, TXTX3,47217.3%+7%

105Ward County, TXTX11,12517.3%−4%

106Bailey County, TXTX6,96317.3%+4%

107Wharton County, TXTX42,06017.2%+4%

108Andrews County, TXTX18,91417.1%+4%

109Hockley County, TXTX21,60017.0%−10%

110Crane County, TXTX4,55417.0%+26%

111Lynn County, TXTX6,01716.9%−25%

112Bexar County, TXTX2,160,08816.9%+6%

113Bowie County, TXTX92,69616.8%−5%

114Hemphill County, TXTX3,08316.8%+34%

115Harris County, TXTX5,045,02616.8%+12%

116Henderson County, TXTX88,59516.8%+11%

117Tom Green County, TXTX120,60216.8%+10%

118Lamar County, TXTX51,50316.7%+2%

119Ector County, TXTX173,80116.7%−11%

120Morris County, TXTX12,13316.7%−9%

121Leon County, TXTX16,89416.7%+7%

122Trinity County, TXTX14,38416.6%−6%

123Terry County, TXTX11,72016.6%−28%

124San Patricio County, TXTX72,05316.6%−8%

125Brewster County, TXTX9,45816.5%−9%

126Taylor County, TXTX150,07716.5%+13%

127Anderson County, TXTX59,80516.5%+0%

128Terrell County, TXTX70216.5%−35%

129Gregg County, TXTX126,09516.5%+9%

130Victoria County, TXTX92,65616.4%+27%

131Hays County, TXTX304,39016.4%+15%

132DeWitt County, TXTX20,30916.4%−16%

133Winkler County, TXTX7,54016.3%−13%

134Calhoun County, TXTX19,59916.3%−0%

135Mason County, TXTX3,99016.3%+23%

136Travis County, TXTX1,389,67016.2%+30%

137Newton County, TXTX11,95416.2%−15%

138Bosque County, TXTX18,91816.2%+28%

139Brown County, TXTX38,71116.2%−6%

140Childress County, TXTX6,64316.2%−8%

141Freestone County, TXTX20,81116.0%+13%

142Washington County, TXTX38,28816.0%+24%

143Knox County, TXTX3,19216.0%−30%

144Refugio County, TXTX6,65716.0%−10%

145Crockett County, TXTX2,76915.9%−18%

146Grimes County, TXTX34,25215.9%−5%

147Medina County, TXTX56,88115.9%+3%

148Hopkins County, TXTX39,06315.8%+8%

149Mills County, TXTX4,58015.7%−14%

150Young County, TXTX18,15415.6%−1%

151Swisher County, TXTX6,70315.4%−11%

152Liberty County, TXTX121,36415.4%+7%

153Smith County, TXTX252,54915.4%+12%

154Mitchell County, TXTX8,94715.3%−13%

155Wichita County, TXTX129,55515.3%+16%

156Colorado County, TXTX21,43915.2%−6%

157Harrison County, TXTX71,95615.2%−9%

158Hutchinson County, TXTX19,63315.2%+36%

159Coke County, TXTX3,41215.1%+16%

160Hill County, TXTX39,50315.0%−4%

161Gray County, TXTX20,91915.0%+8%

162Kenedy County, TXTX31914.9%−3%

163Franklin County, TXTX10,99414.8%−5%

164Jeff Davis County, TXTX1,71114.7%−2%

165Fannin County, TXTX39,26514.7%+5%

166Roberts County, TXTX86714.6%+104%

167Lampasas County, TXTX23,65714.6%+4%

168Kimble County, TXTX4,43814.6%−22%

169Van Zandt County, TXTX66,13014.5%+9%

170Delta County, TXTX5,54914.5%−18%

171Lipscomb County, TXTX2,95514.2%−15%

172Bastrop County, TXTX118,90814.1%+21%

173Bell County, TXTX402,24814.1%+17%

174Kerr County, TXTX54,03714.1%−3%

175Wood County, TXTX49,68814.0%−2%

176Upton County, TXTX3,13113.9%−30%

177Fisher County, TXTX3,69213.9%−20%

178Callahan County, TXTX14,49113.9%+14%

179Wheeler County, TXTX4,77313.9%+7%

180Orange County, TXTX86,26613.9%+1%

181Palo Pinto County, TXTX30,79113.8%−13%

182Burnet County, TXTX57,01513.7%+25%

183Cooke County, TXTX44,46113.6%−4%

184Hansford County, TXTX4,94413.5%−17%

185Burleson County, TXTX20,54913.5%−22%

186Grayson County, TXTX153,61313.5%+19%

187Tarrant County, TXTX2,248,46613.4%+27%

188Moore County, TXTX21,89113.4%−1%

189Oldham County, TXTX1,78313.4%−32%

190Live Oak County, TXTX11,92913.3%−19%

191Throckmorton County, TXTX1,55413.2%−2%

192Coryell County, TXTX85,59213.2%+40%

193Montague County, TXTX21,96613.2%−5%

194Shackelford County, TXTX3,19713.2%−3%

195Upshur County, TXTX44,41013.1%−12%

196Sherman County, TXTX2,78112.9%−20%

197Galveston County, TXTX372,20712.8%−3%

198Llano County, TXTX23,35312.6%+23%

199Midland County, TXTX187,85512.5%−3%

200Dallam County, TXTX7,50812.5%−11%

201Panola County, TXTX23,01812.5%−11%

202Rusk County, TXTX54,85412.4%−15%

203Schleicher County, TXTX2,24512.4%−43%

204Jones County, TXTX20,86112.3%−27%

205Hardin County, TXTX58,72312.0%+8%

206Jim Hogg County, TXTX4,55512.0%−54%

207Stonewall County, TXTX1,18611.9%−38%

208Goliad County, TXTX7,20811.8%−28%

209Sutton County, TXTX3,20311.7%−35%

210Blanco County, TXTX13,58111.7%+5%

211Clay County, TXTX10,76411.7%+14%

212Jackson County, TXTX15,39311.7%−21%

213Rains County, TXTX13,54211.5%−22%

214Kaufman County, TXTX209,23511.4%+9%

215Hamilton County, TXTX8,68011.4%−20%

216Ellis County, TXTX240,86711.3%+32%

217Glasscock County, TXTX1,12811.2%−24%

218Fayette County, TXTX25,45911.0%−3%

219Hood County, TXTX70,50110.9%+28%

220Cottle County, TXTX1,22410.9%−41%

221Montgomery County, TXTX781,19410.9%+16%

222Somervell County, TXTX10,26110.8%+26%

223Lee County, TXTX18,72910.8%−9%

224Armstrong County, TXTX1,84310.7%+1%

225Brazoria County, TXTX419,08010.6%+4%

226Reagan County, TXTX3,16610.5%−11%

227Lavaca County, TXTX20,65110.5%−21%

228Donley County, TXTX3,21310.5%−34%

229Parker County, TXTX184,76710.5%+26%

230Chambers County, TXTX57,59410.5%−5%

231Johnson County, TXTX218,04810.5%+19%

232Comal County, TXTX209,16610.0%+17%

233Archer County, TXTX9,12910.0%+11%

234Wise County, TXTX83,7789.8%−1%

235Guadalupe County, TXTX201,1119.7%−1%

236Randall County, TXTX152,3519.4%+17%

237Hartley County, TXTX4,9049.3%+41%

238McMullen County, TXTX5449.1%−56%

239Wilson County, TXTX56,1399.0%−21%

240Austin County, TXTX33,6258.8%−27%

241Gillespie County, TXTX28,5278.0%−21%

242Denton County, TXTX1,069,3468.0%+21%

243Fort Bend County, TXTX975,1918.0%+11%

244Martin County, TXTX5,2847.2%−62%

245Kendall County, TXTX53,2897.1%−33%

246Collin County, TXTX1,297,1796.9%+42%

247Williamson County, TXTX752,8276.5%+35%

248Carson County, TXTX5,8055.7%−22%

249Rockwall County, TXTX140,7385.6%+19%

250Kent County, TXTX6745.4%−48%

251Borden County, TXTX5674.3%−70%

252Irion County, TXTX1,4631.5%−82%

253King County, TXTX1920.0%−100%

254Loving County, TXTX520.0%–

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES