CensusEasy
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 (2010 ACS). This list covers the 254 counties in Texas that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

Flip the list · Lowest poverty rate, US counties →
Highest poverty rate by state
All USAlaskaAlabamaArkansasArizonaCaliforniaColoradoFloridaGeorgiaIowaIdahoIllinoisIndianaKansasKentuckyLouisianaMassachusettsMarylandMaineMichiganMinnesotaMissouriMississippiMontanaNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaNebraskaNew HampshireNew JerseyNew MexicoNevadaNew YorkOhioOklahomaOregonPennsylvaniaSouth CarolinaSouth DakotaTennesseeTexasUtahVirginiaVermontWashingtonWisconsinWest VirginiaWyoming
RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOVERTY RATEVS 2000
01Hudspeth County, TXTX3,43346.0%+10.3 pts
02Willacy County, TXTX19,97143.4%+10.2 pts
03Zavala County, TXTX9,03743.0%+1.2 pts
04Starr County, TXTX66,31938.0%−12.8 pts
05Zapata County, TXTX13,75337.6%+1.8 pts
06Dimmit County, TXTX8,02436.4%+3.2 pts
07Cameron County, TXTX433,94634.7%+1.7 pts
08Hidalgo County, TXTX921,54934.4%−1.4 pts
09Brooks County, TXTX6,57934.0%−6.1 pts
10Maverick County, TXTX58,82333.6%−1.2 pts
11Kinney County, TXTX3,12832.2%+8.2 pts
12Webb County, TXTX281,22429.8%−1.4 pts
13Brazos County, TXTX249,08829.7%+2.8 pts
14Coleman County, TXTX7,91529.4%+9.6 pts
15Culberson County, TXTX2,26728.8%+3.7 pts
16Reeves County, TXTX12,13828.7%−0.2 pts
17Hall County, TXTX2,73727.7%+1.4 pts
18San Augustine County, TXTX7,72227.1%+5.9 pts
19Real County, TXTX2,74526.8%+5.6 pts
20Uvalde County, TXTX24,96326.7%+2.4 pts
21El Paso County, TXTX877,85825.6%+1.8 pts
22Shelby County, TXTX24,28625.4%+6.0 pts
23Yoakum County, TXTX7,43825.0%+5.4 pts
24Cochran County, TXTX2,54624.9%−2.1 pts
25Kleberg County, TXTX30,31524.8%−2.0 pts
26Edwards County, TXTX1,37024.7%−6.9 pts
27Nacogdoches County, TXTX66,03524.6%+1.3 pts
28Dickens County, TXTX1,69224.6%+7.2 pts
29Presidio County, TXTX5,43324.1%−12.3 pts
30Val Verde County, TXTX47,83524.0%−2.1 pts
31Crosby County, TXTX4,85223.9%−4.2 pts
32Floyd County, TXTX4,88123.8%+2.3 pts
33Walker County, TXTX83,84223.8%+5.4 pts
34Houston County, TXTX22,31623.7%+2.7 pts
35San Saba County, TXTX5,78723.4%+6.8 pts
36Falls County, TXTX17,86923.4%+0.8 pts
37Foard County, TXTX1,04423.4%+9.1 pts
38Castro County, TXTX7,29523.3%+4.3 pts
39Wilbarger County, TXTX12,48123.3%+10.2 pts
40Marion County, TXTX9,89623.2%+0.8 pts
41Duval County, TXTX9,40222.9%−4.3 pts
42McCulloch County, TXTX7,47222.9%+0.4 pts
43Potter County, TXTX114,45322.7%+3.5 pts
44Cherokee County, TXTX53,33722.4%+4.6 pts
45Comanche County, TXTX14,43222.1%+4.8 pts
46Motley County, TXTX1,04322.1%+2.6 pts
47Jim Wells County, TXTX38,80421.9%−2.2 pts
48Polk County, TXTX53,43421.8%+4.4 pts
49Frio County, TXTX18,82321.8%−7.2 pts
50La Salle County, TXTX6,51721.8%−8.0 pts
51Garza County, TXTX4,51021.7%−0.6 pts
52Runnels County, TXTX9,69321.6%+2.4 pts
53Matagorda County, TXTX36,46321.6%+3.1 pts
54Robertson County, TXTX17,83921.2%+0.6 pts
55Waller County, TXTX69,85821.1%+5.1 pts
56Sterling County, TXTX1,34921.0%+4.2 pts
57Eastland County, TXTX18,14321.0%+4.2 pts
58Collingsworth County, TXTX2,48720.8%+2.1 pts
59McLennan County, TXTX272,02020.5%+2.9 pts
60Madison County, TXTX14,22620.4%+4.7 pts
61Camp County, TXTX13,38020.4%−0.5 pts
62Gonzales County, TXTX20,15920.3%+1.7 pts
63Concho County, TXTX3,60720.0%+8.1 pts
64Briscoe County, TXTX1,47419.9%+3.9 pts
65Pecos County, TXTX14,56019.9%−0.5 pts
66Stephens County, TXTX9,38019.9%+4.2 pts
67Navarro County, TXTX57,18119.8%+1.6 pts
68Erath County, TXTX43,91119.7%+3.7 pts
69Caldwell County, TXTX55,15019.6%+6.5 pts
70Nolan County, TXTX14,11719.4%−2.3 pts
71Cass County, TXTX28,65119.3%+1.7 pts
72Hardeman County, TXTX3,29219.2%+1.4 pts
73Hunt County, TXTX123,33619.2%+6.4 pts
74Nueces County, TXTX352,99219.1%+0.9 pts
75Dawson County, TXTX11,77619.1%−0.6 pts
76Karnes County, TXTX15,01819.0%−2.9 pts
77Bee County, TXTX32,51519.0%−4.9 pts
78Hale County, TXTX31,81919.0%+1.0 pts
79Limestone County, TXTX22,84918.9%+1.2 pts
80Lubbock County, TXTX328,90618.8%+1.0 pts
81Atascosa County, TXTX53,59018.8%−1.4 pts
82Haskell County, TXTX5,49918.8%−4.1 pts
83Jefferson County, TXTX254,32118.8%+1.4 pts
84Parmer County, TXTX9,67818.6%+1.7 pts
85Menard County, TXTX1,95618.6%−7.2 pts
86Jasper County, TXTX33,07518.6%+0.5 pts
87Bandera County, TXTX22,87618.4%+7.6 pts
88Tyler County, TXTX20,44318.3%+2.5 pts
89Sabine County, TXTX10,01218.0%+2.0 pts
90Gaines County, TXTX23,95618.0%−3.8 pts
91Lamb County, TXTX12,57917.9%−3.0 pts
92Titus County, TXTX31,56317.9%−0.6 pts
93Jack County, TXTX9,56317.8%+4.9 pts
94San Jacinto County, TXTX29,48817.8%−1.1 pts
95Angelina County, TXTX88,15417.8%+2.0 pts
96Howard County, TXTX30,50417.7%−0.8 pts
97Ochiltree County, TXTX9,28417.7%+4.7 pts
98Scurry County, TXTX16,16217.7%+1.7 pts
99Milam County, TXTX26,25817.6%+1.7 pts
100Dallas County, TXTX2,661,39717.6%+4.2 pts
101Red River County, TXTX11,81617.5%+0.2 pts
102Deaf Smith County, TXTX18,62617.5%−3.1 pts
103Aransas County, TXTX26,14617.4%−2.5 pts
104Baylor County, TXTX3,47217.3%+1.2 pts
105Ward County, TXTX11,12517.3%−0.7 pts
106Bailey County, TXTX6,96317.3%+0.6 pts
107Wharton County, TXTX42,06017.2%+0.7 pts
108Andrews County, TXTX18,91417.1%+0.7 pts
109Hockley County, TXTX21,60017.0%−1.9 pts
110Crane County, TXTX4,55417.0%+3.5 pts
111Lynn County, TXTX6,01716.9%−5.7 pts
112Bexar County, TXTX2,160,08816.9%+1.0 pts
113Bowie County, TXTX92,69616.8%−0.8 pts
114Hemphill County, TXTX3,08316.8%+4.3 pts
115Harris County, TXTX5,045,02616.8%+1.8 pts
116Henderson County, TXTX88,59516.8%+1.7 pts
117Tom Green County, TXTX120,60216.8%+1.6 pts
118Lamar County, TXTX51,50316.7%+0.4 pts
119Ector County, TXTX173,80116.7%−2.0 pts
120Morris County, TXTX12,13316.7%−1.6 pts
121Leon County, TXTX16,89416.7%+1.1 pts
122Trinity County, TXTX14,38416.6%−1.0 pts
123Terry County, TXTX11,72016.6%−6.6 pts
124San Patricio County, TXTX72,05316.6%−1.5 pts
125Brewster County, TXTX9,45816.5%−1.6 pts
126Taylor County, TXTX150,07716.5%+1.9 pts
127Anderson County, TXTX59,80516.5%+0.0 pts
128Terrell County, TXTX70216.5%−8.7 pts
129Gregg County, TXTX126,09516.5%+1.4 pts
130Victoria County, TXTX92,65616.4%+3.5 pts
131Hays County, TXTX304,39016.4%+2.1 pts
132DeWitt County, TXTX20,30916.4%−3.2 pts
133Winkler County, TXTX7,54016.3%−2.4 pts
134Calhoun County, TXTX19,59916.3%−0.1 pts
135Mason County, TXTX3,99016.3%+3.1 pts
136Travis County, TXTX1,389,67016.2%+3.7 pts
137Newton County, TXTX11,95416.2%−2.8 pts
138Bosque County, TXTX18,91816.2%+3.5 pts
139Brown County, TXTX38,71116.2%−1.0 pts
140Childress County, TXTX6,64316.2%−1.4 pts
141Freestone County, TXTX20,81116.0%+1.8 pts
142Washington County, TXTX38,28816.0%+3.1 pts
143Knox County, TXTX3,19216.0%−6.9 pts
144Refugio County, TXTX6,65716.0%−1.8 pts
145Crockett County, TXTX2,76915.9%−3.5 pts
146Grimes County, TXTX34,25215.9%−0.8 pts
147Medina County, TXTX56,88115.9%+0.4 pts
148Hopkins County, TXTX39,06315.8%+1.2 pts
149Mills County, TXTX4,58015.7%−2.6 pts
150Young County, TXTX18,15415.6%−0.1 pts
151Swisher County, TXTX6,70315.4%−1.9 pts
152Liberty County, TXTX121,36415.4%+1.1 pts
153Smith County, TXTX252,54915.4%+1.6 pts
154Mitchell County, TXTX8,94715.3%−2.4 pts
155Wichita County, TXTX129,55515.3%+2.1 pts
156Colorado County, TXTX21,43915.2%−1.0 pts
157Harrison County, TXTX71,95615.2%−1.5 pts
158Hutchinson County, TXTX19,63315.2%+4.0 pts
159Coke County, TXTX3,41215.1%+2.1 pts
160Hill County, TXTX39,50315.0%−0.6 pts
161Gray County, TXTX20,91915.0%+1.2 pts
162Kenedy County, TXTX31914.9%−0.4 pts
163Franklin County, TXTX10,99414.8%−0.7 pts
164Jeff Davis County, TXTX1,71114.7%−0.3 pts
165Fannin County, TXTX39,26514.7%+0.7 pts
166Roberts County, TXTX86714.6%+7.4 pts
167Lampasas County, TXTX23,65714.6%+0.5 pts
168Kimble County, TXTX4,43814.6%−4.2 pts
169Van Zandt County, TXTX66,13014.5%+1.2 pts
170Delta County, TXTX5,54914.5%−3.1 pts
171Lipscomb County, TXTX2,95514.2%−2.6 pts
172Bastrop County, TXTX118,90814.1%+2.5 pts
173Bell County, TXTX402,24814.1%+2.0 pts
174Kerr County, TXTX54,03714.1%−0.4 pts
175Wood County, TXTX49,68814.0%−0.3 pts
176Upton County, TXTX3,13113.9%−6.0 pts
177Fisher County, TXTX3,69213.9%−3.6 pts
178Callahan County, TXTX14,49113.9%+1.7 pts
179Wheeler County, TXTX4,77313.9%+0.9 pts
180Orange County, TXTX86,26613.9%+0.1 pts
181Palo Pinto County, TXTX30,79113.8%−2.1 pts
182Burnet County, TXTX57,01513.7%+2.8 pts
183Cooke County, TXTX44,46113.6%−0.5 pts
184Hansford County, TXTX4,94413.5%−2.9 pts
185Burleson County, TXTX20,54913.5%−3.8 pts
186Grayson County, TXTX153,61313.5%+2.2 pts
187Tarrant County, TXTX2,248,46613.4%+2.8 pts
188Moore County, TXTX21,89113.4%−0.1 pts
189Oldham County, TXTX1,78313.4%−6.4 pts
190Live Oak County, TXTX11,92913.3%−3.2 pts
191Throckmorton County, TXTX1,55413.2%−0.2 pts
192Coryell County, TXTX85,59213.2%+3.7 pts
193Montague County, TXTX21,96613.2%−0.8 pts
194Shackelford County, TXTX3,19713.2%−0.4 pts
195Upshur County, TXTX44,41013.1%−1.8 pts
196Sherman County, TXTX2,78112.9%−3.3 pts
197Galveston County, TXTX372,20712.8%−0.4 pts
198Llano County, TXTX23,35312.6%+2.3 pts
199Midland County, TXTX187,85512.5%−0.4 pts
200Dallam County, TXTX7,50812.5%−1.6 pts
201Panola County, TXTX23,01812.5%−1.6 pts
202Rusk County, TXTX54,85412.4%−2.2 pts
203Schleicher County, TXTX2,24512.4%−9.1 pts
204Jones County, TXTX20,86112.3%−4.5 pts
205Hardin County, TXTX58,72312.0%+0.8 pts
206Jim Hogg County, TXTX4,55512.0%−14.0 pts
207Stonewall County, TXTX1,18611.9%−7.4 pts
208Goliad County, TXTX7,20811.8%−4.6 pts
209Sutton County, TXTX3,20311.7%−6.2 pts
210Blanco County, TXTX13,58111.7%+0.5 pts
211Clay County, TXTX10,76411.7%+1.4 pts
212Jackson County, TXTX15,39311.7%−3.1 pts
213Rains County, TXTX13,54211.5%−3.3 pts
214Kaufman County, TXTX209,23511.4%+0.9 pts
215Hamilton County, TXTX8,68011.4%−2.9 pts
216Ellis County, TXTX240,86711.3%+2.7 pts
217Glasscock County, TXTX1,12811.2%−3.5 pts
218Fayette County, TXTX25,45911.0%−0.4 pts
219Hood County, TXTX70,50110.9%+2.4 pts
220Cottle County, TXTX1,22410.9%−7.5 pts
221Montgomery County, TXTX781,19410.9%+1.5 pts
222Somervell County, TXTX10,26110.8%+2.2 pts
223Lee County, TXTX18,72910.8%−1.1 pts
224Armstrong County, TXTX1,84310.7%+0.1 pts
225Brazoria County, TXTX419,08010.6%+0.4 pts
226Reagan County, TXTX3,16610.5%−1.3 pts
227Lavaca County, TXTX20,65110.5%−2.7 pts
228Donley County, TXTX3,21310.5%−5.4 pts
229Parker County, TXTX184,76710.5%+2.2 pts
230Chambers County, TXTX57,59410.5%−0.5 pts
231Johnson County, TXTX218,04810.5%+1.7 pts
232Comal County, TXTX209,16610.0%+1.5 pts
233Archer County, TXTX9,12910.0%+1.0 pts
234Wise County, TXTX83,7789.8%−0.1 pts
235Guadalupe County, TXTX201,1119.7%−0.1 pts
236Randall County, TXTX152,3519.4%+1.3 pts
237Hartley County, TXTX4,9049.3%+2.7 pts
238McMullen County, TXTX5449.1%−11.5 pts
239Wilson County, TXTX56,1399.0%−2.4 pts
240Austin County, TXTX33,6258.8%−3.3 pts
241Gillespie County, TXTX28,5278.0%−2.2 pts
242Denton County, TXTX1,069,3468.0%+1.4 pts
243Fort Bend County, TXTX975,1918.0%+0.8 pts
244Martin County, TXTX5,2847.2%−11.5 pts
245Kendall County, TXTX53,2897.1%−3.4 pts
246Collin County, TXTX1,297,1796.9%+2.1 pts
247Williamson County, TXTX752,8276.5%+1.7 pts
248Carson County, TXTX5,8055.7%−1.6 pts
249Rockwall County, TXTX140,7385.6%+0.9 pts
250Kent County, TXTX6745.4%−5.0 pts
251Borden County, TXTX5674.3%−9.7 pts
252Irion County, TXTX1,4631.5%−6.9 pts
253King County, TXTX1920.0%−20.7 pts
254Loving County, TXTX520.0%+0.0 pts
SHOWING 1–254 OF 254

UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS