RANKING · 2020 CENSUS · 254 SHOWN OF 254

Highest poverty rate, Texas counties · 2020

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

01Dimmit County, TXTX8,02442.6%+28%

02Brooks County, TXTX6,57940.2%+0%

03Presidio County, TXTX5,43339.9%+10%

04King County, TXTX19236.2%+75%

05Zavala County, TXTX9,03735.2%−16%

06Starr County, TXTX66,31934.2%−33%

07Culberson County, TXTX2,26732.3%+29%

08Zapata County, TXTX13,75332.2%−10%

09Jim Hogg County, TXTX4,55531.3%+21%

10Hidalgo County, TXTX921,54928.4%−21%

11Kleberg County, TXTX30,31527.2%+2%

12Cochran County, TXTX2,54627.1%+0%

13Cameron County, TXTX433,94626.7%−19%

14San Augustine County, TXTX7,72226.4%+25%

15Maverick County, TXTX58,82326.2%−25%

16Newton County, TXTX11,95425.8%+35%

17Real County, TXTX2,74525.7%+21%

18Willacy County, TXTX19,97125.6%−23%

19Swisher County, TXTX6,70325.3%+46%

20Falls County, TXTX17,86925.0%+11%

21Nacogdoches County, TXTX66,03524.9%+7%

22Webb County, TXTX281,22424.6%−21%

23Brazos County, TXTX249,08823.9%−11%

24Shelby County, TXTX24,28623.3%+20%

25Hudspeth County, TXTX3,43323.1%−36%

26Cottle County, TXTX1,22423.0%+25%

27Aransas County, TXTX26,14622.8%+15%

28Dawson County, TXTX11,77622.6%+15%

29Throckmorton County, TXTX1,55422.6%+68%

30Garza County, TXTX4,51021.6%−3%

31Jim Wells County, TXTX38,80421.6%−11%

32Terry County, TXTX11,72021.1%−9%

33Live Oak County, TXTX11,92921.1%+28%

34Uvalde County, TXTX24,96321.0%−14%

35Crosby County, TXTX4,85220.9%−26%

36Walker County, TXTX83,84220.7%+13%

37Jasper County, TXTX33,07520.3%+12%

38Red River County, TXTX11,81620.2%+17%

39Collingsworth County, TXTX2,48720.2%+8%

40Camp County, TXTX13,38020.1%−4%

41Potter County, TXTX114,45320.1%+4%

42Hamilton County, TXTX8,68019.9%+40%

43Frio County, TXTX18,82319.6%−32%

44El Paso County, TXTX877,85819.5%−18%

45Stephens County, TXTX9,38019.4%+24%

46Lamb County, TXTX12,57919.4%−7%

47Bee County, TXTX32,51519.4%−19%

48Limestone County, TXTX22,84919.3%+9%

49Duval County, TXTX9,40219.1%−30%

50Houston County, TXTX22,31619.0%−9%

51Jeff Davis County, TXTX1,71119.0%+27%

52Wilbarger County, TXTX12,48118.9%+45%

53Hall County, TXTX2,73718.9%−28%

54Kimble County, TXTX4,43818.9%+1%

55Sabine County, TXTX10,01218.8%+18%

56Eastland County, TXTX18,14318.7%+12%

57Tyler County, TXTX20,44318.5%+17%

58Lubbock County, TXTX328,90618.5%+4%

59McLennan County, TXTX272,02018.5%+5%

60Marion County, TXTX9,89618.5%−17%

61La Salle County, TXTX6,51718.5%−38%

62Lamar County, TXTX51,50318.4%+12%

63Val Verde County, TXTX47,83518.3%−30%

64Jefferson County, TXTX254,32118.0%+3%

65Matagorda County, TXTX36,46317.9%−3%

66DeWitt County, TXTX20,30917.9%−9%

67Crockett County, TXTX2,76917.9%−8%

68Hale County, TXTX31,81917.8%−1%

69Trinity County, TXTX14,38417.8%+1%

70Morris County, TXTX12,13317.8%−3%

71Leon County, TXTX16,89417.7%+14%

72Gregg County, TXTX126,09517.6%+16%

73Cass County, TXTX28,65117.5%−1%

74Concho County, TXTX3,60717.5%+47%

75Wichita County, TXTX129,55517.4%+32%

76Angelina County, TXTX88,15417.3%+10%

77Karnes County, TXTX15,01817.2%−21%

78Schleicher County, TXTX2,24517.1%−20%

79Wheeler County, TXTX4,77317.0%+31%

80Henderson County, TXTX88,59517.0%+13%

81Bowie County, TXTX92,69616.8%−5%

82Briscoe County, TXTX1,47416.8%+5%

83Harrison County, TXTX71,95616.8%+1%

84Polk County, TXTX53,43416.7%−4%

85Glasscock County, TXTX1,12816.6%+12%

86Gray County, TXTX20,91916.5%+20%

87Erath County, TXTX43,91116.5%+3%

88Pecos County, TXTX14,56016.4%−20%

89Howard County, TXTX30,50416.4%−12%

90Freestone County, TXTX20,81116.3%+14%

91Reeves County, TXTX12,13816.2%−44%

92Nueces County, TXTX352,99216.2%−11%

93Delta County, TXTX5,54916.2%−8%

94Somervell County, TXTX10,26116.1%+88%

95Lynn County, TXTX6,01716.0%−29%

96Kinney County, TXTX3,12816.0%−33%

97Grimes County, TXTX34,25215.9%−5%

98Caldwell County, TXTX55,15015.8%+21%

99Titus County, TXTX31,56315.8%−15%

100Victoria County, TXTX92,65615.7%+21%

101Milam County, TXTX26,25815.7%−2%

102Nolan County, TXTX14,11715.6%−28%

103Harris County, TXTX5,045,02615.6%+4%

104Brewster County, TXTX9,45815.6%−14%

105Bexar County, TXTX2,160,08815.6%−2%

106Navarro County, TXTX57,18115.5%−15%

107Haskell County, TXTX5,49915.4%−33%

108Jack County, TXTX9,56315.4%+19%

109Dickens County, TXTX1,69215.3%−12%

110Hockley County, TXTX21,60015.3%−19%

111Refugio County, TXTX6,65715.3%−14%

112Floyd County, TXTX4,88115.3%−29%

113McCulloch County, TXTX7,47215.2%−32%

114San Patricio County, TXTX72,05315.2%−16%

115Wharton County, TXTX42,06015.1%−9%

116Dallam County, TXTX7,50814.9%+6%

117Upshur County, TXTX44,41014.9%−0%

118Ochiltree County, TXTX9,28414.8%+15%

119Baylor County, TXTX3,47214.8%−8%

120Liberty County, TXTX121,36414.8%+3%

121Coleman County, TXTX7,91514.7%−26%

122Waller County, TXTX69,85814.7%−8%

123Robertson County, TXTX17,83914.6%−29%

124Cherokee County, TXTX53,33714.6%−18%

125Dallas County, TXTX2,661,39714.6%+9%

126Comanche County, TXTX14,43214.6%−16%

127Gaines County, TXTX23,95614.5%−33%

128Bosque County, TXTX18,91814.5%+14%

129Childress County, TXTX6,64314.4%−18%

130Chambers County, TXTX57,59414.4%+31%

131Hunt County, TXTX123,33614.3%+12%

132Bell County, TXTX402,24814.2%+18%

133Young County, TXTX18,15414.1%−10%

134Panola County, TXTX23,01814.1%−0%

135Hardeman County, TXTX3,29214.1%−21%

136Anderson County, TXTX59,80514.1%−14%

137Montague County, TXTX21,96614.0%+0%

138Taylor County, TXTX150,07714.0%−4%

139Smith County, TXTX252,54914.0%+1%

140Sutton County, TXTX3,20313.9%−22%

141Menard County, TXTX1,95613.9%−46%

142Deaf Smith County, TXTX18,62613.8%−33%

143Bandera County, TXTX22,87613.8%+28%

144Jackson County, TXTX15,39313.8%−6%

145Palo Pinto County, TXTX30,79113.8%−13%

146San Jacinto County, TXTX29,48813.6%−28%

147San Saba County, TXTX5,78713.3%−20%

148Parmer County, TXTX9,67813.2%−22%

149Gonzales County, TXTX20,15913.1%−29%

150Ector County, TXTX173,80113.0%−31%

151Hutchinson County, TXTX19,63313.0%+17%

152Wood County, TXTX49,68812.9%−10%

153Cooke County, TXTX44,46112.8%−9%

154Hays County, TXTX304,39012.7%−11%

155Scurry County, TXTX16,16212.7%−20%

156Van Zandt County, TXTX66,13012.7%−4%

157Runnels County, TXTX9,69312.7%−34%

158Brown County, TXTX38,71112.7%−26%

159Irion County, TXTX1,46312.6%+49%

160Kerr County, TXTX54,03712.5%−13%

161Fannin County, TXTX39,26512.5%−10%

162Coke County, TXTX3,41212.5%−4%

163Hill County, TXTX39,50312.5%−21%

164Donley County, TXTX3,21312.5%−22%

165Fisher County, TXTX3,69212.4%−29%

166Orange County, TXTX86,26612.4%−10%

167Kent County, TXTX67412.4%+19%

168Oldham County, TXTX1,78312.3%−38%

169Clay County, TXTX10,76412.2%+18%

170Tom Green County, TXTX120,60212.2%−20%

171Hardin County, TXTX58,72312.0%+8%

172Winkler County, TXTX7,54012.0%−36%

173Grayson County, TXTX153,61312.0%+6%

174Goliad County, TXTX7,20812.0%−27%

175Rains County, TXTX13,54212.0%−19%

176Castro County, TXTX7,29511.8%−38%

177Hopkins County, TXTX39,06311.8%−19%

178Knox County, TXTX3,19211.8%−49%

179Mitchell County, TXTX8,94711.7%−34%

180Austin County, TXTX33,62511.7%−3%

181Ward County, TXTX11,12511.6%−35%

182Archer County, TXTX9,12911.6%+29%

183Mills County, TXTX4,58011.6%−37%

184Lee County, TXTX18,72911.5%−3%

185Coryell County, TXTX85,59211.5%+21%

186Jones County, TXTX20,86111.5%−32%

187Travis County, TXTX1,389,67011.4%−9%

188Burleson County, TXTX20,54911.4%−34%

189Tarrant County, TXTX2,248,46611.4%+7%

190Bailey County, TXTX6,96311.4%−32%

191Lipscomb County, TXTX2,95511.3%−32%

192Shackelford County, TXTX3,19711.3%−17%

193Hansford County, TXTX4,94411.3%−31%

194Bastrop County, TXTX118,90811.3%−3%

195Sherman County, TXTX2,78111.2%−30%

196Rusk County, TXTX54,85411.2%−23%

197Fayette County, TXTX25,45911.2%−2%

198Andrews County, TXTX18,91411.2%−32%

199Blanco County, TXTX13,58111.2%+0%

200Upton County, TXTX3,13111.1%−44%

201Yoakum County, TXTX7,43811.1%−43%

202Atascosa County, TXTX53,59011.0%−46%

203Galveston County, TXTX372,20710.9%−17%

204Lampasas County, TXTX23,65710.9%−22%

205Gillespie County, TXTX28,52710.8%+6%

206Reagan County, TXTX3,16610.8%−9%

207Roberts County, TXTX86710.8%+50%

208Kaufman County, TXTX209,23510.7%+2%

209Moore County, TXTX21,89110.7%−21%

210Madison County, TXTX14,22610.6%−33%

211Washington County, TXTX38,28810.5%−18%

212Medina County, TXTX56,88110.5%−32%

213McMullen County, TXTX54410.5%−49%

214Wise County, TXTX83,77810.4%+5%

215Johnson County, TXTX218,04810.3%+18%

216Edwards County, TXTX1,37010.2%−68%

217Martin County, TXTX5,28410.2%−45%

218Colorado County, TXTX21,43910.1%−38%

219Calhoun County, TXTX19,59910.1%−38%

220Randall County, TXTX152,35110.0%+24%

221Wilson County, TXTX56,13910.0%−12%

222Midland County, TXTX187,8559.8%−24%

223Foard County, TXTX1,0449.5%−33%

224Callahan County, TXTX14,4919.3%−24%

225Hemphill County, TXTX3,0839.2%−27%

226Stonewall County, TXTX1,1869.2%−52%

227Lavaca County, TXTX20,6519.0%−32%

228Guadalupe County, TXTX201,1119.0%−8%

229Montgomery County, TXTX781,1948.9%−5%

230Hood County, TXTX70,5018.9%+4%

231Carson County, TXTX5,8058.6%+17%

232Parker County, TXTX184,7678.2%−1%

233Franklin County, TXTX10,9948.2%−47%

234Ellis County, TXTX240,8678.1%−6%

235Hartley County, TXTX4,9048.0%+21%

236Brazoria County, TXTX419,0807.9%−22%

237Comal County, TXTX209,1667.7%−11%

238Llano County, TXTX23,3537.6%−26%

239Burnet County, TXTX57,0157.5%−31%

240Fort Bend County, TXTX975,1917.5%+5%

241Denton County, TXTX1,069,3467.4%+12%

242Armstrong County, TXTX1,8437.3%−31%

243Motley County, TXTX1,0437.3%−63%

244Collin County, TXTX1,297,1796.3%+29%

245Mason County, TXTX3,9906.1%−54%

246Williamson County, TXTX752,8276.1%+26%

247Kendall County, TXTX53,2894.8%−54%

248Terrell County, TXTX7024.8%−81%

249Crane County, TXTX4,5544.3%−68%

250Rockwall County, TXTX140,7383.8%−20%

251Borden County, TXTX5673.7%−74%

252Sterling County, TXTX1,3492.4%−86%

253Kenedy County, TXTX3192.0%−87%

254Loving County, TXTX520.0%–

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