RANKING · 1990 CENSUS · 254 SHOWN OF 254

Lowest median household income, Texas counties · 1990

Texas counties with the lowest median household income in the 2023 American Community Survey 5-year estimates. This list covers the 254 counties in Texas that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPMEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOMEVS 2000

01Starr County, TXTX66,319$10,182−38%

02Zavala County, TXTX9,037$11,822−30%

03Dimmit County, TXTX8,024$12,222−44%

04Maverick County, TXTX58,823$12,262−42%

05Presidio County, TXTX5,433$13,016−34%

06Brooks County, TXTX6,579$13,509−27%

07Duval County, TXTX9,402$13,602−39%

08Hall County, TXTX2,737$13,987−39%

09Frio County, TXTX18,823$14,059−43%

10Menard County, TXTX1,956$14,271−42%

11San Saba County, TXTX5,787$14,462−52%

12Dickens County, TXTX1,692$14,484−44%

13Willacy County, TXTX19,971$14,590−34%

14Edwards County, TXTX1,370$14,639−42%

15Jim Hogg County, TXTX4,555$14,704−43%

16Zapata County, TXTX13,753$14,926−39%

17San Augustine County, TXTX7,722$15,134−44%

18Marion County, TXTX9,896$15,288−40%

19Mason County, TXTX3,990$15,366−50%

20Hudspeth County, TXTX3,433$15,401−27%

21Collingsworth County, TXTX2,487$15,421−39%

22Coleman County, TXTX7,915$15,519−40%

23Cottle County, TXTX1,224$15,583−39%

24La Salle County, TXTX6,517$15,615−29%

25Kinney County, TXTX3,128$15,750−44%

26Eastland County, TXTX18,143$15,774−41%

27Concho County, TXTX3,607$15,942−49%

28Childress County, TXTX6,643$16,091−41%

29Karnes County, TXTX15,018$16,155−39%

30Red River County, TXTX11,816$16,217−41%

31Kenedy County, TXTX319$16,500−34%

32McCulloch County, TXTX7,472$16,544−36%

33Culberson County, TXTX2,267$16,559−36%

34Newton County, TXTX11,954$16,656−42%

35Hidalgo County, TXTX921,549$16,703−33%

36Donley County, TXTX3,213$16,747−42%

37Motley County, TXTX1,043$16,780−41%

38Trinity County, TXTX14,384$16,963−37%

39Crosby County, TXTX4,852$17,162−33%

40Robertson County, TXTX17,839$17,206−40%

41Falls County, TXTX17,869$17,227−35%

42Baylor County, TXTX3,472$17,228−30%

43Cameron County, TXTX433,946$17,336−34%

44Knox County, TXTX3,192$17,370−32%

45Real County, TXTX2,745$17,428−31%

46Shelby County, TXTX24,286$17,446−40%

47Gonzales County, TXTX20,159$17,500−38%

48Comanche County, TXTX14,432$17,504−38%

49Sabine County, TXTX10,012$17,512−36%

50Kimble County, TXTX4,438$17,553−40%

51Mills County, TXTX4,580$17,558−43%

52Brewster County, TXTX9,458$17,586−36%

53Mitchell County, TXTX8,947$17,600−31%

54Briscoe County, TXTX1,474$17,696−41%

55Lynn County, TXTX6,017$17,823−33%

56Madison County, TXTX14,226$17,838−39%

57Castro County, TXTX7,295$17,838−42%

58Reeves County, TXTX12,138$17,952−23%

59Uvalde County, TXTX24,963$18,001−34%

60DeWitt County, TXTX20,309$18,041−37%

61Val Verde County, TXTX47,835$18,042−36%

62Webb County, TXTX281,224$18,074−36%

63Houston County, TXTX22,316$18,138−35%

64Hamilton County, TXTX8,680$18,161−42%

65Jim Wells County, TXTX38,804$18,315−37%

66Milam County, TXTX26,258$18,355−45%

67Hardeman County, TXTX3,292$18,657−34%

68Foard County, TXTX1,044$18,713−28%

69Shackelford County, TXTX3,197$18,773−38%

70Throckmorton County, TXTX1,554$18,844−33%

71Dawson County, TXTX11,776$18,920−33%

72Polk County, TXTX53,434$18,968−38%

73Garza County, TXTX4,510$18,994−30%

74Jeff Davis County, TXTX1,711$18,995−41%

75Lamb County, TXTX12,579$19,000−32%

76Llano County, TXTX23,353$19,042−45%

77Montague County, TXTX21,966$19,054−39%

78Crockett County, TXTX2,769$19,087−35%

79Floyd County, TXTX4,881$19,186−29%

80Stephens County, TXTX9,380$19,203−35%

81Coke County, TXTX3,412$19,220−34%

82Jones County, TXTX20,861$19,270−35%

83Brown County, TXTX38,711$19,291−38%

84Cherokee County, TXTX53,337$19,296−34%

85Cochran County, TXTX2,546$19,301−30%

86Nacogdoches County, TXTX66,035$19,340−32%

87Runnels County, TXTX9,693$19,348−30%

88Fisher County, TXTX3,692$19,368−30%

89Haskell County, TXTX5,499$19,386−18%

90Kent County, TXTX674$19,508−36%

91Swisher County, TXTX6,703$19,569−34%

92Limestone County, TXTX22,849$19,620−33%

93Camp County, TXTX13,380$19,673−37%

94Parmer County, TXTX9,678$19,742−36%

95Dallam County, TXTX7,508$19,764−29%

96Burleson County, TXTX20,549$19,785−40%

97San Jacinto County, TXTX29,488$19,867−38%

98Bailey County, TXTX6,963$19,873−29%

99Erath County, TXTX43,911$19,881−35%

100Cass County, TXTX28,651$19,886−30%

101Morris County, TXTX12,133$19,895−31%

102Lavaca County, TXTX20,651$19,945−32%

103Fayette County, TXTX25,459$19,963−42%

104Atascosa County, TXTX53,590$20,048−39%

105Hill County, TXTX39,503$20,067−36%

106Wheeler County, TXTX4,773$20,108−35%

107Leon County, TXTX16,894$20,152−35%

108Caldwell County, TXTX55,150$20,169−45%

109Delta County, TXTX5,549$20,208−31%

110Nolan County, TXTX14,117$20,350−22%

111Palo Pinto County, TXTX30,791$20,389−35%

112Brazos County, TXTX249,088$20,411−30%

113Jasper County, TXTX33,075$20,451−34%

114Potter County, TXTX114,453$20,472−31%

115Martin County, TXTX5,284$20,596−35%

116Bee County, TXTX32,515$20,614−27%

117Grimes County, TXTX34,252$20,623−36%

118Tyler County, TXTX20,443$20,647−31%

119Fannin County, TXTX39,265$20,669−40%

120Jackson County, TXTX15,393$20,687−41%

121Callahan County, TXTX14,491$20,712−36%

122Refugio County, TXTX6,657$20,733−31%

123Henderson County, TXTX88,595$20,747−36%

124Hopkins County, TXTX39,063$20,771−35%

125Colorado County, TXTX21,439$20,795−36%

126Wilbarger County, TXTX12,481$20,886−29%

127Live Oak County, TXTX11,929$20,898−35%

128Wood County, TXTX49,688$20,927−36%

129Sutton County, TXTX3,203$20,933−39%

130Panola County, TXTX23,018$21,027−34%

131Van Zandt County, TXTX66,130$21,072−40%

132Pecos County, TXTX14,560$21,170−24%

133Deaf Smith County, TXTX18,626$21,177−28%

134Hale County, TXTX31,819$21,183−32%

135Stonewall County, TXTX1,186$21,210−24%

136Terrell County, TXTX702$21,213−12%

137Aransas County, TXTX26,146$21,315−31%

138Bosque County, TXTX18,918$21,411−37%

139Goliad County, TXTX7,208$21,411−37%

140Burnet County, TXTX57,015$21,420−44%

141Navarro County, TXTX57,181$21,479−31%

142Lamar County, TXTX51,503$21,551−32%

143Lee County, TXTX18,729$21,553−41%

144Freestone County, TXTX20,811$21,561−31%

145Jack County, TXTX9,563$21,627−33%

146Walker County, TXTX83,842$21,631−31%

147Schleicher County, TXTX2,245$21,696−27%

148Young County, TXTX18,154$21,710−29%

149Rains County, TXTX13,542$21,741−36%

150Kleberg County, TXTX30,315$21,887−25%

151Upshur County, TXTX44,410$21,889−34%

152Titus County, TXTX31,563$22,173−32%

153Rusk County, TXTX54,854$22,211−32%

154Ward County, TXTX11,125$22,270−24%

155Blanco County, TXTX13,581$22,297−43%

156Waller County, TXTX69,858$22,334−41%

157Gaines County, TXTX23,956$22,335−27%

158Winkler County, TXTX7,540$22,366−27%

159Terry County, TXTX11,720$22,392−20%

160Medina County, TXTX56,881$22,455−38%

161Lampasas County, TXTX23,657$22,572−38%

162Harrison County, TXTX71,956$22,625−33%

163Liberty County, TXTX121,364$22,637−41%

164El Paso County, TXTX877,858$22,644−27%

165McLennan County, TXTX272,020$22,665−32%

166Calhoun County, TXTX19,599$22,706−37%

167Anderson County, TXTX59,805$22,737−29%

168San Patricio County, TXTX72,053$22,864−34%

169Angelina County, TXTX88,154$22,986−32%

170Sherman County, TXTX2,781$23,005−31%

171Washington County, TXTX38,288$23,052−37%

172Armstrong County, TXTX1,843$23,081−40%

173Franklin County, TXTX10,994$23,103−28%

174Howard County, TXTX30,504$23,145−25%

175Wilson County, TXTX56,139$23,184−42%

176Kerr County, TXTX54,037$23,205−32%

177Coryell County, TXTX85,592$23,504−35%

178Hockley County, TXTX21,600$23,713−24%

179Clay County, TXTX10,764$23,721−34%

180Gillespie County, TXTX28,527$23,722−38%

181Bell County, TXTX402,248$23,755−36%

182Ector County, TXTX173,801$23,801−24%

183Wharton County, TXTX42,060$23,896−26%

184Wichita County, TXTX129,555$23,899−29%

185Bastrop County, TXTX118,908$23,967−45%

186Scurry County, TXTX16,162$24,046−24%

187Gray County, TXTX20,919$24,118−23%

188Bowie County, TXTX92,696$24,237−27%

189Irion County, TXTX1,463$24,280−35%

190Lubbock County, TXTX328,906$24,328−24%

191Upton County, TXTX3,131$24,342−16%

192Tom Green County, TXTX120,602$24,349−27%

193Cooke County, TXTX44,461$24,525−35%

194Lipscomb County, TXTX2,955$24,648−23%

195Taylor County, TXTX150,077$24,661−28%

196Bandera County, TXTX22,876$24,671−37%

197Austin County, TXTX33,625$25,043−35%

198Archer County, TXTX9,129$25,131−35%

199Jefferson County, TXTX254,321$25,132−28%

200Sterling County, TXTX1,349$25,208−28%

201Grayson County, TXTX153,613$25,241−32%

202Hardin County, TXTX58,723$25,289−33%

203Hunt County, TXTX123,336$25,317−31%

204Nueces County, TXTX352,992$25,337−30%

205Matagorda County, TXTX36,463$25,368−21%

206Gregg County, TXTX126,095$25,484−27%

207Hays County, TXTX304,390$25,492−43%

208Smith County, TXTX252,549$25,769−31%

209Hansford County, TXTX4,944$25,787−27%

210Wise County, TXTX83,778$25,885−38%

211Bexar County, TXTX2,160,088$25,926−32%

212Ochiltree County, TXTX9,284$26,352−31%

213Andrews County, TXTX18,914$26,434−22%

214Yoakum County, TXTX7,438$26,442−19%

215Loving County, TXTX52$26,563−34%

216Orange County, TXTX86,266$26,563−29%

217Hutchinson County, TXTX19,633$26,717−27%

218Carson County, TXTX5,805$26,765−34%

219Guadalupe County, TXTX201,111$26,801−39%

220Victoria County, TXTX92,656$26,945−30%

221Kaufman County, TXTX209,235$27,280−39%

222Kendall County, TXTX53,289$27,433−45%

223Moore County, TXTX21,891$27,466−21%

224Travis County, TXTX1,389,670$27,488−41%

225King County, TXTX192$27,625−22%

226Oldham County, TXTX1,783$28,167−16%

227Reagan County, TXTX3,166$28,586−14%

228Hemphill County, TXTX3,083$28,697−19%

229Hartley County, TXTX4,904$28,826−38%

230McMullen County, TXTX544$29,205−10%

231Glasscock County, TXTX1,128$29,306−18%

232Borden County, TXTX567$29,375+1%

233Comal County, TXTX209,166$29,457−36%

234Galveston County, TXTX372,207$29,466−31%

235Somervell County, TXTX10,261$29,539−25%

236Roberts County, TXTX867$30,203−33%

237Ellis County, TXTX240,867$30,553−39%

238Parker County, TXTX184,767$30,592−33%

239Johnson County, TXTX218,048$30,612−31%

240Crane County, TXTX4,554$30,659−5%

241Harris County, TXTX5,045,026$30,970−27%

242Midland County, TXTX187,855$31,164−20%

243Randall County, TXTX152,351$31,472−26%

244Dallas County, TXTX2,661,397$31,605−27%

245Hood County, TXTX70,501$31,627−28%

246Chambers County, TXTX57,594$31,671−34%

247Montgomery County, TXTX781,194$32,254−37%

248Tarrant County, TXTX2,248,466$32,335−30%

249Williamson County, TXTX752,827$33,695−44%

250Brazoria County, TXTX419,080$34,418−29%

251Denton County, TXTX1,069,346$36,914−37%

252Rockwall County, TXTX140,738$42,417−35%

253Fort Bend County, TXTX975,191$42,809−33%

254Collin County, TXTX1,297,179$46,020−35%

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