RANKING · 2000 CENSUS · 254 SHOWN OF 254

Lowest median household income, Texas counties · 2000

Texas counties with the lowest median household income in the 2000 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 1990

01Starr County, TXTX66,319$16,504+62%

02Zavala County, TXTX9,037$16,844+42%

03Brooks County, TXTX6,579$18,622+38%

04Presidio County, TXTX5,433$19,860+53%

05Hudspeth County, TXTX3,433$21,045+37%

06Maverick County, TXTX58,823$21,232+73%

07La Salle County, TXTX6,517$21,857+40%

08Dimmit County, TXTX8,024$21,917+79%

09Willacy County, TXTX19,971$22,114+52%

10Duval County, TXTX9,402$22,416+65%

11Hall County, TXTX2,737$23,016+65%

12Reeves County, TXTX12,138$23,306+30%

13Haskell County, TXTX5,499$23,690+22%

14Terrell County, TXTX702$24,219+14%

15Frio County, TXTX18,823$24,504+74%

16Baylor County, TXTX3,472$24,627+43%

17Zapata County, TXTX13,753$24,635+65%

18Menard County, TXTX1,956$24,762+74%

19Hidalgo County, TXTX921,549$24,863+49%

20Kenedy County, TXTX319$25,000+52%

21Real County, TXTX2,745$25,118+44%

22Edwards County, TXTX1,370$25,298+73%

23Marion County, TXTX9,896$25,347+66%

24Mitchell County, TXTX8,947$25,399+44%

25Collingsworth County, TXTX2,487$25,438+65%

26Cottle County, TXTX1,224$25,446+63%

27Knox County, TXTX3,192$25,453+47%

28Coleman County, TXTX7,915$25,658+65%

29McCulloch County, TXTX7,472$25,705+55%

30Crosby County, TXTX4,852$25,769+50%

31Foard County, TXTX1,044$25,813+38%

32Jim Hogg County, TXTX4,555$25,833+76%

33Culberson County, TXTX2,267$25,882+56%

34Dickens County, TXTX1,692$25,898+79%

35Cameron County, TXTX433,946$26,155+51%

36Nolan County, TXTX14,117$26,209+29%

37Karnes County, TXTX15,018$26,526+64%

38Falls County, TXTX17,869$26,589+54%

39Lynn County, TXTX6,017$26,694+50%

40Eastland County, TXTX18,143$26,832+70%

41Floyd County, TXTX4,881$26,851+40%

42San Augustine County, TXTX7,722$27,025+79%

43Trinity County, TXTX14,384$27,070+60%

44Uvalde County, TXTX24,963$27,164+51%

45Sabine County, TXTX10,012$27,198+55%

46Garza County, TXTX4,510$27,206+43%

47Brewster County, TXTX9,458$27,386+56%

48Childress County, TXTX6,643$27,457+71%

49Cochran County, TXTX2,546$27,525+43%

50Red River County, TXTX11,816$27,558+70%

51Fisher County, TXTX3,692$27,659+43%

52Runnels County, TXTX9,693$27,806+44%

53Lamb County, TXTX12,579$27,898+47%

54Bailey County, TXTX6,963$27,901+40%

55Stonewall County, TXTX1,186$27,935+32%

56Dallam County, TXTX7,508$27,946+41%

57Pecos County, TXTX14,560$28,033+32%

58Terry County, TXTX11,720$28,090+25%

59Webb County, TXTX281,224$28,100+55%

60Houston County, TXTX22,316$28,119+55%

61Dawson County, TXTX11,776$28,211+49%

62Throckmorton County, TXTX1,554$28,277+50%

63Nacogdoches County, TXTX66,035$28,301+46%

64Hardeman County, TXTX3,292$28,312+52%

65Kinney County, TXTX3,128$28,320+80%

66Motley County, TXTX1,043$28,348+69%

67Gonzales County, TXTX20,159$28,368+62%

68Val Verde County, TXTX47,835$28,376+57%

69Bee County, TXTX32,515$28,392+38%

70Comanche County, TXTX14,432$28,422+62%

71Cass County, TXTX28,651$28,441+43%

72Newton County, TXTX11,954$28,500+71%

73DeWitt County, TXTX20,309$28,714+59%

74Jim Wells County, TXTX38,804$28,843+57%

75Robertson County, TXTX17,839$28,886+68%

76Upton County, TXTX3,131$28,977+19%

77Donley County, TXTX3,213$29,006+73%

78Morris County, TXTX12,133$29,011+46%

79Coke County, TXTX3,412$29,085+51%

80Delta County, TXTX5,549$29,094+44%

81Brazos County, TXTX249,088$29,104+43%

82Shelby County, TXTX24,286$29,112+67%

83Lavaca County, TXTX20,651$29,132+46%

84Borden County, TXTX567$29,205−1%

85Cherokee County, TXTX53,337$29,313+52%

86Kleberg County, TXTX30,315$29,313+34%

87Crockett County, TXTX2,769$29,355+54%

88Limestone County, TXTX22,849$29,366+50%

89Ward County, TXTX11,125$29,386+32%

90Kimble County, TXTX4,438$29,396+67%

91Madison County, TXTX14,226$29,418+65%

92Potter County, TXTX114,453$29,492+44%

93Wilbarger County, TXTX12,481$29,500+41%

94Jones County, TXTX20,861$29,572+53%

95Stephens County, TXTX9,380$29,583+54%

96Deaf Smith County, TXTX18,626$29,601+40%

97Schleicher County, TXTX2,245$29,746+37%

98Tyler County, TXTX20,443$29,808+44%

99Swisher County, TXTX6,703$29,846+53%

100Briscoe County, TXTX1,474$29,917+69%

101Refugio County, TXTX6,657$29,986+45%

102San Saba County, TXTX5,787$30,104+108%

103Gaines County, TXTX23,956$30,432+36%

104Kent County, TXTX674$30,433+56%

105Shackelford County, TXTX3,197$30,479+62%

106Polk County, TXTX53,434$30,495+61%

107Young County, TXTX18,154$30,499+40%

108Mills County, TXTX4,580$30,579+74%

109Winkler County, TXTX7,540$30,591+37%

110Castro County, TXTX7,295$30,619+72%

111Aransas County, TXTX26,146$30,702+44%

112Erath County, TXTX43,911$30,708+54%

113Howard County, TXTX30,504$30,805+33%

114Parmer County, TXTX9,678$30,813+56%

115Jasper County, TXTX33,075$30,902+51%

116Mason County, TXTX3,990$30,921+101%

117Brown County, TXTX38,711$30,974+61%

118Leon County, TXTX16,894$30,981+54%

119Wheeler County, TXTX4,773$31,029+54%

120Montague County, TXTX21,966$31,048+63%

121El Paso County, TXTX877,858$31,051+37%

122Hockley County, TXTX21,600$31,085+31%

123Hamilton County, TXTX8,680$31,150+72%

124Ector County, TXTX173,801$31,152+31%

125Camp County, TXTX13,380$31,164+58%

126Palo Pinto County, TXTX30,791$31,203+53%

127Navarro County, TXTX57,181$31,268+46%

128Hale County, TXTX31,819$31,280+48%

129Freestone County, TXTX20,811$31,283+45%

130Concho County, TXTX3,607$31,313+96%

131Gray County, TXTX20,919$31,368+30%

132Walker County, TXTX83,842$31,468+45%

133Hill County, TXTX39,503$31,600+57%

134Lamar County, TXTX51,503$31,609+47%

135Scurry County, TXTX16,162$31,646+32%

136Martin County, TXTX5,284$31,836+55%

137Panola County, TXTX23,018$31,909+52%

138Franklin County, TXTX10,994$31,955+38%

139Anderson County, TXTX59,805$31,957+41%

140Lipscomb County, TXTX2,955$31,964+30%

141Live Oak County, TXTX11,929$32,057+53%

142Hopkins County, TXTX39,063$32,136+55%

143Matagorda County, TXTX36,463$32,174+27%

144Crane County, TXTX4,554$32,194+5%

145Lubbock County, TXTX328,906$32,198+32%

146Wharton County, TXTX42,060$32,208+35%

147Jeff Davis County, TXTX1,711$32,212+70%

148San Jacinto County, TXTX29,488$32,220+62%

149Grimes County, TXTX34,252$32,280+57%

150Colorado County, TXTX21,439$32,425+56%

151Titus County, TXTX31,563$32,452+46%

152Callahan County, TXTX14,491$32,463+57%

153Jack County, TXTX9,563$32,500+50%

154McMullen County, TXTX544$32,500+11%

155Henderson County, TXTX88,595$32,533+57%

156Yoakum County, TXTX7,438$32,672+24%

157Wood County, TXTX49,688$32,885+57%

158Rusk County, TXTX54,854$32,898+48%

159Bowie County, TXTX92,696$33,001+36%

160Burleson County, TXTX20,549$33,026+67%

161Atascosa County, TXTX53,590$33,081+65%

162Tom Green County, TXTX120,602$33,148+36%

163Sherman County, TXTX2,781$33,179+44%

164Milam County, TXTX26,258$33,186+81%

165Reagan County, TXTX3,166$33,231+16%

166Upshur County, TXTX44,410$33,347+52%

167Harrison County, TXTX71,956$33,520+48%

168McLennan County, TXTX272,020$33,560+48%

169Rains County, TXTX13,542$33,712+55%

170Oldham County, TXTX1,783$33,713+20%

171Wichita County, TXTX129,555$33,780+41%

172Angelina County, TXTX88,154$33,806+47%

173Taylor County, TXTX150,077$34,035+38%

174Andrews County, TXTX18,914$34,036+29%

175Bosque County, TXTX18,918$34,181+60%

176Goliad County, TXTX7,208$34,201+60%

177Kerr County, TXTX54,037$34,283+48%

178Sutton County, TXTX3,203$34,385+64%

179Fannin County, TXTX39,265$34,501+67%

180Fayette County, TXTX25,459$34,526+73%

181Jefferson County, TXTX254,321$34,706+38%

182Llano County, TXTX23,353$34,830+83%

183San Patricio County, TXTX72,053$34,836+52%

184Moore County, TXTX21,891$34,852+27%

185Gregg County, TXTX126,095$35,006+37%

186Van Zandt County, TXTX66,130$35,029+66%

187Sterling County, TXTX1,349$35,129+39%

188Jackson County, TXTX15,393$35,254+70%

189Hansford County, TXTX4,944$35,438+37%

190Hemphill County, TXTX3,083$35,456+24%

191King County, TXTX192$35,625+29%

192Glasscock County, TXTX1,128$35,655+22%

193Clay County, TXTX10,764$35,738+51%

194Calhoun County, TXTX19,599$35,849+58%

195Nueces County, TXTX352,992$35,959+42%

196Coryell County, TXTX85,592$35,999+53%

197Medina County, TXTX56,881$36,063+61%

198Lampasas County, TXTX23,657$36,176+60%

199Lee County, TXTX18,729$36,280+68%

200Caldwell County, TXTX55,150$36,573+81%

201Hutchinson County, TXTX19,633$36,588+37%

202Hunt County, TXTX123,336$36,752+45%

203Washington County, TXTX38,288$36,760+59%

204Bell County, TXTX402,248$36,872+55%

205Smith County, TXTX252,549$37,148+44%

206Grayson County, TXTX153,613$37,178+47%

207Irion County, TXTX1,463$37,500+54%

208Orange County, TXTX86,266$37,586+41%

209Hardin County, TXTX58,723$37,612+49%

210Cooke County, TXTX44,461$37,649+54%

211Burnet County, TXTX57,015$37,921+77%

212Ochiltree County, TXTX9,284$38,013+44%

213Gillespie County, TXTX28,527$38,109+61%

214Waller County, TXTX69,858$38,136+71%

215Armstrong County, TXTX1,843$38,194+65%

216Bexar County, TXTX2,160,088$38,328+48%

217Liberty County, TXTX121,364$38,361+69%

218Archer County, TXTX9,129$38,514+53%

219Austin County, TXTX33,625$38,615+54%

220Victoria County, TXTX92,656$38,732+44%

221Bandera County, TXTX22,876$39,013+58%

222Midland County, TXTX187,855$39,082+25%

223Blanco County, TXTX13,581$39,369+77%

224Somervell County, TXTX10,261$39,404+33%

225Loving County, TXTX52$40,000+51%

226Wilson County, TXTX56,139$40,006+73%

227Carson County, TXTX5,805$40,285+51%

228Wise County, TXTX83,778$41,933+62%

229Galveston County, TXTX372,207$42,419+44%

230Harris County, TXTX5,045,026$42,598+38%

231Randall County, TXTX152,351$42,712+36%

232Dallas County, TXTX2,661,397$43,324+37%

233Bastrop County, TXTX118,908$43,578+82%

234Hood County, TXTX70,501$43,668+38%

235Guadalupe County, TXTX201,111$43,949+64%

236Johnson County, TXTX218,048$44,621+46%

237Kaufman County, TXTX209,235$44,783+64%

238Roberts County, TXTX867$44,792+48%

239Hays County, TXTX304,390$45,006+77%

240Parker County, TXTX184,767$45,497+49%

241Comal County, TXTX209,166$46,147+57%

242Tarrant County, TXTX2,248,466$46,179+43%

243Hartley County, TXTX4,904$46,327+61%

244Travis County, TXTX1,389,670$46,761+70%

245Chambers County, TXTX57,594$47,964+51%

246Brazoria County, TXTX419,080$48,632+41%

247Kendall County, TXTX53,289$49,521+81%

248Ellis County, TXTX240,867$50,350+65%

249Montgomery County, TXTX781,194$50,864+58%

250Denton County, TXTX1,069,346$58,216+58%

251Williamson County, TXTX752,827$60,642+80%

252Fort Bend County, TXTX975,191$63,831+49%

253Rockwall County, TXTX140,738$65,164+54%

254Collin County, TXTX1,297,179$70,835+54%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS