RANKING · 2024 ACS · 254 SHOWN OF 254

Lowest poverty rate, Texas counties

Texas counties with the lowest share of residents below the federal poverty line (2024 ACS). This list covers the 254 counties in Texas that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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RELATEDHighest median household income Lowest median household income Highest per-capita income Highest poverty rate Most residents in poverty Most six-figure households

YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOVERTY RATEVS 2000

01Rockwall County, TXTX140,7384.0%−14%

02Sterling County, TXTX1,3494.3%−74%

03Sutton County, TXTX3,2034.5%−75%

04Kendall County, TXTX53,2895.0%−52%

05Armstrong County, TXTX1,8435.2%−51%

06Foard County, TXTX1,0445.6%−61%

07Roberts County, TXTX8675.6%−21%

08Loving County, TXTX526.1%–

09Hemphill County, TXTX3,0836.2%−51%

10Collin County, TXTX1,297,1796.2%+28%

11Williamson County, TXTX752,8276.4%+34%

12Comal County, TXTX209,1666.5%−24%

13Gaines County, TXTX23,9566.8%−69%

14Ellis County, TXTX240,8676.9%−20%

15Mason County, TXTX3,9907.0%−47%

16Denton County, TXTX1,069,3467.1%+7%

17Mills County, TXTX4,5807.2%−61%

18Brazoria County, TXTX419,0807.4%−27%

19Borden County, TXTX5677.4%−47%

20Carson County, TXTX5,8057.4%+2%

21Somervell County, TXTX10,2617.5%−12%

22Fort Bend County, TXTX975,1917.6%+6%

23Hood County, TXTX70,5017.7%−10%

24Calhoun County, TXTX19,5997.7%−53%

25Terrell County, TXTX7027.7%−70%

26Donley County, TXTX3,2137.9%−51%

27Burnet County, TXTX57,0158.0%−27%

28Parker County, TXTX184,7678.0%−4%

29Martin County, TXTX5,2848.3%−56%

30Clay County, TXTX10,7648.4%−19%

31Kinney County, TXTX3,1288.4%−65%

32Garza County, TXTX4,5108.4%−62%

33Blanco County, TXTX13,5818.4%−24%

34Hansford County, TXTX4,9448.6%−48%

35Fayette County, TXTX25,4598.6%−24%

36Wise County, TXTX83,7788.9%−10%

37Glasscock County, TXTX1,1288.9%−40%

38Brewster County, TXTX9,4588.9%−51%

39Lampasas County, TXTX23,6579.1%−35%

40Archer County, TXTX9,1299.2%+2%

41Gillespie County, TXTX28,5279.2%−9%

42Bosque County, TXTX18,9189.3%−27%

43Guadalupe County, TXTX201,1119.3%−5%

44Crockett County, TXTX2,7699.3%−52%

45Hartley County, TXTX4,9049.4%+42%

46Montgomery County, TXTX781,1949.4%+1%

47Shackelford County, TXTX3,1979.5%−30%

48Callahan County, TXTX14,4919.6%−22%

49Medina County, TXTX56,8819.6%−38%

50Kaufman County, TXTX209,2359.7%−8%

51Randall County, TXTX152,3519.7%+20%

52Kent County, TXTX6749.9%−5%

53Schleicher County, TXTX2,2459.9%−54%

54Rains County, TXTX13,54210.0%−33%

55Johnson County, TXTX218,04810.0%+14%

56Parmer County, TXTX9,67810.2%−40%

57Bastrop County, TXTX118,90810.2%−12%

58Sherman County, TXTX2,78110.4%−36%

59Colorado County, TXTX21,43910.7%−34%

60Hardeman County, TXTX3,29210.7%−40%

61San Saba County, TXTX5,78710.7%−35%

62Irion County, TXTX1,46310.8%+28%

63Crane County, TXTX4,55410.9%−19%

64Madison County, TXTX14,22610.9%−31%

65Travis County, TXTX1,389,67010.9%−13%

66Runnels County, TXTX9,69311.0%−43%

67Sabine County, TXTX10,01211.0%−31%

68Van Zandt County, TXTX66,13011.1%−17%

69Tarrant County, TXTX2,248,46611.1%+5%

70Tom Green County, TXTX120,60211.1%−27%

71Grayson County, TXTX153,61311.2%−1%

72Coryell County, TXTX85,59211.2%+18%

73Panola County, TXTX23,01811.2%−21%

74Wilson County, TXTX56,13911.3%−0%

75Lee County, TXTX18,72911.3%−4%

76Midland County, TXTX187,85511.3%−12%

77Kerr County, TXTX54,03711.4%−22%

78Delta County, TXTX5,54911.4%−35%

79Concho County, TXTX3,60711.4%−4%

80Lavaca County, TXTX20,65111.5%−13%

81Lipscomb County, TXTX2,95511.5%−32%

82Dallam County, TXTX7,50811.5%−19%

83Smith County, TXTX252,54911.6%−16%

84Scurry County, TXTX16,16211.6%−27%

85Franklin County, TXTX10,99411.7%−25%

86Kimble County, TXTX4,43811.7%−38%

87Galveston County, TXTX372,20711.7%−11%

88Hunt County, TXTX123,33611.8%−8%

89Reagan County, TXTX3,16611.8%−0%

90Ochiltree County, TXTX9,28411.8%−9%

91Chambers County, TXTX57,59411.9%+8%

92Hopkins County, TXTX39,06311.9%−19%

93Austin County, TXTX33,62512.0%−1%

94Llano County, TXTX23,35312.0%+16%

95Bailey County, TXTX6,96312.0%−28%

96Hardin County, TXTX58,72312.1%+8%

97Hays County, TXTX304,39012.1%−15%

98McMullen County, TXTX54412.3%−41%

99Freestone County, TXTX20,81112.3%−14%

100Upshur County, TXTX44,41012.4%−17%

101Wood County, TXTX49,68812.5%−13%

102Orange County, TXTX86,26612.5%−9%

103Burleson County, TXTX20,54912.7%−26%

104Milam County, TXTX26,25812.9%−19%

105Jack County, TXTX9,56313.0%+0%

106Goliad County, TXTX7,20813.0%−21%

107Hockley County, TXTX21,60013.1%−31%

108Caldwell County, TXTX55,15013.2%+1%

109Hutchinson County, TXTX19,63313.3%+20%

110Washington County, TXTX38,28813.4%+4%

111Bandera County, TXTX22,87613.5%+24%

112Robertson County, TXTX17,83913.5%−35%

113Cooke County, TXTX44,46113.5%−4%

114Wharton County, TXTX42,06013.6%−18%

115Fisher County, TXTX3,69213.7%−22%

116Fannin County, TXTX39,26513.7%−1%

117Mitchell County, TXTX8,94713.8%−22%

118Howard County, TXTX30,50413.8%−26%

119Dallas County, TXTX2,661,39713.9%+4%

120Jones County, TXTX20,86114.1%−16%

121Jackson County, TXTX15,39314.1%−5%

122Montague County, TXTX21,96614.2%+2%

123Aransas County, TXTX26,14614.2%−28%

124Rusk County, TXTX54,85414.4%−2%

125Bell County, TXTX402,24814.5%+20%

126Grimes County, TXTX34,25214.6%−12%

127Bexar County, TXTX2,160,08814.6%−8%

128Refugio County, TXTX6,65714.6%−18%

129Waller County, TXTX69,85814.6%−9%

130Stephens County, TXTX9,38014.6%−6%

131Taylor County, TXTX150,07714.7%+1%

132Hill County, TXTX39,50314.7%−6%

133Falls County, TXTX17,86914.7%−35%

134Henderson County, TXTX88,59514.7%−2%

135San Patricio County, TXTX72,05314.8%−18%

136Stonewall County, TXTX1,18614.9%−23%

137Ward County, TXTX11,12514.9%−17%

138Lamb County, TXTX12,57915.0%−28%

139Houston County, TXTX22,31615.0%−28%

140Lynn County, TXTX6,01715.2%−33%

141Kenedy County, TXTX31915.3%−0%

142Brown County, TXTX38,71115.3%−11%

143McCulloch County, TXTX7,47215.3%−32%

144Childress County, TXTX6,64315.3%−13%

145Wheeler County, TXTX4,77315.4%+19%

146Andrews County, TXTX18,91415.6%−5%

147Red River County, TXTX11,81615.6%−10%

148Harrison County, TXTX71,95615.6%−6%

149Gray County, TXTX20,91915.7%+14%

150Knox County, TXTX3,19215.7%−31%

151Angelina County, TXTX88,15415.8%−0%

152Gonzales County, TXTX20,15915.8%−15%

153Atascosa County, TXTX53,59015.8%−22%

154Upton County, TXTX3,13116.0%−19%

155Motley County, TXTX1,04316.1%−17%

156Gregg County, TXTX126,09516.1%+7%

157Comanche County, TXTX14,43216.2%−7%

158Eastland County, TXTX18,14316.2%−4%

159Bowie County, TXTX92,69616.2%−8%

160Winkler County, TXTX7,54016.2%−13%

161Victoria County, TXTX92,65616.2%+26%

162Hall County, TXTX2,73716.3%−38%

163Harris County, TXTX5,045,02616.3%+9%

164Leon County, TXTX16,89416.4%+5%

165Ector County, TXTX173,80116.5%−12%

166Hamilton County, TXTX8,68016.5%+16%

167Wichita County, TXTX129,55516.5%+25%

168Young County, TXTX18,15416.5%+5%

169Haskell County, TXTX5,49916.6%−27%

170Erath County, TXTX43,91116.6%+3%

171Val Verde County, TXTX47,83516.6%−37%

172McLennan County, TXTX272,02016.6%−6%

173Palo Pinto County, TXTX30,79116.7%+5%

174Reeves County, TXTX12,13816.8%−42%

175Yoakum County, TXTX7,43816.8%−14%

176Briscoe County, TXTX1,47416.8%+5%

177Live Oak County, TXTX11,92917.1%+3%

178Limestone County, TXTX22,84917.1%−4%

179Cottle County, TXTX1,22417.1%−7%

180Titus County, TXTX31,56317.1%−8%

181Navarro County, TXTX57,18117.1%−6%

182Lubbock County, TXTX328,90617.1%−4%

183Hudspeth County, TXTX3,43317.3%−52%

184Anderson County, TXTX59,80517.4%+5%

185Nueces County, TXTX352,99217.4%−4%

186Wilbarger County, TXTX12,48117.5%+34%

187Polk County, TXTX53,43417.5%+1%

188Cass County, TXTX28,65117.5%−1%

189Bee County, TXTX32,51517.6%−27%

190DeWitt County, TXTX20,30917.6%−10%

191Trinity County, TXTX14,38417.6%−0%

192Deaf Smith County, TXTX18,62617.7%−14%

193Real County, TXTX2,74517.9%−16%

194Tyler County, TXTX20,44317.9%+13%

195Floyd County, TXTX4,88117.9%−17%

196Dickens County, TXTX1,69218.0%+3%

197Cherokee County, TXTX53,33718.2%+2%

198Moore County, TXTX21,89118.3%+35%

199Marion County, TXTX9,89618.3%−18%

200Terry County, TXTX11,72018.3%−21%

201Walker County, TXTX83,84218.4%−0%

202San Jacinto County, TXTX29,48818.4%−2%

203Liberty County, TXTX121,36418.7%+30%

204El Paso County, TXTX877,85818.7%−21%

205Menard County, TXTX1,95618.9%−27%

206Newton County, TXTX11,95419.0%−1%

207Lamar County, TXTX51,50319.0%+16%

208Karnes County, TXTX15,01819.1%−13%

209Castro County, TXTX7,29519.2%+1%

210Brooks County, TXTX6,57919.4%−52%

211Morris County, TXTX12,13319.5%+6%

212Culberson County, TXTX2,26719.5%−22%

213Jefferson County, TXTX254,32119.5%+12%

214Frio County, TXTX18,82319.5%−33%

215Dawson County, TXTX11,77619.6%−1%

216Coleman County, TXTX7,91519.6%−1%

217Camp County, TXTX13,38019.9%−5%

218Crosby County, TXTX4,85220.1%−28%

219Hale County, TXTX31,81920.5%+14%

220Shelby County, TXTX24,28620.6%+6%

221Oldham County, TXTX1,78320.7%+5%

222Matagorda County, TXTX36,46320.7%+12%

223Jasper County, TXTX33,07520.7%+15%

224Potter County, TXTX114,45320.8%+8%

225Webb County, TXTX281,22421.3%−32%

226La Salle County, TXTX6,51721.4%−28%

227Pecos County, TXTX14,56021.6%+6%

228Collingsworth County, TXTX2,48721.8%+16%

229Baylor County, TXTX3,47221.8%+35%

230Nacogdoches County, TXTX66,03521.8%−7%

231Uvalde County, TXTX24,96322.2%−9%

232Nolan County, TXTX14,11722.5%+4%

233Maverick County, TXTX58,82322.8%−35%

234Coke County, TXTX3,41222.9%+76%

235King County, TXTX19223.7%+15%

236Jeff Davis County, TXTX1,71123.9%+59%

237Willacy County, TXTX19,97124.0%−28%

238Throckmorton County, TXTX1,55424.2%+80%

239Brazos County, TXTX249,08824.3%−10%

240Jim Wells County, TXTX38,80424.7%+2%

241Cameron County, TXTX433,94624.8%−25%

242Hidalgo County, TXTX921,54926.7%−26%

243San Augustine County, TXTX7,72227.1%+28%

244Cochran County, TXTX2,54627.8%+3%

245Kleberg County, TXTX30,31528.1%+5%

246Swisher County, TXTX6,70330.1%+73%

247Jim Hogg County, TXTX4,55531.4%+21%

248Edwards County, TXTX1,37031.9%+1%

249Presidio County, TXTX5,43332.0%−12%

250Duval County, TXTX9,40233.3%+22%

251Starr County, TXTX66,31933.5%−34%

252Zavala County, TXTX9,03733.9%−19%

253Zapata County, TXTX13,75338.4%+7%

254Dimmit County, TXTX8,02441.1%+24%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES