RANKING · 2020 CENSUS · 254 SHOWN OF 254

Lowest poverty rate, Texas counties · 2020

Texas counties with the lowest share of residents below the federal poverty line (2020 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

01Loving County, TXTX520.0%–

02Kenedy County, TXTX3192.0%−87%

03Sterling County, TXTX1,3492.4%−86%

04Borden County, TXTX5673.7%−74%

05Rockwall County, TXTX140,7383.8%−20%

06Crane County, TXTX4,5544.3%−68%

07Terrell County, TXTX7024.8%−81%

08Kendall County, TXTX53,2894.8%−54%

09Williamson County, TXTX752,8276.1%+26%

10Mason County, TXTX3,9906.1%−54%

11Collin County, TXTX1,297,1796.3%+29%

12Motley County, TXTX1,0437.3%−63%

13Armstrong County, TXTX1,8437.3%−31%

14Denton County, TXTX1,069,3467.4%+12%

15Fort Bend County, TXTX975,1917.5%+5%

16Burnet County, TXTX57,0157.5%−31%

17Llano County, TXTX23,3537.6%−26%

18Comal County, TXTX209,1667.7%−11%

19Brazoria County, TXTX419,0807.9%−22%

20Hartley County, TXTX4,9048.0%+21%

21Ellis County, TXTX240,8678.1%−6%

22Franklin County, TXTX10,9948.2%−47%

23Parker County, TXTX184,7678.2%−1%

24Carson County, TXTX5,8058.6%+17%

25Hood County, TXTX70,5018.9%+4%

26Montgomery County, TXTX781,1948.9%−5%

27Guadalupe County, TXTX201,1119.0%−8%

28Lavaca County, TXTX20,6519.0%−32%

29Stonewall County, TXTX1,1869.2%−52%

30Hemphill County, TXTX3,0839.2%−27%

31Callahan County, TXTX14,4919.3%−24%

32Foard County, TXTX1,0449.5%−33%

33Midland County, TXTX187,8559.8%−24%

34Wilson County, TXTX56,13910.0%−12%

35Randall County, TXTX152,35110.0%+24%

36Calhoun County, TXTX19,59910.1%−38%

37Colorado County, TXTX21,43910.1%−38%

38Martin County, TXTX5,28410.2%−45%

39Edwards County, TXTX1,37010.2%−68%

40Johnson County, TXTX218,04810.3%+18%

41Wise County, TXTX83,77810.4%+5%

42McMullen County, TXTX54410.5%−49%

43Medina County, TXTX56,88110.5%−32%

44Washington County, TXTX38,28810.5%−18%

45Madison County, TXTX14,22610.6%−33%

46Moore County, TXTX21,89110.7%−21%

47Kaufman County, TXTX209,23510.7%+2%

48Roberts County, TXTX86710.8%+50%

49Reagan County, TXTX3,16610.8%−9%

50Gillespie County, TXTX28,52710.8%+6%

51Lampasas County, TXTX23,65710.9%−22%

52Galveston County, TXTX372,20710.9%−17%

53Atascosa County, TXTX53,59011.0%−46%

54Yoakum County, TXTX7,43811.1%−43%

55Upton County, TXTX3,13111.1%−44%

56Blanco County, TXTX13,58111.2%+0%

57Andrews County, TXTX18,91411.2%−32%

58Fayette County, TXTX25,45911.2%−2%

59Rusk County, TXTX54,85411.2%−23%

60Sherman County, TXTX2,78111.2%−30%

61Bastrop County, TXTX118,90811.3%−3%

62Hansford County, TXTX4,94411.3%−31%

63Shackelford County, TXTX3,19711.3%−17%

64Lipscomb County, TXTX2,95511.3%−32%

65Bailey County, TXTX6,96311.4%−32%

66Tarrant County, TXTX2,248,46611.4%+7%

67Burleson County, TXTX20,54911.4%−34%

68Travis County, TXTX1,389,67011.4%−9%

69Jones County, TXTX20,86111.5%−32%

70Coryell County, TXTX85,59211.5%+21%

71Lee County, TXTX18,72911.5%−3%

72Mills County, TXTX4,58011.6%−37%

73Archer County, TXTX9,12911.6%+29%

74Ward County, TXTX11,12511.6%−35%

75Austin County, TXTX33,62511.7%−3%

76Mitchell County, TXTX8,94711.7%−34%

77Knox County, TXTX3,19211.8%−49%

78Hopkins County, TXTX39,06311.8%−19%

79Castro County, TXTX7,29511.8%−38%

80Rains County, TXTX13,54212.0%−19%

81Goliad County, TXTX7,20812.0%−27%

82Grayson County, TXTX153,61312.0%+6%

83Winkler County, TXTX7,54012.0%−36%

84Hardin County, TXTX58,72312.0%+8%

85Tom Green County, TXTX120,60212.2%−20%

86Clay County, TXTX10,76412.2%+18%

87Oldham County, TXTX1,78312.3%−38%

88Kent County, TXTX67412.4%+19%

89Orange County, TXTX86,26612.4%−10%

90Fisher County, TXTX3,69212.4%−29%

91Donley County, TXTX3,21312.5%−22%

92Hill County, TXTX39,50312.5%−21%

93Coke County, TXTX3,41212.5%−4%

94Fannin County, TXTX39,26512.5%−10%

95Kerr County, TXTX54,03712.5%−13%

96Irion County, TXTX1,46312.6%+49%

97Brown County, TXTX38,71112.7%−26%

98Runnels County, TXTX9,69312.7%−34%

99Van Zandt County, TXTX66,13012.7%−4%

100Scurry County, TXTX16,16212.7%−20%

101Hays County, TXTX304,39012.7%−11%

102Cooke County, TXTX44,46112.8%−9%

103Wood County, TXTX49,68812.9%−10%

104Hutchinson County, TXTX19,63313.0%+17%

105Ector County, TXTX173,80113.0%−31%

106Gonzales County, TXTX20,15913.1%−29%

107Parmer County, TXTX9,67813.2%−22%

108San Saba County, TXTX5,78713.3%−20%

109San Jacinto County, TXTX29,48813.6%−28%

110Palo Pinto County, TXTX30,79113.8%−13%

111Jackson County, TXTX15,39313.8%−6%

112Bandera County, TXTX22,87613.8%+28%

113Deaf Smith County, TXTX18,62613.8%−33%

114Menard County, TXTX1,95613.9%−46%

115Sutton County, TXTX3,20313.9%−22%

116Smith County, TXTX252,54914.0%+1%

117Taylor County, TXTX150,07714.0%−4%

118Montague County, TXTX21,96614.0%+0%

119Anderson County, TXTX59,80514.1%−14%

120Hardeman County, TXTX3,29214.1%−21%

121Panola County, TXTX23,01814.1%−0%

122Young County, TXTX18,15414.1%−10%

123Bell County, TXTX402,24814.2%+18%

124Hunt County, TXTX123,33614.3%+12%

125Chambers County, TXTX57,59414.4%+31%

126Childress County, TXTX6,64314.4%−18%

127Bosque County, TXTX18,91814.5%+14%

128Gaines County, TXTX23,95614.5%−33%

129Comanche County, TXTX14,43214.6%−16%

130Dallas County, TXTX2,661,39714.6%+9%

131Cherokee County, TXTX53,33714.6%−18%

132Robertson County, TXTX17,83914.6%−29%

133Waller County, TXTX69,85814.7%−8%

134Coleman County, TXTX7,91514.7%−26%

135Liberty County, TXTX121,36414.8%+3%

136Baylor County, TXTX3,47214.8%−8%

137Ochiltree County, TXTX9,28414.8%+15%

138Upshur County, TXTX44,41014.9%−0%

139Dallam County, TXTX7,50814.9%+6%

140Wharton County, TXTX42,06015.1%−9%

141San Patricio County, TXTX72,05315.2%−16%

142McCulloch County, TXTX7,47215.2%−32%

143Floyd County, TXTX4,88115.3%−29%

144Refugio County, TXTX6,65715.3%−14%

145Hockley County, TXTX21,60015.3%−19%

146Dickens County, TXTX1,69215.3%−12%

147Jack County, TXTX9,56315.4%+19%

148Haskell County, TXTX5,49915.4%−33%

149Navarro County, TXTX57,18115.5%−15%

150Bexar County, TXTX2,160,08815.6%−2%

151Brewster County, TXTX9,45815.6%−14%

152Harris County, TXTX5,045,02615.6%+4%

153Nolan County, TXTX14,11715.6%−28%

154Milam County, TXTX26,25815.7%−2%

155Victoria County, TXTX92,65615.7%+21%

156Titus County, TXTX31,56315.8%−15%

157Caldwell County, TXTX55,15015.8%+21%

158Grimes County, TXTX34,25215.9%−5%

159Kinney County, TXTX3,12816.0%−33%

160Lynn County, TXTX6,01716.0%−29%

161Somervell County, TXTX10,26116.1%+88%

162Delta County, TXTX5,54916.2%−8%

163Nueces County, TXTX352,99216.2%−11%

164Reeves County, TXTX12,13816.2%−44%

165Freestone County, TXTX20,81116.3%+14%

166Howard County, TXTX30,50416.4%−12%

167Pecos County, TXTX14,56016.4%−20%

168Erath County, TXTX43,91116.5%+3%

169Gray County, TXTX20,91916.5%+20%

170Glasscock County, TXTX1,12816.6%+12%

171Polk County, TXTX53,43416.7%−4%

172Harrison County, TXTX71,95616.8%+1%

173Briscoe County, TXTX1,47416.8%+5%

174Bowie County, TXTX92,69616.8%−5%

175Henderson County, TXTX88,59517.0%+13%

176Wheeler County, TXTX4,77317.0%+31%

177Schleicher County, TXTX2,24517.1%−20%

178Karnes County, TXTX15,01817.2%−21%

179Angelina County, TXTX88,15417.3%+10%

180Wichita County, TXTX129,55517.4%+32%

181Concho County, TXTX3,60717.5%+47%

182Cass County, TXTX28,65117.5%−1%

183Gregg County, TXTX126,09517.6%+16%

184Leon County, TXTX16,89417.7%+14%

185Morris County, TXTX12,13317.8%−3%

186Trinity County, TXTX14,38417.8%+1%

187Hale County, TXTX31,81917.8%−1%

188Crockett County, TXTX2,76917.9%−8%

189DeWitt County, TXTX20,30917.9%−9%

190Matagorda County, TXTX36,46317.9%−3%

191Jefferson County, TXTX254,32118.0%+3%

192Val Verde County, TXTX47,83518.3%−30%

193Lamar County, TXTX51,50318.4%+12%

194La Salle County, TXTX6,51718.5%−38%

195Marion County, TXTX9,89618.5%−17%

196McLennan County, TXTX272,02018.5%+5%

197Lubbock County, TXTX328,90618.5%+4%

198Tyler County, TXTX20,44318.5%+17%

199Eastland County, TXTX18,14318.7%+12%

200Sabine County, TXTX10,01218.8%+18%

201Kimble County, TXTX4,43818.9%+1%

202Hall County, TXTX2,73718.9%−28%

203Wilbarger County, TXTX12,48118.9%+45%

204Jeff Davis County, TXTX1,71119.0%+27%

205Houston County, TXTX22,31619.0%−9%

206Duval County, TXTX9,40219.1%−30%

207Limestone County, TXTX22,84919.3%+9%

208Bee County, TXTX32,51519.4%−19%

209Lamb County, TXTX12,57919.4%−7%

210Stephens County, TXTX9,38019.4%+24%

211El Paso County, TXTX877,85819.5%−18%

212Frio County, TXTX18,82319.6%−32%

213Hamilton County, TXTX8,68019.9%+40%

214Potter County, TXTX114,45320.1%+4%

215Camp County, TXTX13,38020.1%−4%

216Collingsworth County, TXTX2,48720.2%+8%

217Red River County, TXTX11,81620.2%+17%

218Jasper County, TXTX33,07520.3%+12%

219Walker County, TXTX83,84220.7%+13%

220Crosby County, TXTX4,85220.9%−26%

221Uvalde County, TXTX24,96321.0%−14%

222Live Oak County, TXTX11,92921.1%+28%

223Terry County, TXTX11,72021.1%−9%

224Jim Wells County, TXTX38,80421.6%−11%

225Garza County, TXTX4,51021.6%−3%

226Throckmorton County, TXTX1,55422.6%+68%

227Dawson County, TXTX11,77622.6%+15%

228Aransas County, TXTX26,14622.8%+15%

229Cottle County, TXTX1,22423.0%+25%

230Hudspeth County, TXTX3,43323.1%−36%

231Shelby County, TXTX24,28623.3%+20%

232Brazos County, TXTX249,08823.9%−11%

233Webb County, TXTX281,22424.6%−21%

234Nacogdoches County, TXTX66,03524.9%+7%

235Falls County, TXTX17,86925.0%+11%

236Swisher County, TXTX6,70325.3%+46%

237Willacy County, TXTX19,97125.6%−23%

238Real County, TXTX2,74525.7%+21%

239Newton County, TXTX11,95425.8%+35%

240Maverick County, TXTX58,82326.2%−25%

241San Augustine County, TXTX7,72226.4%+25%

242Cameron County, TXTX433,94626.7%−19%

243Cochran County, TXTX2,54627.1%+0%

244Kleberg County, TXTX30,31527.2%+2%

245Hidalgo County, TXTX921,54928.4%−21%

246Jim Hogg County, TXTX4,55531.3%+21%

247Zapata County, TXTX13,75332.2%−10%

248Culberson County, TXTX2,26732.3%+29%

249Starr County, TXTX66,31934.2%−33%

250Zavala County, TXTX9,03735.2%−16%

251King County, TXTX19236.2%+75%

252Presidio County, TXTX5,43339.9%+10%

253Brooks County, TXTX6,57940.2%+0%

254Dimmit County, TXTX8,02442.6%+28%

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