RANKING · 2024 ACS · 254 SHOWN OF 254

Most residents in poverty, Texas counties

Texas counties with the most residents living below the poverty line, as of the 2024 American Community Survey. Ranked by number of people, not the poverty rate. This list covers the 254 counties in Texas that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 254 is 2,689. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Atascosa County, TX, up 20 places to #63.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPRESIDENTS IN POVERTYVS 2000

01Harris County, TXTX5,045,026786,369+54%

02Dallas County, TXTX2,661,397364,824+22%

03Bexar County, TXTX2,160,088302,142+37%

04▲1Tarrant County, TXTX2,248,466240,700+57%

05▼1Hidalgo County, TXTX921,549237,851+16%

06El Paso County, TXTX877,858163,233+1%

07Travis County, TXTX1,389,670145,345+43%

08Cameron County, TXTX433,946105,789−5%

09▲1Collin County, TXTX1,297,17972,529+203%

10▼1Denton County, TXTX1,069,34669,278+142%

11▲1Fort Bend County, TXTX975,19167,687+167%

12▲4Montgomery County, TXTX781,19464,628+134%

13▲1Nueces County, TXTX352,99261,431+8%

14▲1Brazos County, TXTX249,08858,800+43%

15▼4Webb County, TXTX281,22457,379−5%

16▲1Bell County, TXTX402,24856,117+95%

17▼4Lubbock County, TXTX328,90654,677+26%

18▲1Jefferson County, TXTX254,32149,472+13%

19▼1McLennan County, TXTX272,02044,118+17%

20▲1Williamson County, TXTX752,82743,259+261%

21▼1Galveston County, TXTX372,20742,042+27%

22▲1Hays County, TXTX304,39032,593+134%

23▲1Brazoria County, TXTX419,08028,901+17%

24▼2Smith County, TXTX252,54927,964+16%

25▲4Ector County, TXTX173,80127,087+20%

26▼1Potter County, TXTX114,45324,154+11%

27▼1Starr County, TXTX66,31922,143−19%

28▼1Wichita County, TXTX129,55521,438+23%

29▲1Taylor County, TXTX150,07721,403+16%

30▼2Gregg County, TXTX126,09520,208+20%

31▲1Midland County, TXTX187,85519,836+33%

32▼1Johnson County, TXTX218,04819,557+75%

33▲14Liberty County, TXTX121,36419,287+92%

34▲5Guadalupe County, TXTX201,11117,100+96%

35▲2Kaufman County, TXTX209,23516,714+123%

36▼3Grayson County, TXTX153,61315,988+28%

37▼1Bowie County, TXTX92,69614,928−5%

38▲5Victoria County, TXTX92,65614,851+36%

39▼4Walker County, TXTX83,84214,728+30%

40▼2Ellis County, TXTX240,86714,712+54%

41▼7Nacogdoches County, TXTX66,03514,205+3%

42▲3Randall County, TXTX152,35114,204+69%

43▼2Angelina County, TXTX88,15413,754+9%

44▼2Tom Green County, TXTX120,60213,289−16%

45▼5Maverick County, TXTX58,82313,233−20%

46▲3Parker County, TXTX184,76713,184+80%

47▼3Hunt County, TXTX123,33612,842+31%

48▼2Henderson County, TXTX88,59512,502+13%

49▼1Comal County, TXTX209,16611,911+78%

50Harrison County, TXTX71,95610,963+6%

51Bastrop County, TXTX118,90810,846+62%

52Orange County, TXTX86,26610,701−8%

53San Patricio County, TXTX72,05310,374−14%

54▲7Anderson County, TXTX59,80510,148+12%

55Lamar County, TXTX51,5039,611+21%

56▲2Jim Wells County, TXTX38,8049,579+1%

57▼3Coryell County, TXTX85,5929,471+33%

58▲6Cherokee County, TXTX53,3379,421+13%

59▲3Navarro County, TXTX57,1819,365+14%

60▼1Polk County, TXTX53,4349,221+29%

61▼1Waller County, TXTX69,8589,008+72%

62▼5Kleberg County, TXTX30,3158,591+2%

63▲20Atascosa County, TXTX53,5908,076+3%

64▼8Val Verde County, TXTX47,8357,913−32%

65▲11Rusk County, TXTX54,8547,616+10%

66▲6Matagorda County, TXTX36,4637,530+7%

67Erath County, TXTX43,9117,253+37%

68Hardin County, TXTX58,7236,968+30%

69▼6Van Zandt County, TXTX66,1306,952+9%

70Jasper County, TXTX33,0756,789+6%

71▼5Wise County, TXTX83,7786,668+39%

72▲6Hale County, TXTX31,8196,5980%

73▼8Caldwell County, TXTX55,1506,415+52%

74▼5Chambers County, TXTX57,5946,103+113%

75▼4Kerr County, TXTX54,0376,075−4%

76▲13Wilson County, TXTX56,1395,968+63%

77▲14Brown County, TXTX38,7115,874−9%

78▼1Wood County, TXTX49,6885,872+12%

79▲5Cooke County, TXTX44,4615,824+13%

80▼7Wharton County, TXTX42,0605,688−17%

81▲6Uvalde County, TXTX24,9635,517−12%

82▲12Hill County, TXTX39,5035,479+8%

83▼8Bee County, TXTX32,5155,469−29%

84▲6Titus County, TXTX31,5635,363+3%

85▲8Zapata County, TXTX13,7535,314+22%

86▼12Upshur County, TXTX44,4105,2600%

87▲17San Jacinto County, TXTX29,4885,224+25%

88▼3Medina County, TXTX56,8815,159−15%

89▲6Fannin County, TXTX39,2655,132+18%

90▼9Hood County, TXTX70,5015,047+44%

91▼3Cass County, TXTX28,6515,004−7%

92▲8Rockwall County, TXTX140,7384,992+147%

93▼13Shelby County, TXTX24,2864,972+2%

94▲9Washington County, TXTX38,2884,919+26%

95▲6Palo Pinto County, TXTX30,7914,906+14%

96▼10Willacy County, TXTX19,9714,826−28%

97▼5Grimes County, TXTX34,2524,565+17%

98▼2Hopkins County, TXTX39,0634,488−4%

99▼20Howard County, TXTX30,5044,463−29%

100▲5Burnet County, TXTX57,0154,193+13%

101▲44Moore County, TXTX21,8913,907+44%

102▼5Limestone County, TXTX22,8493,803−3%

103▲7Austin County, TXTX33,6253,726+31%

104▲4Frio County, TXTX18,8233,626−23%

105▲2Tyler County, TXTX20,4433,623+10%

106▼24Aransas County, TXTX26,1463,543−21%

107▲2DeWitt County, TXTX20,3093,523−10%

108▼2Dimmit County, TXTX8,0243,445+1%

109▼10Houston County, TXTX22,3163,315−32%

110▼8Milam County, TXTX26,2583,309−14%

111Gray County, TXTX20,9193,308+5%

112▲17Deaf Smith County, TXTX18,6263,261−15%

113▲31Nolan County, TXTX14,1173,253−5%

114▲44Duval County, TXTX9,4023,241−9%

115▲20Pecos County, TXTX14,5603,213−6%

116▼4Zavala County, TXTX9,0373,193−34%

117▲11Gonzales County, TXTX20,1593,140−9%

118▲5Montague County, TXTX21,9662,987+12%

119▲13Young County, TXTX18,1542,975+6%

120Bandera County, TXTX22,8762,966+55%

121▼8Eastland County, TXTX18,1432,919−5%

122▲29Andrews County, TXTX18,9142,902+36%

123▲7Karnes County, TXTX15,0182,866−15%

124▲22Jones County, TXTX20,8612,853−18%

125▼11Hockley County, TXTX21,6002,791−35%

126▲39Llano County, TXTX23,3532,692+53%

127▼1Hutchinson County, TXTX19,6332,689+2%

128▼4Leon County, TXTX16,8942,667+12%

129▲4Camp County, TXTX13,3802,549+6%

130▼32Falls County, TXTX17,8692,544−39%

131▼16Panola County, TXTX23,0182,544−21%

132▼13Gillespie County, TXTX28,5272,540+20%

133▲6Trinity County, TXTX14,3842,474+2%

134▼18Freestone County, TXTX20,8112,465−3%

135▲13Kendall County, TXTX53,2892,443−2%

136▲20Burleson County, TXTX20,5492,393−16%

137▼15Dawson County, TXTX11,7762,375−20%

138▲22Lavaca County, TXTX20,6512,354−7%

139▲10Morris County, TXTX12,1332,350−1%

140▼4Robertson County, TXTX17,8392,319−30%

141▼24Newton County, TXTX11,9542,293−20%

142▲15Comanche County, TXTX14,4322,255−7%

143▲9Colorado County, TXTX21,4392,242−32%

144▼6Wilbarger County, TXTX12,4812,203+15%

145▼20Fayette County, TXTX25,4592,161−13%

146▲4San Augustine County, TXTX7,7222,137+13%

147▼13Terry County, TXTX11,7202,132−28%

148▲5Jackson County, TXTX15,3932,1290%

149▼8Reeves County, TXTX12,1382,122−44%

150▲13Swisher County, TXTX6,7032,088+44%

151▼9Lampasas County, TXTX23,6572,072−17%

152▲3Lee County, TXTX18,7292,037+10%

153▼13Live Oak County, TXTX11,9291,983−2%

154▼23Lamb County, TXTX12,5791,928−37%

155▼8Scurry County, TXTX16,1621,912−27%

156▼19Presidio County, TXTX5,4331,898−29%

157▼14Red River County, TXTX11,8161,813−27%

158▲3Marion County, TXTX9,8961,784−27%

159▼32Bosque County, TXTX18,9181,737−20%

160▲12Ward County, TXTX11,1251,663−15%

161▲21Coleman County, TXTX7,9151,539−16%

162▼8Calhoun County, TXTX19,5991,523−55%

163▼45Gaines County, TXTX23,9561,519−52%

164▲7Madison County, TXTX14,2261,487−27%

165▲1Jim Hogg County, TXTX4,5551,486+8%

166▲14La Salle County, TXTX6,5171,467−16%

167▲24Castro County, TXTX7,2951,409−11%

168▼4Hamilton County, TXTX8,6801,384+18%

169▼7Stephens County, TXTX9,3801,370−9%

170▲6Callahan County, TXTX14,4911,369−13%

171▼50Brooks County, TXTX6,5791,347−58%

172▼2Rains County, TXTX13,5421,276−6%

173▲19Yoakum County, TXTX7,4381,270−11%

174▲11Mitchell County, TXTX8,9471,245−27%

175▲18Franklin County, TXTX10,9941,240−16%

176▲13Winkler County, TXTX7,5401,209−10%

177▼9Ochiltree County, TXTX9,2841,160−1%

178▲3McCulloch County, TXTX7,4721,152−38%

179▼5Jack County, TXTX9,5631,150+1%

180▼21Sabine County, TXTX10,0121,104−34%

181▼3Runnels County, TXTX9,6931,084−51%

182▼7Blanco County, TXTX13,5811,050+12%

183▲5Childress County, TXTX6,6431,035−23%

184▼1Crosby County, TXTX4,8521,012−49%

185▼12Parmer County, TXTX9,678989−42%

186Refugio County, TXTX6,657981−30%

187▲11Floyd County, TXTX4,881936−44%

188▲8Goliad County, TXTX7,208930−18%

189▲8Haskell County, TXTX5,499897−36%

190▼11Clay County, TXTX10,764880−22%

191▼1Lynn County, TXTX6,017875−41%

192▼25Brewster County, TXTX9,458848−47%

193▼9Dallam County, TXTX7,508837−5%

194▲6Bailey County, TXTX6,963831−24%

195▼8Archer County, TXTX9,129813+3%

196▲25Coke County, TXTX3,412766+52%

197▲16Baylor County, TXTX3,472759+15%

198▼4Wheeler County, TXTX4,773749+9%

199▼30Somervell County, TXTX10,261728+25%

200▲5Cochran County, TXTX2,546708−30%

201▼6Delta County, TXTX5,549618−34%

202▼1San Saba County, TXTX5,787611−41%

203▼1Hudspeth County, TXTX3,433590−51%

204▲6Collingsworth County, TXTX2,487563−6%

205▲18Knox County, TXTX3,192521−47%

206▼7Kimble County, TXTX4,438513−39%

207▲18Upton County, TXTX3,131512−24%

208▲30Crane County, TXTX4,554502−7%

209▲9Fisher County, TXTX3,692502−34%

210▼7Real County, TXTX2,745501−23%

211▲8Hartley County, TXTX4,904489+34%

212▲25Oldham County, TXTX1,783465+8%

213▼2Hall County, TXTX2,737458−54%

214▲10Jeff Davis County, TXTX1,711446+35%

215▼9Hansford County, TXTX4,944439−50%

216▼7Martin County, TXTX5,284434−51%

217▼1Carson County, TXTX5,805432−9%

218▼41Garza County, TXTX4,510431−60%

219▼15Culberson County, TXTX2,267428−43%

220▲21Edwards County, TXTX1,370411−40%

221▲8Throckmorton County, TXTX1,554397+59%

222▲4Reagan County, TXTX3,166381−3%

223▼16Concho County, TXTX3,607379−20%

224▼9Hardeman County, TXTX3,292374−55%

225▲8Menard County, TXTX1,956369−39%

226▲2Lipscomb County, TXTX2,955335−35%

227▼15Mills County, TXTX4,580325−66%

228▲6Dickens County, TXTX1,692314−35%

229▼2Shackelford County, TXTX3,197302−33%

230▲5Mason County, TXTX3,990277−44%

231▼17Kinney County, TXTX3,128265−67%

232▼24Crockett County, TXTX2,769263−67%

233▼11Donley County, TXTX3,213256−58%

234▼3Sherman County, TXTX2,781238−54%

235▼15Schleicher County, TXTX2,245236−63%

236▼6Cottle County, TXTX1,224234−33%

237▼1Briscoe County, TXTX1,474219−23%

238▼6Hemphill County, TXTX3,083200−52%

239▲9Motley County, TXTX1,043190−31%

240▲3Stonewall County, TXTX1,186183−44%

241▼2Irion County, TXTX1,463152+2%

242▼25Sutton County, TXTX3,203148−80%

243▼1Armstrong County, TXTX1,84395−58%

244▼4Glasscock County, TXTX1,12895−54%

245▲4McMullen County, TXTX54486−51%

246Kent County, TXTX67472−19%

247▲3Terrell County, TXTX70264−77%

248▲3Sterling County, TXTX1,34963−73%

249▼5Foard County, TXTX1,04455−76%

250▲2Borden County, TXTX56753−48%

251▼6King County, TXTX19250−32%

252▼5Roberts County, TXTX86747−27%

253Kenedy County, TXTX31922−65%

254Loving County, TXTX522–

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES