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.

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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%

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

05Hidalgo 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%

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

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

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

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

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

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

15Webb County, TXTX281,22457,379−5%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

27Starr County, TXTX66,31922,143−19%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

37Bowie County, TXTX92,69614,928−5%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

49Comal 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%

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

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

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

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

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

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

60Polk County, TXTX53,4349,221+29%

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

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

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

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

65Rusk County, TXTX54,8547,616+10%

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

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

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

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

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

71Wise County, TXTX83,7786,668+39%

72Hale County, TXTX31,8196,598+0%

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

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

75Kerr County, TXTX54,0376,075−4%

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

77Brown County, TXTX38,7115,874−9%

78Wood County, TXTX49,6885,872+12%

79Cooke County, TXTX44,4615,824+13%

80Wharton County, TXTX42,0605,688−17%

81Uvalde County, TXTX24,9635,517−12%

82Hill County, TXTX39,5035,479+8%

83Bee County, TXTX32,5155,469−29%

84Titus County, TXTX31,5635,363+3%

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

86Upshur County, TXTX44,4105,260+0%

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

88Medina County, TXTX56,8815,159−15%

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

90Hood County, TXTX70,5015,047+44%

91Cass County, TXTX28,6515,004−7%

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

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

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

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

96Willacy County, TXTX19,9714,826−28%

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

98Hopkins County, TXTX39,0634,488−4%

99Howard County, TXTX30,5044,463−29%

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

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

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

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

104Frio County, TXTX18,8233,626−23%

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

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

107DeWitt County, TXTX20,3093,523−10%

108Dimmit County, TXTX8,0243,445+1%

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

110Milam County, TXTX26,2583,309−14%

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

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

113Nolan County, TXTX14,1173,253−5%

114Duval County, TXTX9,4023,241−9%

115Pecos County, TXTX14,5603,213−6%

116Zavala County, TXTX9,0373,193−34%

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

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

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

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

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

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

123Karnes County, TXTX15,0182,866−15%

124Jones County, TXTX20,8612,853−18%

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

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

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

128Leon County, TXTX16,8942,667+12%

129Camp County, TXTX13,3802,549+6%

130Falls County, TXTX17,8692,544−39%

131Panola County, TXTX23,0182,544−21%

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

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

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

135Kendall County, TXTX53,2892,443−2%

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

137Dawson County, TXTX11,7762,375−20%

138Lavaca County, TXTX20,6512,354−7%

139Morris County, TXTX12,1332,350−1%

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

141Newton County, TXTX11,9542,293−20%

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

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

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

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

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

147Terry County, TXTX11,7202,132−28%

148Jackson County, TXTX15,3932,129+0%

149Reeves County, TXTX12,1382,122−44%

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

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

152Lee County, TXTX18,7292,037+10%

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

154Lamb County, TXTX12,5791,928−37%

155Scurry County, TXTX16,1621,912−27%

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

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

158Marion County, TXTX9,8961,784−27%

159Bosque County, TXTX18,9181,737−20%

160Ward County, TXTX11,1251,663−15%

161Coleman County, TXTX7,9151,539−16%

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

163Gaines County, TXTX23,9561,519−52%

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

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

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

167Castro County, TXTX7,2951,409−11%

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

169Stephens County, TXTX9,3801,370−9%

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

171Brooks County, TXTX6,5791,347−58%

172Rains County, TXTX13,5421,276−6%

173Yoakum County, TXTX7,4381,270−11%

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

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

176Winkler County, TXTX7,5401,209−10%

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

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

179Jack County, TXTX9,5631,150+1%

180Sabine County, TXTX10,0121,104−34%

181Runnels County, TXTX9,6931,084−51%

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

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

184Crosby County, TXTX4,8521,012−49%

185Parmer County, TXTX9,678989−42%

186Refugio County, TXTX6,657981−30%

187Floyd County, TXTX4,881936−44%

188Goliad County, TXTX7,208930−18%

189Haskell County, TXTX5,499897−36%

190Clay County, TXTX10,764880−22%

191Lynn County, TXTX6,017875−41%

192Brewster County, TXTX9,458848−47%

193Dallam County, TXTX7,508837−5%

194Bailey County, TXTX6,963831−24%

195Archer County, TXTX9,129813+3%

196Coke County, TXTX3,412766+52%

197Baylor County, TXTX3,472759+15%

198Wheeler County, TXTX4,773749+9%

199Somervell County, TXTX10,261728+25%

200Cochran County, TXTX2,546708−30%

201Delta County, TXTX5,549618−34%

202San Saba County, TXTX5,787611−41%

203Hudspeth County, TXTX3,433590−51%

204Collingsworth County, TXTX2,487563−6%

205Knox County, TXTX3,192521−47%

206Kimble County, TXTX4,438513−39%

207Upton County, TXTX3,131512−24%

208Crane County, TXTX4,554502−7%

209Fisher County, TXTX3,692502−34%

210Real County, TXTX2,745501−23%

211Hartley County, TXTX4,904489+34%

212Oldham County, TXTX1,783465+8%

213Hall County, TXTX2,737458−54%

214Jeff Davis County, TXTX1,711446+35%

215Hansford County, TXTX4,944439−50%

216Martin County, TXTX5,284434−51%

217Carson County, TXTX5,805432−9%

218Garza County, TXTX4,510431−60%

219Culberson County, TXTX2,267428−43%

220Edwards County, TXTX1,370411−40%

221Throckmorton County, TXTX1,554397+59%

222Reagan County, TXTX3,166381−3%

223Concho County, TXTX3,607379−20%

224Hardeman County, TXTX3,292374−55%

225Menard County, TXTX1,956369−39%

226Lipscomb County, TXTX2,955335−35%

227Mills County, TXTX4,580325−66%

228Dickens County, TXTX1,692314−35%

229Shackelford County, TXTX3,197302−33%

230Mason County, TXTX3,990277−44%

231Kinney County, TXTX3,128265−67%

232Crockett County, TXTX2,769263−67%

233Donley County, TXTX3,213256−58%

234Sherman County, TXTX2,781238−54%

235Schleicher County, TXTX2,245236−63%

236Cottle County, TXTX1,224234−33%

237Briscoe County, TXTX1,474219−23%

238Hemphill County, TXTX3,083200−52%

239Motley County, TXTX1,043190−31%

240Stonewall County, TXTX1,186183−44%

241Irion County, TXTX1,463152+2%

242Sutton County, TXTX3,203148−80%

243Armstrong County, TXTX1,84395−58%

244Glasscock County, TXTX1,12895−54%

245McMullen County, TXTX54486−51%

246Kent County, TXTX67472−19%

247Terrell County, TXTX70264−77%

248Sterling County, TXTX1,34963−73%

249Foard County, TXTX1,04455−76%

250Borden County, TXTX56753−48%

251King County, TXTX19250−32%

252Roberts County, TXTX86747−27%

253Kenedy County, TXTX31922−65%

254Loving County, TXTX522–

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