RANKING · 2000 CENSUS · 254 SHOWN OF 254

Most residents in poverty, Texas counties · 2000

Texas counties with the most residents living below the poverty line, as of the 2000 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 1990

01Harris County, TXTX5,045,026509,230+15%

02Dallas County, TXTX2,661,397298,012+20%

03Bexar County, TXTX2,160,088221,078−6%

04Hidalgo County, TXTX921,549204,271+27%

05El Paso County, TXTX877,858161,804+2%

06Tarrant County, TXTX2,248,466153,117+19%

07Cameron County, TXTX433,946110,801+7%

08Travis County, TXTX1,389,670101,743+10%

09Webb County, TXTX281,22460,199+18%

10Nueces County, TXTX352,99257,060−6%

11Jefferson County, TXTX254,32143,783−6%

12Lubbock County, TXTX328,90643,250+2%

13Brazos County, TXTX249,08840,996+26%

14McLennan County, TXTX272,02037,596−3%

15Galveston County, TXTX372,20733,075−2%

16Bell County, TXTX402,24828,747−1%

17Denton County, TXTX1,069,34628,675+27%

18Montgomery County, TXTX781,19427,587+25%

19Starr County, TXTX66,31927,275+12%

20Fort Bend County, TXTX975,19125,342+26%

21Brazoria County, TXTX419,08024,619+24%

22Smith County, TXTX252,54924,082−3%

23Collin County, TXTX1,297,17923,925+57%

24Ector County, TXTX173,80122,666−7%

25Potter County, TXTX114,45321,801−1%

26Taylor County, TXTX150,07718,409−0%

27Wichita County, TXTX129,55517,366−11%

28Gregg County, TXTX126,09516,804−4%

29Maverick County, TXTX58,82316,482−10%

30Tom Green County, TXTX120,60215,811−7%

31Bowie County, TXTX92,69615,784+13%

32Midland County, TXTX187,85514,966−3%

33Hays County, TXTX304,39013,915+1%

34Nacogdoches County, TXTX66,03513,808+0%

35Angelina County, TXTX88,15412,645−3%

36Grayson County, TXTX153,61312,467−5%

37San Patricio County, TXTX72,05312,101−19%

38Williamson County, TXTX752,82711,976−15%

39Val Verde County, TXTX47,83511,720−17%

40Orange County, TXTX86,26611,685−5%

41Walker County, TXTX83,84211,351+0%

42Johnson County, TXTX218,04811,160−1%

43Henderson County, TXTX88,59511,032+4%

44Victoria County, TXTX92,65610,883−17%

45Harrison County, TXTX71,95610,353−12%

46Liberty County, TXTX121,36410,052+5%

47Hunt County, TXTX123,3369,786−1%

48Ellis County, TXTX240,8679,580−11%

49Jim Wells County, TXTX38,8049,491−17%

50Anderson County, TXTX59,8059,076+3%

51Guadalupe County, TXTX201,1118,746−24%

52Kleberg County, TXTX30,3158,426+2%

53Randall County, TXTX152,3518,423+6%

54Cherokee County, TXTX53,3378,331−6%

55Navarro County, TXTX57,1818,192+5%

56Lamar County, TXTX51,5037,931−10%

57Atascosa County, TXTX53,5907,803−14%

58Bee County, TXTX32,5157,752+13%

59Kaufman County, TXTX209,2357,488−9%

60Parker County, TXTX184,7677,335+6%

61Polk County, TXTX53,4347,143+9%

62Coryell County, TXTX85,5927,098−3%

63Matagorda County, TXTX36,4637,022−8%

64Rusk County, TXTX54,8546,937−21%

65Wharton County, TXTX42,0606,814−20%

66Bastrop County, TXTX118,9086,706−2%

67Comal County, TXTX209,1666,683+0%

68Willacy County, TXTX19,9716,670−15%

69Hale County, TXTX31,8196,578−17%

70Brown County, TXTX38,7116,486−9%

71Jasper County, TXTX33,0756,429+2%

72Van Zandt County, TXTX66,1306,401−3%

73Kerr County, TXTX54,0376,318+16%

74Uvalde County, TXTX24,9636,296−13%

75Howard County, TXTX30,5046,249−5%

76Medina County, TXTX56,8816,065−6%

77Cass County, TXTX28,6515,386−22%

78Hardin County, TXTX58,7235,376−13%

79Erath County, TXTX43,9115,289−10%

80Upshur County, TXTX44,4105,259−6%

81Wood County, TXTX49,6885,256−1%

82Waller County, TXTX69,8585,226+5%

83Titus County, TXTX31,5635,200+9%

84Cooke County, TXTX44,4615,145+2%

85Hill County, TXTX39,5035,066−14%

86Shelby County, TXTX24,2864,893−11%

87Houston County, TXTX22,3164,858−11%

88Zavala County, TXTX9,0374,845−21%

89Wise County, TXTX83,7784,807−1%

90Frio County, TXTX18,8234,707−11%

91Hopkins County, TXTX39,0634,665−12%

92Aransas County, TXTX26,1464,480−1%

93Zapata County, TXTX13,7534,362+15%

94Fannin County, TXTX39,2654,358−7%

95Hockley County, TXTX21,6004,293−12%

96Palo Pinto County, TXTX30,7914,291−12%

97Caldwell County, TXTX55,1504,207−48%

98Falls County, TXTX17,8694,201−14%

99San Jacinto County, TXTX29,4884,187+8%

100DeWitt County, TXTX20,3093,928−18%

101Washington County, TXTX38,2883,919−17%

102Limestone County, TXTX22,8493,915−22%

103Grimes County, TXTX34,2523,913−15%

104Milam County, TXTX26,2583,860−29%

105Deaf Smith County, TXTX18,6263,815−28%

106Reeves County, TXTX12,1383,795−17%

107Burnet County, TXTX57,0153,722−7%

108Wilson County, TXTX56,1393,667−22%

109Duval County, TXTX9,4023,565−29%

110Hood County, TXTX70,5013,498+24%

111Jones County, TXTX20,8613,492+0%

112Gonzales County, TXTX20,1593,456−31%

113Pecos County, TXTX14,5603,434−21%

114Nolan County, TXTX14,1173,426−3%

115Dimmit County, TXTX8,0243,407−33%

116Calhoun County, TXTX19,5993,382−5%

117Karnes County, TXTX15,0183,381−26%

118Colorado County, TXTX21,4393,308−16%

119Robertson County, TXTX17,8393,302−25%

120Tyler County, TXTX20,4433,296+8%

121Panola County, TXTX23,0183,216−30%

122Brooks County, TXTX6,5793,203+6%

123Gray County, TXTX20,9193,144−3%

124Gaines County, TXTX23,9563,142−18%

125Lamb County, TXTX12,5793,080−24%

126Eastland County, TXTX18,1433,075−27%

127Terry County, TXTX11,7202,967−12%

128Dawson County, TXTX11,7762,952−33%

129Newton County, TXTX11,9542,877−20%

130Chambers County, TXTX57,5942,867+15%

131Austin County, TXTX33,6252,844−13%

132Burleson County, TXTX20,5492,834−6%

133Young County, TXTX18,1542,815−4%

134Moore County, TXTX21,8912,715+16%

135Montague County, TXTX21,9662,671−16%

136Presidio County, TXTX5,4332,656−17%

137Hutchinson County, TXTX19,6332,649−24%

138Scurry County, TXTX16,1622,614−21%

139Freestone County, TXTX20,8112,544−17%

140Lavaca County, TXTX20,6512,542−25%

141Lampasas County, TXTX23,6572,499−7%

142Kendall County, TXTX53,2892,493+11%

143Fayette County, TXTX25,4592,491−33%

144Red River County, TXTX11,8162,483−36%

145Marion County, TXTX9,8962,446−20%

146Comanche County, TXTX14,4322,432−16%

147Trinity County, TXTX14,3842,429−17%

148Camp County, TXTX13,3802,409+8%

149Leon County, TXTX16,8942,385−11%

150Morris County, TXTX12,1332,385−22%

151Runnels County, TXTX9,6932,204+14%

152Bosque County, TXTX18,9182,180−11%

153Andrews County, TXTX18,9142,135−11%

154Gillespie County, TXTX28,5272,121−13%

155Jackson County, TXTX15,3932,119−23%

156Madison County, TXTX14,2262,043−31%

157Live Oak County, TXTX11,9292,031−6%

158Rockwall County, TXTX140,7382,017+20%

159Crosby County, TXTX4,8521,986−8%

160Ward County, TXTX11,1251,956−26%

161Wilbarger County, TXTX12,4811,917−34%

162Bandera County, TXTX22,8761,911+27%

163San Augustine County, TXTX7,7221,895−20%

164Lee County, TXTX18,7291,858−19%

165McCulloch County, TXTX7,4721,845−24%

166Coleman County, TXTX7,9151,834−24%

167Llano County, TXTX23,3531,758−9%

168La Salle County, TXTX6,5171,746−10%

169Mitchell County, TXTX8,9471,714−8%

170Parmer County, TXTX9,6781,700−29%

171Floyd County, TXTX4,8811,670−27%

172Sabine County, TXTX10,0121,668−9%

173Brewster County, TXTX9,4581,612−33%

174Callahan County, TXTX14,4911,580−34%

175Castro County, TXTX7,2951,575−41%

176Stephens County, TXTX9,3801,511−23%

177Lynn County, TXTX6,0171,483−32%

178Franklin County, TXTX10,9941,474+11%

179Swisher County, TXTX6,7031,454−26%

180Yoakum County, TXTX7,4381,432−17%

181Refugio County, TXTX6,6571,392−28%

182Haskell County, TXTX5,4991,391−2%

183Jim Hogg County, TXTX4,5551,370−24%

184Rains County, TXTX13,5421,358+35%

185Childress County, TXTX6,6431,352−26%

186Winkler County, TXTX7,5401,340−28%

187Hudspeth County, TXTX3,4331,196+6%

188Hamilton County, TXTX8,6801,171−15%

189Ochiltree County, TXTX9,2841,167−7%

190Goliad County, TXTX7,2081,139+6%

191Clay County, TXTX10,7641,135+1%

192Jack County, TXTX9,5631,134−10%

193Bailey County, TXTX6,9631,099−35%

194Garza County, TXTX4,5101,089−8%

195San Saba County, TXTX5,7871,027−44%

196Cochran County, TXTX2,5461,007−19%

197Hall County, TXTX2,737996−12%

198Knox County, TXTX3,192974−15%

199Mills County, TXTX4,580945−9%

200Blanco County, TXTX13,581941−7%

201Delta County, TXTX5,549937−13%

202Martin County, TXTX5,284889−25%

203Hansford County, TXTX4,944881+20%

204Dallam County, TXTX7,508878−11%

205Hardeman County, TXTX3,292840−22%

206Kimble County, TXTX4,438839+4%

207Kinney County, TXTX3,128812−9%

208Crockett County, TXTX2,769794−23%

209Archer County, TXTX9,129793−14%

210Fisher County, TXTX3,692760−40%

211Culberson County, TXTX2,267746−27%

212Sutton County, TXTX3,203732−7%

213Wheeler County, TXTX4,773686−32%

214Edwards County, TXTX1,370682−28%

215Upton County, TXTX3,131678−14%

216Baylor County, TXTX3,472660−36%

217Real County, TXTX2,745647−12%

218Schleicher County, TXTX2,245632+6%

219Menard County, TXTX1,956609−13%

220Donley County, TXTX3,213609−23%

221Collingsworth County, TXTX2,487600−41%

222Somervell County, TXTX10,261583−36%

223Crane County, TXTX4,554537−23%

224Sherman County, TXTX2,781514+25%

225Lipscomb County, TXTX2,955512+20%

226Coke County, TXTX3,412503−19%

227Mason County, TXTX3,990493−48%

228Dickens County, TXTX1,692481−40%

229Carson County, TXTX5,805475−20%

230Concho County, TXTX3,607472−40%

231Shackelford County, TXTX3,197448−24%

232Oldham County, TXTX1,783432+18%

233Hemphill County, TXTX3,083421+18%

234Reagan County, TXTX3,166394−22%

235Hartley County, TXTX4,904365−3%

236Cottle County, TXTX1,224350−48%

237Jeff Davis County, TXTX1,711331−14%

238Stonewall County, TXTX1,186327−2%

239Briscoe County, TXTX1,474286−44%

240Motley County, TXTX1,043277−21%

241Terrell County, TXTX702273−29%

242Throckmorton County, TXTX1,554249−27%

243Sterling County, TXTX1,349234+14%

244Foard County, TXTX1,044231−36%

245Armstrong County, TXTX1,843228−5%

246Glasscock County, TXTX1,128207−36%

247McMullen County, TXTX544176+19%

248Irion County, TXTX1,463149−32%

249Borden County, TXTX567102−15%

250Kent County, TXTX67489−59%

251King County, TXTX19274+185%

252Roberts County, TXTX86764+0%

253Kenedy County, TXTX31963−36%

254Loving County, TXTX520–

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