RANKING · 2010 CENSUS · 254 SHOWN OF 254

Most residents in poverty, Texas counties · 2010

Texas counties with the most residents living below the poverty line, as of the 2010 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, TXTX5,045,026686,671+35%

02Dallas County, TXTX2,661,397416,844+40%

03Bexar County, TXTX2,160,088289,447+31%

04Hidalgo County, TXTX921,549266,782+31%

05Tarrant County, TXTX2,248,466243,077+59%

06El Paso County, TXTX877,858205,176+27%

07Travis County, TXTX1,389,670166,306+63%

08Cameron County, TXTX433,946141,117+27%

09Webb County, TXTX281,22474,513+24%

10Nueces County, TXTX352,99265,116+14%

11Brazos County, TXTX249,08857,808+41%

12Collin County, TXTX1,297,17954,216+127%

13Denton County, TXTX1,069,34652,960+85%

14Lubbock County, TXTX328,90652,553+22%

15Montgomery County, TXTX781,19449,452+79%

16McLennan County, TXTX272,02048,119+28%

17Jefferson County, TXTX254,32147,319+8%

18Fort Bend County, TXTX975,19146,604+84%

19Bell County, TXTX402,24843,695+52%

20Galveston County, TXTX372,20737,355+13%

21Brazoria County, TXTX419,08033,269+35%

22Smith County, TXTX252,54932,253+34%

23Potter County, TXTX114,45327,489+26%

24Williamson County, TXTX752,82727,391+129%

25Hays County, TXTX304,39025,769+85%

26Starr County, TXTX66,31923,195−15%

27Ector County, TXTX173,80122,872+1%

28Taylor County, TXTX150,07721,675+18%

29Wichita County, TXTX129,55520,088+16%

30Gregg County, TXTX126,09520,049+19%

31Tom Green County, TXTX120,60218,482+17%

32Maverick County, TXTX58,82318,237+11%

33Midland County, TXTX187,85517,152+15%

34Ellis County, TXTX240,86716,969+77%

35Hunt County, TXTX123,33616,507+69%

36Grayson County, TXTX153,61316,259+30%

37Walker County, TXTX83,84216,140+42%

38Nacogdoches County, TXTX66,03515,871+15%

39Johnson County, TXTX218,04815,795+42%

40Bowie County, TXTX92,69615,582−1%

41Angelina County, TXTX88,15415,402+22%

42Victoria County, TXTX92,65614,242+31%

43Henderson County, TXTX88,59513,174+19%

44Guadalupe County, TXTX201,11112,748+46%

45Parker County, TXTX184,76712,244+67%

46Kaufman County, TXTX209,23511,810+58%

47Val Verde County, TXTX47,83511,732+0%

48Liberty County, TXTX121,36411,637+16%

49Cherokee County, TXTX53,33711,401+37%

50Randall County, TXTX152,35111,366+35%

51Orange County, TXTX86,26611,358−3%

52Comal County, TXTX209,16610,887+63%

53San Patricio County, TXTX72,05310,739−11%

54Bastrop County, TXTX118,90810,461+56%

55Coryell County, TXTX85,5929,962+40%

56Harrison County, TXTX71,9569,946−4%

57Polk County, TXTX53,4349,906+39%

58Anderson County, TXTX59,8059,634+6%

59Willacy County, TXTX19,9719,602+44%

60Navarro County, TXTX57,1819,429+15%

61Waller County, TXTX69,8589,100+74%

62Jim Wells County, TXTX38,8048,955−6%

63Atascosa County, TXTX53,5908,433+8%

64Lamar County, TXTX51,5038,322+5%

65Kleberg County, TXTX30,3157,936−6%

66Matagorda County, TXTX36,4637,910+13%

67Van Zandt County, TXTX66,1307,618+19%

68Erath County, TXTX43,9117,472+41%

69Caldwell County, TXTX55,1507,460+77%

70Medina County, TXTX56,8817,292+20%

71Wharton County, TXTX42,0607,109+4%

72Uvalde County, TXTX24,9637,041+12%

73Kerr County, TXTX54,0376,989+11%

74Hale County, TXTX31,8196,894+5%

75Jasper County, TXTX33,0756,635+3%

76Rusk County, TXTX54,8546,623−5%

77Hardin County, TXTX58,7236,570+22%

78Shelby County, TXTX24,2866,455+32%

79Howard County, TXTX30,5046,212−1%

80Brown County, TXTX38,7116,172−5%

81Bee County, TXTX32,5156,056−22%

82Cass County, TXTX28,6515,893+9%

83Wood County, TXTX49,6885,878+12%

84Burnet County, TXTX57,0155,846+57%

85Titus County, TXTX31,5635,790+11%

86Wise County, TXTX83,7785,766+20%

87Houston County, TXTX22,3165,618+16%

88Hood County, TXTX70,5015,591+60%

89Hopkins County, TXTX39,0635,543+19%

90Washington County, TXTX38,2885,402+38%

91Hill County, TXTX39,5035,276+4%

92Zapata County, TXTX13,7535,274+21%

93Cooke County, TXTX44,4615,238+2%

94Upshur County, TXTX44,4105,146−2%

95Zavala County, TXTX9,0375,021+4%

96Fannin County, TXTX39,2654,980+14%

97San Jacinto County, TXTX29,4884,688+12%

98Limestone County, TXTX22,8494,428+13%

99Rockwall County, TXTX140,7384,380+117%

100Milam County, TXTX26,2584,359+13%

101Grimes County, TXTX34,2524,218+8%

102Falls County, TXTX17,8694,176−1%

103Aransas County, TXTX26,1464,039−10%

104Gonzales County, TXTX20,1594,014+16%

105Tyler County, TXTX20,4433,985+21%

106Reeves County, TXTX12,1383,961+4%

107Eastland County, TXTX18,1433,903+27%

108Hockley County, TXTX21,6003,896−9%

109Palo Pinto County, TXTX30,7913,879−10%

110Wilson County, TXTX56,1393,845+5%

111Bandera County, TXTX22,8763,768+97%

112Frio County, TXTX18,8233,753−20%

113Chambers County, TXTX57,5943,673+28%

114Dimmit County, TXTX8,0243,640+7%

115Robertson County, TXTX17,8393,528+7%

116Calhoun County, TXTX19,5993,487+3%

117Deaf Smith County, TXTX18,6263,388−11%

118Gray County, TXTX20,9193,378+7%

119Hutchinson County, TXTX19,6333,356+27%

120DeWitt County, TXTX20,3093,296−16%

121Colorado County, TXTX21,4393,182−4%

122Freestone County, TXTX20,8113,176+25%

123Wilbarger County, TXTX12,4813,152+64%

124Gaines County, TXTX23,9563,148+0%

125Comanche County, TXTX14,4323,093+27%

126Pecos County, TXTX14,5603,084−10%

127Scurry County, TXTX16,1622,987+14%

128Panola County, TXTX23,0182,977−7%

129Bosque County, TXTX18,9182,951+35%

130Nolan County, TXTX14,1172,949−14%

131Moore County, TXTX21,8912,935+8%

132Young County, TXTX18,1542,896+3%

133Lampasas County, TXTX23,6572,869+15%

134Karnes County, TXTX15,0182,818−17%

135Leon County, TXTX16,8942,799+17%

136Madison County, TXTX14,2262,794+37%

137Fayette County, TXTX25,4592,712+9%

138Duval County, TXTX9,4022,699−24%

139Dawson County, TXTX11,7762,639−11%

140Coleman County, TXTX7,9152,618+43%

141Montague County, TXTX21,9662,605−2%

142Andrews County, TXTX18,9142,533+19%

143Camp County, TXTX13,3802,524+5%

144Lamb County, TXTX12,5792,505−19%

145Austin County, TXTX33,6252,501−12%

146Jones County, TXTX20,8612,491−29%

147Brooks County, TXTX6,5792,458−23%

148Marion County, TXTX9,8962,445−0%

149Llano County, TXTX23,3532,441+39%

150Trinity County, TXTX14,3842,428−0%

151San Augustine County, TXTX7,7222,402+27%

152Kendall County, TXTX53,2892,366−5%

153Newton County, TXTX11,9542,345−18%

154Burleson County, TXTX20,5492,312−18%

155Runnels County, TXTX9,6932,271+3%

156Red River County, TXTX11,8162,256−9%

157Morris County, TXTX12,1332,155−10%

158Terry County, TXTX11,7202,105−29%

159Lavaca County, TXTX20,6512,026−20%

160Gillespie County, TXTX28,5271,992−6%

161Yoakum County, TXTX7,4381,966+37%

162Sabine County, TXTX10,0121,946+17%

163Parmer County, TXTX9,6781,912+12%

164Stephens County, TXTX9,3801,912+27%

165McCulloch County, TXTX7,4721,897+3%

166Callahan County, TXTX14,4911,883+19%

167Presidio County, TXTX5,4331,882−29%

168Castro County, TXTX7,2951,878+19%

169Ward County, TXTX11,1251,841−6%

170Ochiltree County, TXTX9,2841,807+55%

171Lee County, TXTX18,7291,789−4%

172Jackson County, TXTX15,3931,641−23%

173Jack County, TXTX9,5631,614+42%

174Hudspeth County, TXTX3,4331,600+34%

175Franklin County, TXTX10,9941,574+7%

176Floyd County, TXTX4,8811,536−8%

177Live Oak County, TXTX11,9291,532−25%

178Brewster County, TXTX9,4581,527−5%

179La Salle County, TXTX6,5171,499−14%

180Crosby County, TXTX4,8521,446−27%

181Mitchell County, TXTX8,9471,438−16%

182San Saba County, TXTX5,7871,437+40%

183Garza County, TXTX4,5101,403+29%

184Clay County, TXTX10,7641,258+11%

185Rains County, TXTX13,5421,257−7%

186Bailey County, TXTX6,9631,237+13%

187Blanco County, TXTX13,5811,230+31%

188Swisher County, TXTX6,7031,211−17%

189Refugio County, TXTX6,6571,178−15%

190Winkler County, TXTX7,5401,161−13%

191Kinney County, TXTX3,1281,159+43%

192Childress County, TXTX6,6431,140−16%

193Haskell County, TXTX5,4991,107−20%

194Lynn County, TXTX6,0171,000−33%

195Hamilton County, TXTX8,680967−17%

196Hall County, TXTX2,737929−7%

197Somervell County, TXTX10,261916+57%

198Archer County, TXTX9,129901+14%

199Real County, TXTX2,745888+37%

200Goliad County, TXTX7,208854−25%

201Dallam County, TXTX7,508839−4%

202Concho County, TXTX3,607818+73%

203Hardeman County, TXTX3,292795−5%

204Cochran County, TXTX2,546779−23%

205Mills County, TXTX4,580777−18%

206Hansford County, TXTX4,944760−14%

207Delta County, TXTX5,549758−19%

208Wheeler County, TXTX4,773752+10%

209Crane County, TXTX4,554743+38%

210Culberson County, TXTX2,267691−7%

211Kimble County, TXTX4,438671−20%

212Mason County, TXTX3,990653+32%

213Baylor County, TXTX3,472644−2%

214Hemphill County, TXTX3,083640+52%

215Collingsworth County, TXTX2,487636+6%

216Jim Hogg County, TXTX4,555633−54%

217Dickens County, TXTX1,692601+25%

218Knox County, TXTX3,192594−39%

219Crockett County, TXTX2,769590−26%

220Hartley County, TXTX4,904564+55%

221Fisher County, TXTX3,692553−27%

222Coke County, TXTX3,412501−0%

223Edwards County, TXTX1,370494−28%

224Sutton County, TXTX3,203485−34%

225Upton County, TXTX3,131468−31%

226Lipscomb County, TXTX2,955467−9%

227Shackelford County, TXTX3,197446−0%

228Schleicher County, TXTX2,245428−32%

229Menard County, TXTX1,956417−32%

230Sherman County, TXTX2,781391−24%

231Donley County, TXTX3,213385−37%

232Reagan County, TXTX3,166354−10%

233Carson County, TXTX5,805351−26%

234Martin County, TXTX5,284345−61%

235Jeff Davis County, TXTX1,711344+4%

236Briscoe County, TXTX1,474326+14%

237Foard County, TXTX1,044312+35%

238Oldham County, TXTX1,783274−37%

239Motley County, TXTX1,043267−4%

240Sterling County, TXTX1,349241+3%

241Throckmorton County, TXTX1,554217−13%

242Armstrong County, TXTX1,843203−11%

243Stonewall County, TXTX1,186178−46%

244Cottle County, TXTX1,224164−53%

245Terrell County, TXTX702162−41%

246Glasscock County, TXTX1,128138−33%

247Roberts County, TXTX867136+113%

248McMullen County, TXTX54465−63%

249Kenedy County, TXTX31962−2%

250Kent County, TXTX67443−52%

251Borden County, TXTX56727−74%

252Irion County, TXTX1,46324−84%

253King County, TXTX1920−100%

254Loving County, TXTX520–

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