RANKING · 2020 CENSUS · 254 SHOWN OF 254

Most residents in poverty, Texas counties · 2020

Texas counties with the most residents living below the poverty line, as of the 2020 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, TXTX5,045,026738,365+45%

02Dallas County, TXTX2,661,397381,064+28%

03Bexar County, TXTX2,160,088313,436+42%

04Hidalgo County, TXTX921,549247,648+21%

05Tarrant County, TXTX2,248,466239,844+57%

06El Paso County, TXTX877,858168,682+4%

07Travis County, TXTX1,389,670146,777+44%

08Cameron County, TXTX433,946112,334+1%

09Denton County, TXTX1,069,34667,433+135%

10Collin County, TXTX1,297,17966,589+178%

11Webb County, TXTX281,22465,815+9%

12Fort Bend County, TXTX975,19161,701+143%

13Lubbock County, TXTX328,90657,523+33%

14Nueces County, TXTX352,99257,190+0%

15Brazos County, TXTX249,08855,894+36%

16Montgomery County, TXTX781,19455,299+100%

17Bell County, TXTX402,24852,655+83%

18McLennan County, TXTX272,02048,194+28%

19Jefferson County, TXTX254,32146,091+5%

20Galveston County, TXTX372,20738,382+16%

21Williamson County, TXTX752,82736,887+208%

22Smith County, TXTX252,54932,581+35%

23Hays County, TXTX304,39030,733+121%

24Brazoria County, TXTX419,08029,480+20%

25Potter County, TXTX114,45323,768+9%

26Starr County, TXTX66,31922,528−17%

27Wichita County, TXTX129,55522,472+29%

28Gregg County, TXTX126,09521,806+30%

29Ector County, TXTX173,80121,473−5%

30Taylor County, TXTX150,07719,997+9%

31Johnson County, TXTX218,04818,610+67%

32Midland County, TXTX187,85516,619+11%

33Grayson County, TXTX153,61316,249+30%

34Nacogdoches County, TXTX66,03516,078+16%

35Walker County, TXTX83,84215,849+40%

36Bowie County, TXTX92,69615,629−1%

37Kaufman County, TXTX209,23515,604+108%

38Ellis County, TXTX240,86715,562+62%

39Guadalupe County, TXTX201,11115,554+78%

40Maverick County, TXTX58,82315,156−8%

41Angelina County, TXTX88,15414,987+19%

42Tom Green County, TXTX120,60214,588−8%

43Victoria County, TXTX92,65614,347+32%

44Hunt County, TXTX123,33614,264+46%

45Randall County, TXTX152,35114,093+67%

46Henderson County, TXTX88,59513,958+27%

47Liberty County, TXTX121,36413,523+35%

48Comal County, TXTX209,16612,374+85%

49Parker County, TXTX184,76712,212+66%

50Harrison County, TXTX71,95611,565+12%

51Bastrop County, TXTX118,90810,958+63%

52Orange County, TXTX86,26610,491−10%

53San Patricio County, TXTX72,05310,431−14%

54Coryell County, TXTX85,5929,519+34%

55Lamar County, TXTX51,5039,207+16%

56Val Verde County, TXTX47,8358,719−26%

57Kleberg County, TXTX30,3158,435+0%

58Jim Wells County, TXTX38,8048,396−12%

59Polk County, TXTX53,4348,394+18%

60Waller County, TXTX69,8588,323+59%

61Anderson County, TXTX59,8058,161−10%

62Navarro County, TXTX57,1818,154−0%

63Van Zandt County, TXTX66,1307,571+18%

64Cherokee County, TXTX53,3377,367−12%

65Caldwell County, TXTX55,1507,266+73%

66Wise County, TXTX83,7787,104+48%

67Erath County, TXTX43,9117,022+33%

68Hardin County, TXTX58,7236,772+26%

69Chambers County, TXTX57,5946,696+134%

70Jasper County, TXTX33,0756,680+4%

71Kerr County, TXTX54,0376,585+4%

72Matagorda County, TXTX36,4636,497−7%

73Wharton County, TXTX42,0606,287−8%

74Upshur County, TXTX44,4106,091+16%

75Bee County, TXTX32,5156,013−22%

76Rusk County, TXTX54,8545,864−15%

77Wood County, TXTX49,6885,782+10%

78Hale County, TXTX31,8195,781−12%

79Howard County, TXTX30,5045,706−9%

80Shelby County, TXTX24,2865,601+14%

81Hood County, TXTX70,5015,468+56%

82Aransas County, TXTX26,1465,443+21%

83Atascosa County, TXTX53,5905,392−31%

84Cooke County, TXTX44,4615,351+4%

85Medina County, TXTX56,8815,341−12%

86Willacy County, TXTX19,9715,170−22%

87Uvalde County, TXTX24,9635,155−18%

88Cass County, TXTX28,6514,988−7%

89Wilson County, TXTX56,1394,968+35%

90Titus County, TXTX31,5634,930−5%

91Brown County, TXTX38,7114,831−26%

92Grimes County, TXTX34,2524,641+19%

93Zapata County, TXTX13,7534,472+3%

94Hill County, TXTX39,5034,470−12%

95Fannin County, TXTX39,2654,454+2%

96Hopkins County, TXTX39,0634,352−7%

97Limestone County, TXTX22,8494,268+9%

98Falls County, TXTX17,8694,246+1%

99Houston County, TXTX22,3164,201−14%

100Rockwall County, TXTX140,7384,050+101%

101Palo Pinto County, TXTX30,7913,914−9%

102Milam County, TXTX26,2583,879+0%

103Washington County, TXTX38,2883,771−4%

104San Jacinto County, TXTX29,4883,723−11%

105Burnet County, TXTX57,0153,691−1%

106Dimmit County, TXTX8,0243,670+8%

107Tyler County, TXTX20,4433,667+11%

108Frio County, TXTX18,8233,613−23%

109DeWitt County, TXTX20,3093,549−10%

110Austin County, TXTX33,6253,534+24%

111Gray County, TXTX20,9193,509+12%

112Zavala County, TXTX9,0373,401−30%

113Eastland County, TXTX18,1433,322+8%

114Hockley County, TXTX21,6003,288−23%

115Panola County, TXTX23,0183,178−1%

116Freestone County, TXTX20,8113,160+24%

117Newton County, TXTX11,9543,149+9%

118Gaines County, TXTX23,9563,137−0%

119Gillespie County, TXTX28,5272,887+36%

120Bandera County, TXTX22,8762,884+51%

121Brooks County, TXTX6,5792,846−11%

122Dawson County, TXTX11,7762,820−4%

123Montague County, TXTX21,9662,796+5%

124Leon County, TXTX16,8942,787+17%

125Fayette County, TXTX25,4592,743+10%

126Hutchinson County, TXTX19,6332,675+1%

127Bosque County, TXTX18,9182,638+21%

128Gonzales County, TXTX20,1592,573−26%

129Deaf Smith County, TXTX18,6262,571−33%

130Karnes County, TXTX15,0182,537−25%

131Lamb County, TXTX12,5792,529−18%

132Young County, TXTX18,1542,526−10%

133Camp County, TXTX13,3802,500+4%

134Terry County, TXTX11,7202,498−16%

135Pecos County, TXTX14,5602,495−27%

136Robertson County, TXTX17,8392,453−26%

137Presidio County, TXTX5,4332,445−8%

138Wilbarger County, TXTX12,4812,439+27%

139Trinity County, TXTX14,3842,418−0%

140Live Oak County, TXTX11,9292,389+18%

141Reeves County, TXTX12,1382,389−37%

142Lampasas County, TXTX23,6572,362−5%

143Red River County, TXTX11,8162,345−6%

144Nolan County, TXTX14,1172,301−33%

145Moore County, TXTX21,8912,289−16%

146Jones County, TXTX20,8612,252−36%

147Scurry County, TXTX16,1622,158−17%

148Kendall County, TXTX53,2892,145−14%

149Morris County, TXTX12,1332,127−11%

150San Augustine County, TXTX7,7222,091+10%

151Andrews County, TXTX18,9142,088−2%

152Colorado County, TXTX21,4392,074−37%

153Jackson County, TXTX15,3932,070−2%

154Calhoun County, TXTX19,5992,026−40%

155Lee County, TXTX18,7292,010+8%

156Burleson County, TXTX20,5492,005−29%

157Comanche County, TXTX14,4321,981−19%

158Duval County, TXTX9,4021,880−47%

159Sabine County, TXTX10,0121,863+12%

160Lavaca County, TXTX20,6511,837−28%

161Marion County, TXTX9,8961,798−26%

162Stephens County, TXTX9,3801,766+17%

163Swisher County, TXTX6,7031,761+21%

164Hamilton County, TXTX8,6801,633+39%

165Llano County, TXTX23,3531,616−8%

166Jim Hogg County, TXTX4,5551,514+11%

167Brewster County, TXTX9,4581,490−8%

168Ochiltree County, TXTX9,2841,487+27%

169Somervell County, TXTX10,2611,483+154%

170Rains County, TXTX13,5421,455+7%

171Madison County, TXTX14,2261,430−30%

172Ward County, TXTX11,1251,354−31%

173Parmer County, TXTX9,6781,307−23%

174Jack County, TXTX9,5631,302+15%

175Blanco County, TXTX13,5811,274+35%

176Callahan County, TXTX14,4911,270−20%

177Garza County, TXTX4,5101,257+15%

178Runnels County, TXTX9,6931,256−43%

179Clay County, TXTX10,7641,247+10%

180La Salle County, TXTX6,5171,230−30%

181McCulloch County, TXTX7,4721,162−37%

182Coleman County, TXTX7,9151,130−38%

183Crosby County, TXTX4,8521,072−46%

184Dallam County, TXTX7,5081,063+21%

185Mitchell County, TXTX8,9471,054−39%

186Refugio County, TXTX6,6571,029−26%

187Archer County, TXTX9,129992+25%

188Childress County, TXTX6,643961−29%

189Winkler County, TXTX7,540937−30%

190Lynn County, TXTX6,017898−39%

191Castro County, TXTX7,295873−45%

192Yoakum County, TXTX7,438856−40%

193Franklin County, TXTX10,994852−42%

194Wheeler County, TXTX4,773850+24%

195Delta County, TXTX5,549846−10%

196Goliad County, TXTX7,208839−26%

197Haskell County, TXTX5,499833−40%

198Floyd County, TXTX4,881824−51%

199Kimble County, TXTX4,438809−4%

200Bailey County, TXTX6,963784−29%

201San Saba County, TXTX5,787764−26%

202Hudspeth County, TXTX3,433738−38%

203Real County, TXTX2,745709+10%

204Culberson County, TXTX2,267706−5%

205Cochran County, TXTX2,546691−31%

206Hansford County, TXTX4,944598−32%

207Concho County, TXTX3,607579+23%

208Crockett County, TXTX2,769554−30%

209Martin County, TXTX5,284536−40%

210Collingsworth County, TXTX2,487535−11%

211Hall County, TXTX2,737534−46%

212Mills County, TXTX4,580515−46%

213Baylor County, TXTX3,472514−22%

214Kinney County, TXTX3,128501−38%

215Hardeman County, TXTX3,292501−40%

216Carson County, TXTX5,805497+5%

217Sutton County, TXTX3,203470−36%

218Fisher County, TXTX3,692455−40%

219Hartley County, TXTX4,904431+18%

220Schleicher County, TXTX2,245419−34%

221Coke County, TXTX3,412410−18%

222Donley County, TXTX3,213406−33%

223Knox County, TXTX3,192394−60%

224Jeff Davis County, TXTX1,711379+15%

225Upton County, TXTX3,131368−46%

226Reagan County, TXTX3,166366−7%

227Shackelford County, TXTX3,197352−21%

228Lipscomb County, TXTX2,955347−32%

229Throckmorton County, TXTX1,554325+31%

230Cottle County, TXTX1,224318−9%

231Sherman County, TXTX2,781313−39%

232Hemphill County, TXTX3,083311−26%

233Menard County, TXTX1,956273−55%

234Dickens County, TXTX1,692270−44%

235Mason County, TXTX3,990242−51%

236Briscoe County, TXTX1,474241−16%

237Oldham County, TXTX1,783216−50%

238Crane County, TXTX4,554203−62%

239Irion County, TXTX1,463190+28%

240Glasscock County, TXTX1,128185−11%

241Edwards County, TXTX1,370146−79%

242Armstrong County, TXTX1,843134−41%

243Stonewall County, TXTX1,186115−65%

244Foard County, TXTX1,044105−55%

245King County, TXTX19296+30%

246Kent County, TXTX67493+4%

247Roberts County, TXTX86789+39%

248Motley County, TXTX1,04377−72%

249McMullen County, TXTX54463−64%

250Terrell County, TXTX70236−87%

251Sterling County, TXTX1,34933−86%

252Borden County, TXTX56723−77%

253Kenedy County, TXTX3197−89%

254Loving County, TXTX520–

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