Census tract rankings · Texas

Highest-poverty census tracts in Texas

Largest share of residents under the federal poverty line. Group-quarters tracts (universities, prisons) get a population floor to avoid skewing the list. Filtered to Texas, ranked among all tracts in the state.

Flip the list · Lowest-poverty census tracts in Texas →

Filter by state

Rank	Tract	County	high poverty
#1	Tract 9504.02	Anderson, TX	100.0%
#2	Tract 23.19	Travis, TX	91.4%
#3	Tract 102.01	Coryell, TX	85.2%
#4	Tract 20.23	Brazos, TX	78.1%
#5	Tract 3314	Harris, TX	78.1%
#6	Tract 20.17	Brazos, TX	76.6%
#7	Tract 318.13	Collin, TX	76.3%
#8	Tract 1605.01	Bexar, TX	72.4%
#9	Tract 9802	Jefferson, TX	69.2%
#10	Tract 21	Brazos, TX	68.5%
#11	Tract 6.01	Travis, TX	68.2%
#12	Tract 33	McLennan, TX	67.5%
#13	Tract 17	El Paso, TX	66.7%
#14	Tract 4.02	McLennan, TX	66.4%
#15	Tract 5504.03	Harris, TX	66.4%
#16	Tract 16.08	Brazos, TX	66.0%
#17	Tract 111	Wichita, TX	65.2%
#18	Tract 13.03	Brazos, TX	64.3%
#19	Tract 28	El Paso, TX	64.0%
#20	Tract 14.01	Brazos, TX	63.3%
#21	Tract 30	El Paso, TX	63.0%
#22	Tract 21	El Paso, TX	62.7%
#23	Tract 6.03	Lubbock, TX	62.6%
#24	Tract 6.05	Travis, TX	61.9%
#25	Tract 87.01	Dallas, TX	61.8%
#26	Tract 20.24	Brazos, TX	61.6%
#27	Tract 210.01	Hidalgo, TX	61.1%
#28	Tract 10.02	Brazos, TX	60.8%
#29	Tract 15	Nueces, TX	60.2%
#30	Tract 6.08	Travis, TX	59.8%
#31	Tract 3128	Harris, TX	59.7%
#32	Tract 6.06	Travis, TX	59.7%
#33	Tract 7246	Galveston, TX	58.9%
#34	Tract 105	Bowie, TX	58.8%
#35	Tract 2	McLennan, TX	58.6%
#36	Tract 1508	Bexar, TX	58.1%
#37	Tract 5.01	Brazos, TX	57.4%
#38	Tract 2226.01	Harris, TX	57.1%
#39	Tract 19	El Paso, TX	57.1%
#40	Tract 1017	Tarrant, TX	57.1%
#41	Tract 3.03	Lubbock, TX	56.9%
#42	Tract 1304.02	Bexar, TX	56.5%
#43	Tract 235	Bell, TX	56.2%
#44	Tract 1216.14	Tarrant, TX	56.1%
#45	Tract 5307.01	Harris, TX	56.1%
#46	Tract 167.06	Dallas, TX	56.0%
#47	Tract 20	El Paso, TX	55.9%
#48	Tract 3124	Harris, TX	55.9%
#49	Tract 19	McLennan, TX	55.5%
#50	Tract 5501.01	Harris, TX	55.2%
#51	Tract 70.04	Jefferson, TX	55.0%
#52	Tract 2111.02	Harris, TX	54.6%
#53	Tract 14.01	Webb, TX	54.1%
#54	Tract 106	Bowie, TX	54.0%
#55	Tract 1.03	Jefferson, TX	53.8%
#56	Tract 201.05	Hidalgo, TX	53.8%
#57	Tract 3138.01	Harris, TX	53.6%
#58	Tract 35.01	El Paso, TX	53.5%
#59	Tract 6.07	Travis, TX	53.4%
#60	Tract 12	McLennan, TX	53.1%
#61	Tract 101	Wichita, TX	52.9%
#62	Tract 205.13	Hidalgo, TX	52.9%
#63	Tract 108.04	Dallas, TX	52.9%
#64	Tract 245.01	Hidalgo, TX	52.7%
#65	Tract 4335.07	Harris, TX	52.3%
#66	Tract 3318	Harris, TX	52.2%
#67	Tract 1105	Bexar, TX	52.1%
#68	Tract 5320.03	Harris, TX	52.1%
#69	Tract 132.03	Cameron, TX	52.1%
#70	Tract 139.01	Cameron, TX	52.1%
#71	Tract 4327.05	Harris, TX	52.1%
#72	Tract 9502.04	Starr, TX	51.9%
#73	Tract 108.11	Hays, TX	51.9%
#74	Tract 11	Nueces, TX	51.7%
#75	Tract 1043.01	Tarrant, TX	51.6%
#76	Tract 93.04	Dallas, TX	51.6%
#77	Tract 19	Webb, TX	51.5%
#78	Tract 1223	Tarrant, TX	51.4%
#79	Tract 2227.01	Harris, TX	51.3%
#80	Tract 5322	Harris, TX	51.2%
#81	Tract 231.04	Hidalgo, TX	50.9%
#82	Tract 17.03	Brazos, TX	50.8%
#83	Tract 235.23	Hidalgo, TX	50.8%
#84	Tract 4327.06	Harris, TX	50.7%
#85	Tract 3233	Harris, TX	50.6%
#86	Tract 207.35	Hidalgo, TX	50.3%
#87	Tract 9506	Brown, TX	50.1%
#88	Tract 65	Jefferson, TX	50.0%
#89	Tract 203.02	Kleberg, TX	50.0%
#90	Tract 2406	Harris, TX	49.9%
#91	Tract 132.05	Cameron, TX	49.9%
#92	Tract 1308	Bexar, TX	49.9%
#93	Tract 9502.02	Dimmit, TX	49.7%
#94	Tract 241.22	Hidalgo, TX	49.7%
#95	Tract 108.02	Cameron, TX	49.7%
#96	Tract 4224.05	Harris, TX	49.2%
#97	Tract 2226.02	Harris, TX	49.2%
#98	Tract 9802	Dallas, TX	49.1%
#99	Tract 9503.01	Jim Wells, TX	49.1%
#100	Tract 2113.01	Harris, TX	48.6%