Demographics Table
Demographic Data Report for Texas by County
Poverty: Families below poverty
All Ages, All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes
2020-2024 American Community Survey 5-Year Data
Sorted by Percent
County
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2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
|
Value (Percent)
|
Families (Below Poverty)
|
Rank within US (of 3143 counties)
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | N/A | 10.5 | 783,992 | 42 of 52 |
| United States | N/A | 8.8 | 7,273,175 | N/A |
| Anderson County | Rural | 13.5 | 1,689 | 2,473 |
| Andrews County | Rural | 14.2 | 697 | 2,576 |
| Angelina County | Rural | 11.5 | 2,610 | 2,134 |
| Aransas County | Urban | 10.7 | 804 | 1,959 |
| Archer County | Urban | 4.5 | 111 | 261 |
| Armstrong County | Urban | 6.0 | 35 | 621 |
| Atascosa County | Urban | 13.6 | 1,673 | 2,494 |
| Austin County | Urban | 10.6 | 933 | 1,936 |
| Bailey County | Rural | 7.4 | 124 | 1,052 |
| Bandera County | Urban | 8.5 | 519 | 1,385 |
| Bastrop County | Urban | 7.0 | 1,829 | 925 |
| Baylor County | Rural | 16.0 | 170 | 2,771 |
| Bee County | Rural | 11.8 | 669 | 2,207 |
| Bell County | Urban | 11.2 | 10,722 | 2,075 |
| Bexar County | Urban | 11.2 | 54,530 | 2,075 |
| Blanco County | Rural | 7.4 | 270 | 1,052 |
| Borden County | Rural | 9.0 | 18 | 1,534 |
| Bosque County | Urban | 7.1 | 370 | 951 |
| Bowie County | Urban | 11.6 | 2,583 | 2,161 |
| Brazoria County | Urban | 5.5 | 5,493 | 485 |
| Brazos County | Urban | 12.2 | 6,043 | 2,278 |
| Brewster County | Rural | 4.0 | 110 | 182 |
| Briscoe County | Rural | 14.0 | 48 | 2,552 |
| Brooks County | Rural | 13.4 | 265 | 2,455 |
| Brown County | Rural | 13.0 | 1,245 | 2,402 |
| Burleson County | Urban | 9.0 | 461 | 1,534 |
| Burnet County | Rural | 5.7 | 859 | 552 |
| Caldwell County | Urban | 7.5 | 868 | 1,081 |
| Calhoun County | Rural | 5.8 | 369 | 576 |
| Callahan County | Urban | 6.2 | 221 | 673 |
| Cameron County | Urban | 21.3 | 22,203 | 3,029 |
| Camp County | Rural | 13.7 | 458 | 2,508 |
| Carson County | Urban | 3.6 | 52 | 120 |
| Cass County | Rural | 11.7 | 910 | 2,184 |
| Castro County | Rural | 18.2 | 346 | 2,906 |
| Chambers County | Urban | 10.1 | 1,397 | 1,815 |
| Cherokee County | Rural | 14.5 | 1,948 | 2,609 |
| Childress County | Rural | 14.4 | 182 | 2,597 |
| Clay County | Urban | 5.5 | 174 | 485 |
| Cochran County | Urban | 23.2 | 147 | 3,070 |
| Coke County | Rural | 17.8 | 171 | 2,883 |
| Coleman County | Rural | 15.0 | 291 | 2,678 |
| Collin County | Urban | 4.7 | 14,151 | 298 |
| Collingsworth County | Rural | 21.4 | 153 | 3,032 |
| Colorado County | Rural | 5.5 | 293 | 485 |
| Comal County | Urban | 4.3 | 2,180 | 224 |
| Comanche County | Rural | 12.4 | 459 | 2,311 |
| Concho County | Rural | 10.6 | 55 | 1,936 |
| Cooke County | Rural | 9.8 | 1,130 | 1,742 |
| Coryell County | Urban | 7.5 | 1,421 | 1,081 |
| Cottle County | Rural | 18.6 | 72 | 2,934 |
| Crane County | Rural | 7.5 | 84 | 1,081 |
| Crockett County | Rural | 1.8 | 15 | 25 |
| Crosby County | Urban | 15.5 | 208 | 2,726 |
| Culberson County | Rural | 12.1 | 55 | 2,260 |
| Dallam County | Rural | 10.7 | 188 | 1,959 |
| Dallas County | Urban | 10.8 | 66,391 | 1,977 |
| Dawson County | Rural | 16.9 | 442 | 2,831 |
| DeWitt County | Rural | 14.5 | 639 | 2,609 |
| Deaf Smith County | Rural | 14.3 | 641 | 2,585 |
| Delta County | Rural | 9.9 | 155 | 1,758 |
| Denton County | Urban | 4.4 | 11,289 | 244 |
| Dickens County | Rural | 11.6 | 52 | 2,161 |
| Dimmit County | Rural | 31.7 | 678 | 3,126 |
| Donley County | Rural | 2.5 | 19 | 39 |
| Duval County | Rural | 17.9 | 333 | 2,892 |
| Eastland County | Rural | 10.5 | 508 | 1,910 |
| Ector County | Urban | 14.0 | 6,046 | 2,552 |
| Edwards County | Rural | 27.5 | 67 | 3,107 |
| El Paso County | Urban | 16.3 | 34,909 | 2,789 |
| Ellis County | Urban | 5.3 | 2,991 | 438 |
| Erath County | Rural | 10.1 | 1,101 | 1,815 |
| Falls County | Urban | 9.3 | 372 | 1,617 |
| Fannin County | Rural | 9.1 | 831 | 1,567 |
| Fayette County | Rural | 5.3 | 377 | 438 |
| Fisher County | Rural | 12.3 | 140 | 2,294 |
| Floyd County | Rural | 16.7 | 245 | 2,815 |
| Foard County | Rural | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Fort Bend County | Urban | 6.5 | 15,383 | 785 |
| Franklin County | Rural | 8.2 | 239 | 1,294 |
| Freestone County | Rural | 9.8 | 487 | 1,742 |
| Frio County | Rural | 15.6 | 593 | 2,736 |
| Gaines County | Rural | 4.5 | 229 | 261 |
| Galveston County | Urban | 9.0 | 8,466 | 1,534 |
| Garza County | Urban | 5.2 | 54 | 415 |
| Gillespie County | Rural | 6.5 | 509 | 785 |
| Glasscock County | Rural | 6.8 | 23 | 856 |
| Goliad County | Urban | 11.5 | 211 | 2,134 |
| Gonzales County | Rural | 14.9 | 795 | 2,661 |
| Gray County | Rural | 12.5 | 695 | 2,328 |
| Grayson County | Urban | 8.2 | 3,096 | 1,294 |
| Gregg County | Urban | 12.1 | 3,939 | 2,260 |
| Grimes County | Rural | 10.0 | 732 | 1,787 |
| Guadalupe County | Urban | 7.1 | 3,390 | 951 |
| Hale County | Rural | 15.9 | 1,214 | 2,765 |
| Hall County | Rural | 12.6 | 106 | 2,341 |
| Hamilton County | Rural | 14.2 | 269 | 2,576 |
| Hansford County | Rural | 8.2 | 108 | 1,294 |
| Hardeman County | Rural | 5.1 | 39 | 389 |
| Hardin County | Urban | 10.0 | 1,616 | 1,787 |
| Harris County | Urban | 13.1 | 152,655 | 2,413 |
| Harrison County | Urban | 11.3 | 2,093 | 2,093 |
| Hartley County | Rural | 10.0 | 113 | 1,787 |
| Haskell County | Rural | 12.2 | 173 | 2,278 |
| Hays County | Urban | 6.1 | 3,906 | 653 |
| Hemphill County | Rural | 1.6 | 15 | 21 |
| Henderson County | Rural | 10.8 | 2,515 | 1,977 |
| Hidalgo County | Urban | 23.3 | 48,827 | 3,076 |
| Hill County | Rural | 10.8 | 999 | 1,977 |
| Hockley County | Urban | 11.0 | 629 | 2,027 |
| Hood County | Rural | 6.1 | 1,113 | 653 |
| Hopkins County | Rural | 8.9 | 900 | 1,501 |
| Houston County | Rural | 9.2 | 491 | 1,590 |
| Howard County | Rural | 10.6 | 827 | 1,936 |
| Hudspeth County | Urban | 13.7 | 78 | 2,508 |
| Hunt County | Urban | 9.0 | 2,425 | 1,534 |
| Hutchinson County | Rural | 9.1 | 400 | 1,567 |
| Irion County | Urban | 8.1 | 34 | 1,260 |
| Jack County | Rural | 8.1 | 171 | 1,260 |
| Jackson County | Rural | 11.4 | 527 | 2,118 |
| Jasper County | Rural | 19.1 | 1,799 | 2,959 |
| Jeff Davis County | Rural | 17.4 | 99 | 2,861 |
| Jefferson County | Urban | 16.4 | 10,091 | 2,797 |
| Jim Hogg County | Rural | 34.0 | 267 | 3,134 |
| Jim Wells County | Rural | 20.5 | 2,067 | 3,009 |
| Johnson County | Urban | 7.2 | 3,611 | 991 |
| Jones County | Urban | 11.8 | 496 | 2,207 |
| Karnes County | Rural | 13.6 | 427 | 2,494 |
| Kaufman County | Urban | 7.7 | 3,011 | 1,149 |
| Kendall County | Urban | 3.5 | 469 | 110 |
| Kenedy County | Rural | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kent County | Rural | 1.6 | 3 | 21 |
| Kerr County | Rural | 7.2 | 1,059 | 991 |
| Kimble County | Rural | 5.6 | 69 | 522 |
| King County | Rural | 15.3 | 15 | 2,708 |
| Kinney County | Rural | 8.5 | 66 | 1,385 |
| Kleberg County | Rural | 19.3 | 1,433 | 2,967 |
| Knox County | Rural | 11.9 | 103 | 2,221 |
| La Salle County | Rural | 19.0 | 231 | 2,953 |
| Lamar County | Rural | 15.7 | 2,115 | 2,746 |
| Lamb County | Rural | 9.3 | 291 | 1,617 |
| Lampasas County | Urban | 6.8 | 406 | 856 |
| Lavaca County | Rural | 8.6 | 487 | 1,425 |
| Lee County | Rural | 11.5 | 618 | 2,134 |
| Leon County | Rural | 12.8 | 596 | 2,372 |
| Liberty County | Urban | 15.9 | 3,646 | 2,765 |
| Limestone County | Rural | 10.9 | 625 | 2,009 |
| Lipscomb County | Rural | 11.7 | 88 | 2,184 |
| Live Oak County | Rural | 15.0 | 434 | 2,678 |
| Llano County | Rural | 9.1 | 636 | 1,567 |
| Loving County | Rural | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lubbock County | Urban | 11.2 | 8,440 | 2,075 |
| Lynn County | Urban | 13.7 | 219 | 2,508 |
| Madison County | Rural | 10.5 | 314 | 1,910 |
| Marion County | Rural | 11.3 | 271 | 2,093 |
| Martin County | Urban | 3.5 | 56 | 110 |
| Mason County | Rural | 1.1 | 13 | 11 |
| Matagorda County | Rural | 16.8 | 1,649 | 2,825 |
| Maverick County | Urban | 20.1 | 2,715 | 2,992 |
| McCulloch County | Rural | 11.7 | 228 | 2,184 |
| McLennan County | Urban | 10.5 | 6,716 | 1,910 |
| McMullen County | Rural | 12.4 | 21 | 2,311 |
| Medina County | Urban | 6.2 | 837 | 673 |
| Menard County | Rural | 11.7 | 58 | 2,184 |
| Midland County | Urban | 8.9 | 4,042 | 1,501 |
| Milam County | Rural | 9.4 | 658 | 1,642 |
| Mills County | Rural | 6.8 | 86 | 856 |
| Mitchell County | Rural | 5.0 | 90 | 363 |
| Montague County | Rural | 11.6 | 664 | 2,161 |
| Montgomery County | Urban | 7.3 | 13,344 | 1,021 |
| Moore County | Rural | 16.5 | 787 | 2,804 |
| Morris County | Rural | 14.6 | 473 | 2,622 |
| Motley County | Rural | 15.1 | 47 | 2,691 |
| Nacogdoches County | Rural | 16.5 | 2,634 | 2,804 |
| Navarro County | Rural | 12.9 | 1,741 | 2,390 |
| Newton County | Rural | 11.8 | 378 | 2,207 |
| Nolan County | Rural | 16.7 | 624 | 2,815 |
| Nueces County | Urban | 13.4 | 11,944 | 2,455 |
| Ochiltree County | Rural | 7.4 | 176 | 1,052 |
| Oldham County | Urban | 11.6 | 56 | 2,161 |
| Orange County | Urban | 9.9 | 2,276 | 1,758 |
| Palo Pinto County | Rural | 12.0 | 941 | 2,240 |
| Panola County | Rural | 8.6 | 530 | 1,425 |
| Parker County | Urban | 6.1 | 2,623 | 653 |
| Parmer County | Rural | 8.9 | 236 | 1,501 |
| Pecos County | Rural | 15.3 | 494 | 2,708 |
| Polk County | Rural | 14.8 | 2,057 | 2,651 |
| Potter County | Urban | 14.6 | 3,830 | 2,622 |
| Presidio County | Rural | 24.7 | 314 | 3,082 |
| Rains County | Rural | 8.0 | 289 | 1,239 |
| Randall County | Urban | 7.4 | 2,774 | 1,052 |
| Reagan County | Rural | 6.4 | 47 | 755 |
| Real County | Rural | 13.8 | 91 | 2,523 |
| Red River County | Rural | 12.7 | 433 | 2,353 |
| Reeves County | Rural | 13.3 | 370 | 2,441 |
| Refugio County | Rural | 13.8 | 228 | 2,523 |
| Roberts County | Rural | 2.9 | 6 | 53 |
| Robertson County | Urban | 9.6 | 437 | 1,689 |
| Rockwall County | Urban | 3.3 | 1,058 | 91 |
| Runnels County | Rural | 8.6 | 218 | 1,425 |
| Rusk County | Urban | 10.3 | 1,359 | 1,869 |
| Sabine County | Rural | 6.5 | 211 | 785 |
| San Augustine County | Rural | 17.0 | 363 | 2,835 |
| San Jacinto County | Urban | 16.1 | 1,328 | 2,777 |
| San Patricio County | Urban | 11.8 | 2,132 | 2,207 |
| San Saba County | Rural | 10.8 | 150 | 1,977 |
| Schleicher County | Rural | 8.5 | 63 | 1,385 |
| Scurry County | Rural | 9.5 | 370 | 1,661 |
| Shackelford County | Rural | 5.9 | 53 | 596 |
| Shelby County | Rural | 17.2 | 1,186 | 2,847 |
| Sherman County | Rural | 9.3 | 54 | 1,617 |
| Smith County | Urban | 7.7 | 4,407 | 1,149 |
| Somervell County | Rural | 5.5 | 150 | 485 |
| Starr County | Rural | 31.0 | 4,645 | 3,123 |
| Stephens County | Rural | 12.0 | 283 | 2,240 |
| Sterling County | Rural | 1.2 | 4 | 13 |
| Stonewall County | Rural | 7.4 | 25 | 1,052 |
| Sutton County | Rural | 3.2 | 28 | 79 |
| Swisher County | Rural | 23.0 | 331 | 3,067 |
| Tarrant County | Urban | 8.2 | 42,908 | 1,294 |
| Taylor County | Urban | 10.6 | 3,789 | 1,936 |
| Terrell County | Rural | 3.2 | 8 | 79 |
| Terry County | Rural | 14.9 | 465 | 2,661 |
| Throckmorton County | Rural | 19.2 | 82 | 2,962 |
| Titus County | Rural | 13.9 | 1,100 | 2,537 |
| Tom Green County | Urban | 7.6 | 2,236 | 1,114 |
| Travis County | Urban | 7.1 | 22,344 | 951 |
| Trinity County | Rural | 12.8 | 488 | 2,372 |
| Tyler County | Rural | 11.1 | 544 | 2,049 |
| Upshur County | Urban | 10.1 | 1,118 | 1,815 |
| Upton County | Rural | 11.3 | 110 | 2,093 |
| Uvalde County | Rural | 20.8 | 1,162 | 3,016 |
| Val Verde County | Rural | 13.7 | 1,671 | 2,508 |
| Van Zandt County | Rural | 8.3 | 1,346 | 1,332 |
| Victoria County | Urban | 11.2 | 2,598 | 2,075 |
| Walker County | Rural | 10.8 | 1,515 | 1,977 |
| Waller County | Urban | 10.2 | 1,429 | 1,843 |
| Ward County | Rural | 12.8 | 400 | 2,372 |
| Washington County | Rural | 9.2 | 912 | 1,590 |
| Webb County | Urban | 18.6 | 11,991 | 2,934 |
| Wharton County | Rural | 10.7 | 1,231 | 1,959 |
| Wheeler County | Rural | 14.0 | 201 | 2,552 |
| Wichita County | Urban | 11.7 | 3,582 | 2,184 |
| Wilbarger County | Rural | 16.1 | 449 | 2,777 |
| Willacy County | Rural | 18.9 | 806 | 2,947 |
| Williamson County | Urban | 4.4 | 7,811 | 244 |
| Wilson County | Urban | 7.6 | 1,089 | 1,114 |
| Winkler County | Rural | 8.6 | 182 | 1,425 |
| Wise County | Urban | 5.9 | 1,126 | 596 |
| Wood County | Rural | 8.9 | 1,109 | 1,501 |
| Yoakum County | Rural | 12.7 | 263 | 2,353 |
| Young County | Rural | 13.3 | 666 | 2,441 |
| Zapata County | Rural | 35.7 | 1,173 | 3,138 |
| Zavala County | Rural | 30.6 | 764 | 3,121 |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/21/2026 11:14 pm.
Φ Rural–urban county classifications are based on the 2023 USDA Rural–Urban Continuum Codes (except for Connecticut Counties which use 2013 codes). State-level cancer rates for rural areas are calculated using cancer cases registered exclusively in rural counties, while state-level cancer rates for urban areas are calculated using cases registered exclusively in urban counties.
Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
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Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.