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Demographic Data Report for Texas by County
Poverty: Persons below poverty
All Ages, All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes
2019-2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Data
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Texas N/A 13.8 4,005,417 40 of 52
United States N/A 12.4 40,390,045 N/A
Kenedy County Rural 5.9 3 94
Loving County Rural 9.3 5 621
King County Rural 15.3 29 1,995
Borden County Rural 4.8 35 33
Sterling County Rural 2.7 37 3
Roberts County Rural 6.4 50 128
Kent County Rural 8.4 56 434
McMullen County Rural 9.1 57 581
Terrell County Rural 8.2 70 391
Glasscock County Rural 8.5 91 458
Crockett County Rural 3.3 92 7
Stonewall County Rural 8.7 105 501
Armstrong County Urban 5.8 106 87
Irion County Urban 7.5 107 277
Hemphill County Rural 3.5 113 9
Motley County Rural 9.7 123 708
Sherman County Rural 6.3 151 118
Briscoe County Rural 15.3 187 1,995
Foard County Rural 20.9 214 2,734
Schleicher County Rural 9.0 216 566
Throckmorton County Rural 14.0 222 1,728
Dickens County Rural 14.5 229 1,844
Donley County Rural 8.3 241 413
Mason County Rural 6.4 253 128
Hartley County Rural 6.8 263 178
Cottle County Rural 22.8 296 2,886
Oldham County Urban 17.7 301 2,385
Kinney County Rural 11.3 320 1,088
Concho County Rural 13.3 323 1,574
Mills County Rural 7.7 332 304
Edwards County Rural 25.3 343 2,990
Reagan County Rural 11.1 361 1,036
Shackelford County Rural 11.6 363 1,154
Knox County Rural 11.4 364 1,109
Crane County Rural 8.2 368 391
Fisher County Rural 10.3 374 848
Sutton County Rural 11.6 381 1,154
Culberson County Rural 17.7 383 2,385
Lipscomb County Rural 13.6 394 1,641
Hansford County Rural 7.8 396 319
Menard County Rural 21.1 405 2,753
Carson County Urban 7.2 415 237
Martin County Urban 8.1 419 370
Hardeman County Rural 12.8 445 1,452
Coke County Rural 14.1 449 1,752
Hall County Rural 16.4 455 2,175
Hudspeth County Urban 19.0 497 2,568
Real County Rural 20.5 521 2,697
Childress County Rural 9.8 525 729
Jeff Davis County Rural 31.2 534 3,093
Upton County Rural 17.1 539 2,293
Garza County Urban 14.0 569 1,728
Somervell County Rural 6.5 607 142
Goliad County Urban 9.2 645 602
Kimble County Rural 15.0 645 1,944
Cochran County Urban 27.3 667 3,035
Wheeler County Rural 14.2 683 1,779
Dallam County Rural 10.0 692 772
Collingsworth County Rural 26.2 698 3,013
Baylor County Rural 20.8 705 2,723
Haskell County Rural 14.2 726 1,779
Delta County Rural 14.0 740 1,728
San Saba County Rural 14.5 753 1,844
Brewster County Rural 8.4 767 434
Winkler County Rural 12.0 893 1,249
Yoakum County Rural 12.0 908 1,249
Bailey County Rural 13.6 927 1,641
Parmer County Rural 9.6 931 692
Floyd County Rural 18.1 947 2,452
Lynn County Urban 17.5 980 2,356
Mitchell County Rural 13.2 999 1,552
Runnels County Rural 10.4 1,004 869
Castro County Rural 14.0 1,010 1,728
Archer County Urban 11.7 1,015 1,180
Jack County Rural 13.5 1,024 1,622
Blanco County Rural 8.7 1,031 501
Clay County Urban 10.4 1,072 869
McCulloch County Rural 14.6 1,082 1,867
Crosby County Urban 22.1 1,097 2,833
Refugio County Rural 17.3 1,128 2,327
Franklin County Rural 11.1 1,153 1,036
Coleman County Rural 15.0 1,154 1,944
Stephens County Rural 13.5 1,187 1,622
La Salle County Rural 22.0 1,301 2,821
Callahan County Urban 10.1 1,394 807
Scurry County Rural 9.8 1,411 729
Sabine County Rural 14.3 1,414 1,803
Jim Hogg County Rural 31.4 1,427 3,097
Hamilton County Rural 18.4 1,489 2,485
Madison County Rural 13.4 1,505 1,600
Ochiltree County Rural 15.5 1,516 2,037
Rains County Rural 12.8 1,590 1,452
Gaines County Rural 7.4 1,603 259
Ward County Rural 14.6 1,620 1,867
Bosque County Urban 9.1 1,657 581
Live Oak County Rural 17.2 1,702 2,305
Calhoun County Rural 8.7 1,717 501
Marion County Rural 18.4 1,750 2,485
Jones County Urban 12.6 1,761 1,398
Dawson County Rural 17.7 1,863 2,385
Swisher County Rural 29.5 1,868 3,080
Lavaca County Rural 9.4 1,892 645
Comanche County Rural 14.1 1,919 1,752
Morris County Rural 16.9 1,985 2,255
Brooks County Rural 30.7 2,011 3,088
Lampasas County Urban 9.2 2,022 602
Lamb County Rural 15.9 2,023 2,098
San Augustine County Rural 27.5 2,101 3,044
Jackson County Rural 14.1 2,104 1,752
Lee County Rural 12.2 2,121 1,290
Colorado County Rural 10.7 2,140 937
Fayette County Rural 8.8 2,151 530
Presidio County Rural 36.3 2,192 3,127
Trinity County Rural 16.1 2,194 2,126
Falls County Urban 14.6 2,198 1,867
Burleson County Urban 12.6 2,290 1,398
Leon County Rural 14.4 2,301 1,824
Wilbarger County Rural 18.8 2,301 2,536
Hutchinson County Rural 11.6 2,340 1,154
Kendall County Urban 5.1 2,353 47
Terry County Rural 21.8 2,381 2,809
Red River County Rural 20.9 2,389 2,734
Karnes County Rural 21.3 2,419 2,774
Eastland County Rural 14.6 2,485 1,867
Llano County Rural 11.7 2,542 1,180
Gillespie County Rural 9.5 2,549 669
Andrews County Rural 14.2 2,613 1,779
Hockley County Urban 12.6 2,628 1,398
Freestone County Rural 14.3 2,631 1,803
Panola County Rural 11.9 2,635 1,235
Duval County Rural 29.0 2,663 3,071
Reeves County Rural 21.9 2,669 2,815
Nolan County Rural 18.8 2,679 2,536
Newton County Rural 22.4 2,689 2,855
Montague County Rural 13.5 2,739 1,622
Robertson County Urban 16.5 2,768 2,195
Camp County Rural 22.4 2,826 2,855
Gonzales County Rural 14.5 2,828 1,844
Frio County Rural 19.6 2,835 2,627
DeWitt County Rural 15.9 2,855 2,098
Deaf Smith County Rural 15.8 2,883 2,080
Young County Rural 16.7 2,952 2,219
Houston County Rural 16.3 3,134 2,150
Gray County Rural 16.3 3,162 2,150
Moore County Rural 15.3 3,226 1,995
Bandera County Urban 16.1 3,423 2,126
Zavala County Rural 36.3 3,438 3,127
Pecos County Rural 27.4 3,445 3,039
Tyler County Rural 19.6 3,495 2,627
Grimes County Rural 13.3 3,563 1,574
Dimmit County Rural 44.8 3,758 3,139
Milam County Rural 15.8 3,907 2,080
Burnet County Rural 8.0 3,988 357
Bee County Rural 17.0 4,039 2,275
Limestone County Rural 19.4 4,154 2,608
Washington County Rural 12.6 4,287 1,398
Austin County Urban 14.5 4,408 1,844
Howard County Rural 15.1 4,445 1,963
Hopkins County Rural 12.3 4,502 1,323
Aransas County Urban 18.7 4,513 2,520
Willacy County Rural 24.6 4,593 2,961
Fannin County Rural 14.2 4,753 1,779
Cass County Rural 17.3 4,863 2,327
Palo Pinto County Rural 17.0 4,868 2,275
San Jacinto County Urban 17.7 4,928 2,385
Wilson County Urban 9.8 4,987 729
Rockwall County Urban 4.3 4,991 21
Hill County Rural 14.2 5,085 1,779
Zapata County Rural 37.4 5,092 3,132
Hood County Rural 8.2 5,191 391
Uvalde County Rural 21.9 5,242 2,815
Brown County Rural 14.5 5,294 1,844
Titus County Rural 17.3 5,368 2,327
Upshur County Urban 13.3 5,460 1,574
Wood County Rural 12.6 5,600 1,398
Shelby County Rural 23.5 5,635 2,916
Medina County Urban 11.3 5,641 1,088
Hale County Rural 19.0 5,731 2,568
Cooke County Rural 14.1 5,872 1,752
Wharton County Rural 14.5 5,927 1,844
Kerr County Rural 11.7 5,999 1,180
Caldwell County Urban 13.9 6,238 1,708
Chambers County Urban 13.1 6,381 1,530
Erath County Rural 15.9 6,435 2,098
Wise County Urban 9.1 6,474 581
Coryell County Urban 9.9 6,650 753
Rusk County Urban 14.3 6,795 1,803
Hardin County Urban 12.3 6,955 1,323
Van Zandt County Rural 11.5 6,959 1,138
Jasper County Rural 22.2 7,032 2,841
Waller County Urban 13.5 7,387 1,622
Matagorda County Rural 21.8 7,816 2,809
Atascosa County Urban 16.1 7,924 2,126
Anderson County Rural 17.1 7,975 2,293
Kleberg County Rural 28.8 8,329 3,066
Val Verde County Rural 18.3 8,377 2,472
Cherokee County Rural 17.9 8,578 2,418
Polk County Rural 18.1 8,675 2,452
Navarro County Rural 16.8 8,814 2,236
Jim Wells County Rural 23.2 8,920 2,906
Lamar County Rural 18.7 9,301 2,520
San Patricio County Urban 15.1 10,387 1,963
Orange County Urban 12.7 10,663 1,435
Walker County Rural 17.9 11,109 2,418
Comal County Urban 6.4 11,144 128
Henderson County Rural 14.2 11,667 1,779
Harrison County Urban 17.4 11,691 2,337
Parker County Urban 7.8 12,122 319
Bastrop County Urban 12.4 12,335 1,348
Hunt County Urban 12.4 12,640 1,348
Maverick County Urban 22.6 12,981 2,867
Nacogdoches County Rural 22.3 13,307 2,850
Randall County Urban 9.5 13,392 669
Tom Green County Urban 11.7 13,394 1,180
Angelina County Rural 16.3 13,707 2,150
Bowie County Urban 16.3 14,112 2,150
Victoria County Urban 16.0 14,288 2,114
Grayson County Urban 11.1 15,280 1,036
Kaufman County Urban 9.7 15,419 708
Guadalupe County Urban 8.8 15,510 530
Liberty County Urban 17.7 16,281 2,385
Ellis County Urban 8.1 16,372 370
Midland County Urban 10.6 18,048 923
Taylor County Urban 13.5 18,686 1,622
Wichita County Urban 15.9 18,767 2,098
Johnson County Urban 10.7 19,933 937
Gregg County Urban 17.0 20,595 2,275
Starr County Rural 33.5 21,862 3,115
Potter County Urban 20.9 23,024 2,734
Ector County Urban 15.3 24,626 1,995
Brazoria County Urban 7.3 27,057 252
Smith County Urban 12.2 28,262 1,290
Hays County Urban 12.0 29,858 1,249
Galveston County Urban 11.2 38,925 1,065
Williamson County Urban 6.3 40,507 118
McLennan County Urban 17.1 43,507 2,293
Jefferson County Urban 18.8 44,758 2,536
Lubbock County Urban 17.2 51,998 2,305
Brazos County Urban 23.9 52,536 2,933
Bell County Urban 14.6 53,935 1,867
Webb County Urban 21.0 55,716 2,745
Montgomery County Urban 9.3 60,445 621
Nueces County Urban 17.7 61,023 2,385
Fort Bend County Urban 7.2 61,205 237
Denton County Urban 7.0 65,649 202
Collin County Urban 6.3 69,846 118
Cameron County Urban 24.4 102,583 2,954
Travis County Urban 11.0 140,926 1,010
El Paso County Urban 18.9 160,998 2,552
Tarrant County Urban 10.9 229,884 992
Hidalgo County Urban 27.2 237,121 3,030
Bexar County Urban 14.7 294,002 1,887
Dallas County Urban 14.0 359,950 1,728
Harris County Urban 15.9 749,481 2,098
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/04/2025 3:19 am.

Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.

Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
For more information about Poverty: Persons below poverty, see the dictionary.

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.

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