Demographics Table
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
Sorted by Value
County
|
2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
|
Value (Percent)
|
People (Below Poverty)
|
Rank within US (of 3143 counties)
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | N/A | 13.8 | 4,005,417 | 40 of 52 |
| United States | N/A | 12.4 | 40,390,045 | N/A |
| Dimmit County | Rural | 44.8 | 3,758 | 3,139 |
| Zapata County | Rural | 37.4 | 5,092 | 3,132 |
| Presidio County | Rural | 36.3 | 2,192 | 3,127 |
| Zavala County | Rural | 36.3 | 3,438 | 3,127 |
| Starr County | Rural | 33.5 | 21,862 | 3,115 |
| Jim Hogg County | Rural | 31.4 | 1,427 | 3,097 |
| Jeff Davis County | Rural | 31.2 | 534 | 3,093 |
| Brooks County | Rural | 30.7 | 2,011 | 3,088 |
| Swisher County | Rural | 29.5 | 1,868 | 3,080 |
| Duval County | Rural | 29.0 | 2,663 | 3,071 |
| Kleberg County | Rural | 28.8 | 8,329 | 3,066 |
| San Augustine County | Rural | 27.5 | 2,101 | 3,044 |
| Pecos County | Rural | 27.4 | 3,445 | 3,039 |
| Cochran County | Urban | 27.3 | 667 | 3,035 |
| Hidalgo County | Urban | 27.2 | 237,121 | 3,030 |
| Collingsworth County | Rural | 26.2 | 698 | 3,013 |
| Edwards County | Rural | 25.3 | 343 | 2,990 |
| Willacy County | Rural | 24.6 | 4,593 | 2,961 |
| Cameron County | Urban | 24.4 | 102,583 | 2,954 |
| Brazos County | Urban | 23.9 | 52,536 | 2,933 |
| Shelby County | Rural | 23.5 | 5,635 | 2,916 |
| Jim Wells County | Rural | 23.2 | 8,920 | 2,906 |
| Cottle County | Rural | 22.8 | 296 | 2,886 |
| Maverick County | Urban | 22.6 | 12,981 | 2,867 |
| Camp County | Rural | 22.4 | 2,826 | 2,855 |
| Newton County | Rural | 22.4 | 2,689 | 2,855 |
| Nacogdoches County | Rural | 22.3 | 13,307 | 2,850 |
| Jasper County | Rural | 22.2 | 7,032 | 2,841 |
| Crosby County | Urban | 22.1 | 1,097 | 2,833 |
| La Salle County | Rural | 22.0 | 1,301 | 2,821 |
| Reeves County | Rural | 21.9 | 2,669 | 2,815 |
| Uvalde County | Rural | 21.9 | 5,242 | 2,815 |
| Matagorda County | Rural | 21.8 | 7,816 | 2,809 |
| Terry County | Rural | 21.8 | 2,381 | 2,809 |
| Karnes County | Rural | 21.3 | 2,419 | 2,774 |
| Menard County | Rural | 21.1 | 405 | 2,753 |
| Webb County | Urban | 21.0 | 55,716 | 2,745 |
| Foard County | Rural | 20.9 | 214 | 2,734 |
| Potter County | Urban | 20.9 | 23,024 | 2,734 |
| Red River County | Rural | 20.9 | 2,389 | 2,734 |
| Baylor County | Rural | 20.8 | 705 | 2,723 |
| Real County | Rural | 20.5 | 521 | 2,697 |
| Frio County | Rural | 19.6 | 2,835 | 2,627 |
| Tyler County | Rural | 19.6 | 3,495 | 2,627 |
| Limestone County | Rural | 19.4 | 4,154 | 2,608 |
| Hale County | Rural | 19.0 | 5,731 | 2,568 |
| Hudspeth County | Urban | 19.0 | 497 | 2,568 |
| El Paso County | Urban | 18.9 | 160,998 | 2,552 |
| Jefferson County | Urban | 18.8 | 44,758 | 2,536 |
| Nolan County | Rural | 18.8 | 2,679 | 2,536 |
| Wilbarger County | Rural | 18.8 | 2,301 | 2,536 |
| Aransas County | Urban | 18.7 | 4,513 | 2,520 |
| Lamar County | Rural | 18.7 | 9,301 | 2,520 |
| Hamilton County | Rural | 18.4 | 1,489 | 2,485 |
| Marion County | Rural | 18.4 | 1,750 | 2,485 |
| Val Verde County | Rural | 18.3 | 8,377 | 2,472 |
| Floyd County | Rural | 18.1 | 947 | 2,452 |
| Polk County | Rural | 18.1 | 8,675 | 2,452 |
| Cherokee County | Rural | 17.9 | 8,578 | 2,418 |
| Walker County | Rural | 17.9 | 11,109 | 2,418 |
| Culberson County | Rural | 17.7 | 383 | 2,385 |
| Dawson County | Rural | 17.7 | 1,863 | 2,385 |
| Liberty County | Urban | 17.7 | 16,281 | 2,385 |
| Nueces County | Urban | 17.7 | 61,023 | 2,385 |
| Oldham County | Urban | 17.7 | 301 | 2,385 |
| San Jacinto County | Urban | 17.7 | 4,928 | 2,385 |
| Lynn County | Urban | 17.5 | 980 | 2,356 |
| Harrison County | Urban | 17.4 | 11,691 | 2,337 |
| Cass County | Rural | 17.3 | 4,863 | 2,327 |
| Refugio County | Rural | 17.3 | 1,128 | 2,327 |
| Titus County | Rural | 17.3 | 5,368 | 2,327 |
| Live Oak County | Rural | 17.2 | 1,702 | 2,305 |
| Lubbock County | Urban | 17.2 | 51,998 | 2,305 |
| Anderson County | Rural | 17.1 | 7,975 | 2,293 |
| McLennan County | Urban | 17.1 | 43,507 | 2,293 |
| Upton County | Rural | 17.1 | 539 | 2,293 |
| Bee County | Rural | 17.0 | 4,039 | 2,275 |
| Gregg County | Urban | 17.0 | 20,595 | 2,275 |
| Palo Pinto County | Rural | 17.0 | 4,868 | 2,275 |
| Morris County | Rural | 16.9 | 1,985 | 2,255 |
| Navarro County | Rural | 16.8 | 8,814 | 2,236 |
| Young County | Rural | 16.7 | 2,952 | 2,219 |
| Robertson County | Urban | 16.5 | 2,768 | 2,195 |
| Hall County | Rural | 16.4 | 455 | 2,175 |
| Angelina County | Rural | 16.3 | 13,707 | 2,150 |
| Bowie County | Urban | 16.3 | 14,112 | 2,150 |
| Gray County | Rural | 16.3 | 3,162 | 2,150 |
| Houston County | Rural | 16.3 | 3,134 | 2,150 |
| Atascosa County | Urban | 16.1 | 7,924 | 2,126 |
| Bandera County | Urban | 16.1 | 3,423 | 2,126 |
| Trinity County | Rural | 16.1 | 2,194 | 2,126 |
| Victoria County | Urban | 16.0 | 14,288 | 2,114 |
| DeWitt County | Rural | 15.9 | 2,855 | 2,098 |
| Erath County | Rural | 15.9 | 6,435 | 2,098 |
| Harris County | Urban | 15.9 | 749,481 | 2,098 |
| Lamb County | Rural | 15.9 | 2,023 | 2,098 |
| Wichita County | Urban | 15.9 | 18,767 | 2,098 |
| Deaf Smith County | Rural | 15.8 | 2,883 | 2,080 |
| Milam County | Rural | 15.8 | 3,907 | 2,080 |
| Ochiltree County | Rural | 15.5 | 1,516 | 2,037 |
| Briscoe County | Rural | 15.3 | 187 | 1,995 |
| Ector County | Urban | 15.3 | 24,626 | 1,995 |
| King County | Rural | 15.3 | 29 | 1,995 |
| Moore County | Rural | 15.3 | 3,226 | 1,995 |
| Howard County | Rural | 15.1 | 4,445 | 1,963 |
| San Patricio County | Urban | 15.1 | 10,387 | 1,963 |
| Coleman County | Rural | 15.0 | 1,154 | 1,944 |
| Kimble County | Rural | 15.0 | 645 | 1,944 |
| Bexar County | Urban | 14.7 | 294,002 | 1,887 |
| Bell County | Urban | 14.6 | 53,935 | 1,867 |
| Eastland County | Rural | 14.6 | 2,485 | 1,867 |
| Falls County | Urban | 14.6 | 2,198 | 1,867 |
| McCulloch County | Rural | 14.6 | 1,082 | 1,867 |
| Ward County | Rural | 14.6 | 1,620 | 1,867 |
| Austin County | Urban | 14.5 | 4,408 | 1,844 |
| Brown County | Rural | 14.5 | 5,294 | 1,844 |
| Dickens County | Rural | 14.5 | 229 | 1,844 |
| Gonzales County | Rural | 14.5 | 2,828 | 1,844 |
| San Saba County | Rural | 14.5 | 753 | 1,844 |
| Wharton County | Rural | 14.5 | 5,927 | 1,844 |
| Leon County | Rural | 14.4 | 2,301 | 1,824 |
| Freestone County | Rural | 14.3 | 2,631 | 1,803 |
| Rusk County | Urban | 14.3 | 6,795 | 1,803 |
| Sabine County | Rural | 14.3 | 1,414 | 1,803 |
| Andrews County | Rural | 14.2 | 2,613 | 1,779 |
| Fannin County | Rural | 14.2 | 4,753 | 1,779 |
| Haskell County | Rural | 14.2 | 726 | 1,779 |
| Henderson County | Rural | 14.2 | 11,667 | 1,779 |
| Hill County | Rural | 14.2 | 5,085 | 1,779 |
| Wheeler County | Rural | 14.2 | 683 | 1,779 |
| Coke County | Rural | 14.1 | 449 | 1,752 |
| Comanche County | Rural | 14.1 | 1,919 | 1,752 |
| Cooke County | Rural | 14.1 | 5,872 | 1,752 |
| Jackson County | Rural | 14.1 | 2,104 | 1,752 |
| Castro County | Rural | 14.0 | 1,010 | 1,728 |
| Dallas County | Urban | 14.0 | 359,950 | 1,728 |
| Delta County | Rural | 14.0 | 740 | 1,728 |
| Garza County | Urban | 14.0 | 569 | 1,728 |
| Throckmorton County | Rural | 14.0 | 222 | 1,728 |
| Caldwell County | Urban | 13.9 | 6,238 | 1,708 |
| Bailey County | Rural | 13.6 | 927 | 1,641 |
| Lipscomb County | Rural | 13.6 | 394 | 1,641 |
| Jack County | Rural | 13.5 | 1,024 | 1,622 |
| Montague County | Rural | 13.5 | 2,739 | 1,622 |
| Stephens County | Rural | 13.5 | 1,187 | 1,622 |
| Taylor County | Urban | 13.5 | 18,686 | 1,622 |
| Waller County | Urban | 13.5 | 7,387 | 1,622 |
| Madison County | Rural | 13.4 | 1,505 | 1,600 |
| Concho County | Rural | 13.3 | 323 | 1,574 |
| Grimes County | Rural | 13.3 | 3,563 | 1,574 |
| Upshur County | Urban | 13.3 | 5,460 | 1,574 |
| Mitchell County | Rural | 13.2 | 999 | 1,552 |
| Chambers County | Urban | 13.1 | 6,381 | 1,530 |
| Hardeman County | Rural | 12.8 | 445 | 1,452 |
| Rains County | Rural | 12.8 | 1,590 | 1,452 |
| Orange County | Urban | 12.7 | 10,663 | 1,435 |
| Burleson County | Urban | 12.6 | 2,290 | 1,398 |
| Hockley County | Urban | 12.6 | 2,628 | 1,398 |
| Jones County | Urban | 12.6 | 1,761 | 1,398 |
| Washington County | Rural | 12.6 | 4,287 | 1,398 |
| Wood County | Rural | 12.6 | 5,600 | 1,398 |
| Bastrop County | Urban | 12.4 | 12,335 | 1,348 |
| Hunt County | Urban | 12.4 | 12,640 | 1,348 |
| Hardin County | Urban | 12.3 | 6,955 | 1,323 |
| Hopkins County | Rural | 12.3 | 4,502 | 1,323 |
| Lee County | Rural | 12.2 | 2,121 | 1,290 |
| Smith County | Urban | 12.2 | 28,262 | 1,290 |
| Hays County | Urban | 12.0 | 29,858 | 1,249 |
| Winkler County | Rural | 12.0 | 893 | 1,249 |
| Yoakum County | Rural | 12.0 | 908 | 1,249 |
| Panola County | Rural | 11.9 | 2,635 | 1,235 |
| Archer County | Urban | 11.7 | 1,015 | 1,180 |
| Kerr County | Rural | 11.7 | 5,999 | 1,180 |
| Llano County | Rural | 11.7 | 2,542 | 1,180 |
| Tom Green County | Urban | 11.7 | 13,394 | 1,180 |
| Hutchinson County | Rural | 11.6 | 2,340 | 1,154 |
| Shackelford County | Rural | 11.6 | 363 | 1,154 |
| Sutton County | Rural | 11.6 | 381 | 1,154 |
| Van Zandt County | Rural | 11.5 | 6,959 | 1,138 |
| Knox County | Rural | 11.4 | 364 | 1,109 |
| Kinney County | Rural | 11.3 | 320 | 1,088 |
| Medina County | Urban | 11.3 | 5,641 | 1,088 |
| Galveston County | Urban | 11.2 | 38,925 | 1,065 |
| Franklin County | Rural | 11.1 | 1,153 | 1,036 |
| Grayson County | Urban | 11.1 | 15,280 | 1,036 |
| Reagan County | Rural | 11.1 | 361 | 1,036 |
| Travis County | Urban | 11.0 | 140,926 | 1,010 |
| Tarrant County | Urban | 10.9 | 229,884 | 992 |
| Colorado County | Rural | 10.7 | 2,140 | 937 |
| Johnson County | Urban | 10.7 | 19,933 | 937 |
| Midland County | Urban | 10.6 | 18,048 | 923 |
| Clay County | Urban | 10.4 | 1,072 | 869 |
| Runnels County | Rural | 10.4 | 1,004 | 869 |
| Fisher County | Rural | 10.3 | 374 | 848 |
| Callahan County | Urban | 10.1 | 1,394 | 807 |
| Dallam County | Rural | 10.0 | 692 | 772 |
| Coryell County | Urban | 9.9 | 6,650 | 753 |
| Childress County | Rural | 9.8 | 525 | 729 |
| Scurry County | Rural | 9.8 | 1,411 | 729 |
| Wilson County | Urban | 9.8 | 4,987 | 729 |
| Kaufman County | Urban | 9.7 | 15,419 | 708 |
| Motley County | Rural | 9.7 | 123 | 708 |
| Parmer County | Rural | 9.6 | 931 | 692 |
| Gillespie County | Rural | 9.5 | 2,549 | 669 |
| Randall County | Urban | 9.5 | 13,392 | 669 |
| Lavaca County | Rural | 9.4 | 1,892 | 645 |
| Loving County | Rural | 9.3 | 5 | 621 |
| Montgomery County | Urban | 9.3 | 60,445 | 621 |
| Goliad County | Urban | 9.2 | 645 | 602 |
| Lampasas County | Urban | 9.2 | 2,022 | 602 |
| Bosque County | Urban | 9.1 | 1,657 | 581 |
| McMullen County | Rural | 9.1 | 57 | 581 |
| Wise County | Urban | 9.1 | 6,474 | 581 |
| Schleicher County | Rural | 9.0 | 216 | 566 |
| Fayette County | Rural | 8.8 | 2,151 | 530 |
| Guadalupe County | Urban | 8.8 | 15,510 | 530 |
| Blanco County | Rural | 8.7 | 1,031 | 501 |
| Calhoun County | Rural | 8.7 | 1,717 | 501 |
| Stonewall County | Rural | 8.7 | 105 | 501 |
| Glasscock County | Rural | 8.5 | 91 | 458 |
| Brewster County | Rural | 8.4 | 767 | 434 |
| Kent County | Rural | 8.4 | 56 | 434 |
| Donley County | Rural | 8.3 | 241 | 413 |
| Crane County | Rural | 8.2 | 368 | 391 |
| Hood County | Rural | 8.2 | 5,191 | 391 |
| Terrell County | Rural | 8.2 | 70 | 391 |
| Ellis County | Urban | 8.1 | 16,372 | 370 |
| Martin County | Urban | 8.1 | 419 | 370 |
| Burnet County | Rural | 8.0 | 3,988 | 357 |
| Hansford County | Rural | 7.8 | 396 | 319 |
| Parker County | Urban | 7.8 | 12,122 | 319 |
| Mills County | Rural | 7.7 | 332 | 304 |
| Irion County | Urban | 7.5 | 107 | 277 |
| Gaines County | Rural | 7.4 | 1,603 | 259 |
| Brazoria County | Urban | 7.3 | 27,057 | 252 |
| Carson County | Urban | 7.2 | 415 | 237 |
| Fort Bend County | Urban | 7.2 | 61,205 | 237 |
| Denton County | Urban | 7.0 | 65,649 | 202 |
| Hartley County | Rural | 6.8 | 263 | 178 |
| Somervell County | Rural | 6.5 | 607 | 142 |
| Comal County | Urban | 6.4 | 11,144 | 128 |
| Mason County | Rural | 6.4 | 253 | 128 |
| Roberts County | Rural | 6.4 | 50 | 128 |
| Collin County | Urban | 6.3 | 69,846 | 118 |
| Sherman County | Rural | 6.3 | 151 | 118 |
| Williamson County | Urban | 6.3 | 40,507 | 118 |
| Kenedy County | Rural | 5.9 | 3 | 94 |
| Armstrong County | Urban | 5.8 | 106 | 87 |
| Kendall County | Urban | 5.1 | 2,353 | 47 |
| Borden County | Rural | 4.8 | 35 | 33 |
| Rockwall County | Urban | 4.3 | 4,991 | 21 |
| Hemphill County | Rural | 3.5 | 113 | 9 |
| Crockett County | Rural | 3.3 | 92 | 7 |
| Sterling County | Rural | 2.7 | 37 | 3 |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/01/2025 9:34 pm.
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.
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/01/2025 9:34 pm.
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.