Demographics Table
Demographic Data Report for Texas by County
Poverty: Persons below 150% of poverty
All Ages, All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes
2019-2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Data
Sorted by Value
County
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2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
|
Value (Percent)
|
People (<150% Of Poverty)
|
Rank within US (of 3143 counties)
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | N/A | 22.7 | 6,598,800 | 41 of 52 |
| United States | N/A | 20.2 | 65,652,285 | N/A |
| Dimmit County | Rural | 60.4 | 5,063 | 3,141 |
| Zavala County | Rural | 57.3 | 5,423 | 3,139 |
| Jim Hogg County | Rural | 53.0 | 2,406 | 3,132 |
| Starr County | Rural | 51.1 | 33,381 | 3,121 |
| Zapata County | Rural | 50.4 | 6,862 | 3,119 |
| Cochran County | Urban | 44.7 | 1,090 | 3,090 |
| Willacy County | Rural | 44.0 | 8,208 | 3,084 |
| San Augustine County | Rural | 43.7 | 3,346 | 3,082 |
| Presidio County | Rural | 42.4 | 2,559 | 3,066 |
| Swisher County | Rural | 41.5 | 2,633 | 3,053 |
| Hidalgo County | Urban | 41.2 | 358,944 | 3,050 |
| Brooks County | Rural | 40.8 | 2,678 | 3,043 |
| Newton County | Rural | 39.3 | 4,713 | 3,005 |
| Cameron County | Urban | 38.8 | 162,859 | 2,998 |
| Hudspeth County | Urban | 38.4 | 1,006 | 2,983 |
| Maverick County | Urban | 37.6 | 21,564 | 2,959 |
| Wilbarger County | Rural | 37.5 | 4,577 | 2,956 |
| Jeff Davis County | Rural | 36.5 | 626 | 2,917 |
| Kleberg County | Rural | 36.2 | 10,459 | 2,907 |
| Foard County | Rural | 36.1 | 370 | 2,899 |
| Jim Wells County | Rural | 35.6 | 13,695 | 2,880 |
| Reeves County | Rural | 35.4 | 4,323 | 2,871 |
| Cottle County | Rural | 35.3 | 458 | 2,867 |
| Nolan County | Rural | 35.1 | 4,999 | 2,863 |
| Deaf Smith County | Rural | 34.8 | 6,349 | 2,848 |
| McMullen County | Rural | 34.8 | 217 | 2,848 |
| Duval County | Rural | 34.7 | 3,179 | 2,846 |
| Camp County | Rural | 34.6 | 4,351 | 2,835 |
| Culberson County | Rural | 34.3 | 743 | 2,815 |
| Dallam County | Rural | 34.2 | 2,368 | 2,807 |
| Terry County | Rural | 34.2 | 3,728 | 2,807 |
| Pecos County | Rural | 34.1 | 4,293 | 2,798 |
| Nacogdoches County | Rural | 34.0 | 20,304 | 2,788 |
| Potter County | Urban | 34.0 | 37,445 | 2,788 |
| Webb County | Urban | 34.0 | 90,098 | 2,788 |
| Dawson County | Rural | 33.8 | 3,563 | 2,776 |
| Shelby County | Rural | 33.6 | 8,041 | 2,752 |
| Upton County | Rural | 33.3 | 1,054 | 2,732 |
| Jasper County | Rural | 33.2 | 10,508 | 2,723 |
| Briscoe County | Rural | 33.1 | 404 | 2,712 |
| Crosby County | Urban | 33.1 | 1,645 | 2,712 |
| Hale County | Rural | 32.7 | 9,879 | 2,694 |
| Falls County | Urban | 32.5 | 4,914 | 2,671 |
| Lynn County | Urban | 32.5 | 1,819 | 2,671 |
| La Salle County | Rural | 32.2 | 1,904 | 2,657 |
| Frio County | Rural | 31.9 | 4,620 | 2,639 |
| Walker County | Rural | 31.9 | 19,737 | 2,639 |
| Brazos County | Urban | 31.8 | 69,935 | 2,628 |
| Hall County | Rural | 31.8 | 884 | 2,628 |
| Matagorda County | Rural | 31.8 | 11,421 | 2,628 |
| Tyler County | Rural | 31.8 | 5,686 | 2,628 |
| Real County | Rural | 31.5 | 801 | 2,602 |
| Val Verde County | Rural | 31.5 | 14,438 | 2,602 |
| Titus County | Rural | 31.4 | 9,728 | 2,597 |
| Uvalde County | Rural | 30.9 | 7,415 | 2,566 |
| Live Oak County | Rural | 30.8 | 3,043 | 2,558 |
| El Paso County | Urban | 30.7 | 261,706 | 2,552 |
| Limestone County | Rural | 30.7 | 6,579 | 2,552 |
| Ochiltree County | Rural | 30.6 | 2,982 | 2,548 |
| Baylor County | Rural | 30.3 | 1,026 | 2,527 |
| Floyd County | Rural | 30.2 | 1,577 | 2,512 |
| Marion County | Rural | 30.2 | 2,879 | 2,512 |
| Red River County | Rural | 30.1 | 3,442 | 2,503 |
| Houston County | Rural | 30.0 | 5,781 | 2,496 |
| Angelina County | Rural | 29.9 | 25,179 | 2,489 |
| Liberty County | Urban | 29.9 | 27,570 | 2,489 |
| Karnes County | Rural | 29.8 | 3,380 | 2,477 |
| Collingsworth County | Rural | 29.7 | 791 | 2,470 |
| San Jacinto County | Urban | 29.5 | 8,219 | 2,447 |
| Lamb County | Rural | 29.4 | 3,730 | 2,435 |
| Navarro County | Rural | 29.4 | 15,379 | 2,435 |
| Jefferson County | Urban | 29.2 | 69,666 | 2,415 |
| King County | Rural | 29.1 | 55 | 2,409 |
| Lamar County | Rural | 28.8 | 14,314 | 2,379 |
| Edwards County | Rural | 28.5 | 386 | 2,347 |
| Refugio County | Rural | 28.4 | 1,854 | 2,332 |
| Garza County | Urban | 28.3 | 1,148 | 2,322 |
| Coke County | Rural | 28.1 | 892 | 2,297 |
| Cherokee County | Rural | 28.0 | 13,415 | 2,283 |
| Moore County | Rural | 28.0 | 5,888 | 2,283 |
| Trinity County | Rural | 28.0 | 3,815 | 2,283 |
| Cass County | Rural | 27.8 | 7,843 | 2,263 |
| San Patricio County | Urban | 27.6 | 18,928 | 2,237 |
| Mitchell County | Rural | 27.5 | 2,076 | 2,226 |
| Gonzales County | Rural | 27.4 | 5,328 | 2,210 |
| DeWitt County | Rural | 27.3 | 4,918 | 2,196 |
| Dickens County | Rural | 27.2 | 429 | 2,185 |
| Aransas County | Urban | 27.1 | 6,536 | 2,168 |
| Kimble County | Rural | 27.1 | 1,162 | 2,168 |
| Lubbock County | Urban | 27.1 | 81,841 | 2,168 |
| McLennan County | Urban | 27.1 | 68,971 | 2,168 |
| Polk County | Rural | 27.1 | 13,022 | 2,168 |
| Bee County | Rural | 27.0 | 6,436 | 2,152 |
| Haskell County | Rural | 27.0 | 1,380 | 2,152 |
| Bailey County | Rural | 26.9 | 1,835 | 2,141 |
| Gray County | Rural | 26.9 | 5,214 | 2,141 |
| Lee County | Rural | 26.9 | 4,668 | 2,141 |
| Morris County | Rural | 26.9 | 3,169 | 2,141 |
| Palo Pinto County | Rural | 26.9 | 7,711 | 2,141 |
| Wheeler County | Rural | 26.9 | 1,294 | 2,141 |
| Throckmorton County | Rural | 26.8 | 426 | 2,132 |
| Bowie County | Urban | 26.7 | 23,130 | 2,121 |
| Nueces County | Urban | 26.7 | 92,193 | 2,121 |
| Knox County | Rural | 26.6 | 852 | 2,112 |
| Anderson County | Rural | 26.5 | 12,375 | 2,099 |
| Eastland County | Rural | 26.3 | 4,469 | 2,075 |
| Kinney County | Rural | 26.3 | 745 | 2,075 |
| Crane County | Rural | 26.1 | 1,172 | 2,051 |
| Gregg County | Urban | 26.1 | 31,625 | 2,051 |
| Sutton County | Rural | 26.1 | 857 | 2,051 |
| Jack County | Rural | 26.0 | 1,974 | 2,040 |
| Upshur County | Urban | 25.9 | 10,658 | 2,030 |
| Hamilton County | Rural | 25.8 | 2,091 | 2,020 |
| Henderson County | Rural | 25.8 | 21,246 | 2,020 |
| Harris County | Urban | 25.6 | 1,203,623 | 1,989 |
| Erath County | Rural | 25.5 | 10,291 | 1,980 |
| Sabine County | Rural | 25.5 | 2,518 | 1,980 |
| Madison County | Rural | 25.4 | 2,851 | 1,971 |
| Harrison County | Urban | 25.3 | 17,039 | 1,949 |
| Lipscomb County | Rural | 25.3 | 735 | 1,949 |
| Bell County | Urban | 25.2 | 92,868 | 1,929 |
| Brown County | Rural | 25.2 | 9,186 | 1,929 |
| Caldwell County | Urban | 25.2 | 11,340 | 1,929 |
| San Saba County | Rural | 25.2 | 1,312 | 1,929 |
| Stephens County | Rural | 25.2 | 2,219 | 1,929 |
| Austin County | Urban | 25.1 | 7,644 | 1,917 |
| Hockley County | Urban | 25.1 | 5,234 | 1,917 |
| Wharton County | Rural | 24.9 | 10,196 | 1,896 |
| Atascosa County | Urban | 24.8 | 12,197 | 1,891 |
| Fannin County | Rural | 24.8 | 8,316 | 1,891 |
| Victoria County | Urban | 24.8 | 22,218 | 1,891 |
| Jones County | Urban | 24.7 | 3,446 | 1,877 |
| Oldham County | Urban | 24.7 | 421 | 1,877 |
| Castro County | Rural | 24.6 | 1,778 | 1,862 |
| Hardeman County | Rural | 24.5 | 850 | 1,845 |
| Bexar County | Urban | 24.4 | 488,043 | 1,831 |
| Coleman County | Rural | 24.4 | 1,869 | 1,831 |
| McCulloch County | Rural | 24.3 | 1,801 | 1,812 |
| Rusk County | Urban | 24.3 | 11,561 | 1,812 |
| Ector County | Urban | 24.2 | 39,035 | 1,792 |
| Hansford County | Rural | 24.2 | 1,237 | 1,792 |
| Wichita County | Urban | 24.2 | 28,616 | 1,792 |
| Milam County | Rural | 24.1 | 5,963 | 1,777 |
| Dallas County | Urban | 24.0 | 617,394 | 1,764 |
| Howard County | Rural | 23.9 | 7,064 | 1,753 |
| Leon County | Rural | 23.7 | 3,787 | 1,729 |
| Robertson County | Urban | 23.6 | 3,959 | 1,710 |
| Grimes County | Rural | 23.5 | 6,290 | 1,696 |
| Hill County | Rural | 23.5 | 8,406 | 1,696 |
| Menard County | Rural | 23.4 | 450 | 1,672 |
| Scurry County | Rural | 23.4 | 3,373 | 1,672 |
| Freestone County | Rural | 23.3 | 4,291 | 1,659 |
| Jackson County | Rural | 23.2 | 3,449 | 1,644 |
| Andrews County | Rural | 23.0 | 4,224 | 1,612 |
| Bandera County | Urban | 22.9 | 4,870 | 1,586 |
| Hopkins County | Rural | 22.9 | 8,434 | 1,586 |
| Reagan County | Rural | 22.8 | 741 | 1,569 |
| Ward County | Rural | 22.8 | 2,541 | 1,569 |
| Tom Green County | Urban | 22.7 | 25,898 | 1,554 |
| Taylor County | Urban | 22.6 | 31,285 | 1,535 |
| Comanche County | Rural | 22.5 | 3,055 | 1,512 |
| Kerr County | Rural | 22.5 | 11,536 | 1,512 |
| Delta County | Rural | 22.4 | 1,187 | 1,497 |
| Hunt County | Urban | 22.4 | 22,831 | 1,497 |
| Young County | Rural | 22.4 | 3,959 | 1,497 |
| Orange County | Urban | 22.3 | 18,743 | 1,481 |
| Runnels County | Rural | 22.2 | 2,138 | 1,469 |
| Smith County | Urban | 22.2 | 51,357 | 1,469 |
| Stonewall County | Rural | 22.1 | 266 | 1,454 |
| Bastrop County | Urban | 22.0 | 21,850 | 1,435 |
| Llano County | Rural | 21.9 | 4,752 | 1,417 |
| Waller County | Urban | 21.6 | 11,803 | 1,372 |
| Parmer County | Rural | 21.5 | 2,075 | 1,359 |
| Van Zandt County | Rural | 21.4 | 12,939 | 1,342 |
| Wood County | Rural | 21.4 | 9,478 | 1,342 |
| Lavaca County | Rural | 21.2 | 4,254 | 1,307 |
| Montague County | Rural | 21.1 | 4,289 | 1,287 |
| Panola County | Rural | 21.1 | 4,676 | 1,287 |
| Childress County | Rural | 21.0 | 1,128 | 1,268 |
| Cooke County | Rural | 21.0 | 8,753 | 1,268 |
| Colorado County | Rural | 20.6 | 4,120 | 1,214 |
| Goliad County | Urban | 20.6 | 1,443 | 1,214 |
| Callahan County | Urban | 20.5 | 2,832 | 1,198 |
| Lampasas County | Urban | 20.3 | 4,478 | 1,168 |
| Rains County | Rural | 20.3 | 2,527 | 1,168 |
| Hardin County | Urban | 20.2 | 11,418 | 1,153 |
| Bosque County | Urban | 20.0 | 3,639 | 1,121 |
| Donley County | Rural | 20.0 | 579 | 1,121 |
| Grayson County | Urban | 20.0 | 27,395 | 1,121 |
| Coryell County | Urban | 19.8 | 13,368 | 1,092 |
| Hays County | Urban | 19.8 | 49,294 | 1,092 |
| Calhoun County | Rural | 19.3 | 3,785 | 1,021 |
| Hutchinson County | Rural | 19.2 | 3,885 | 1,005 |
| Tarrant County | Urban | 19.2 | 405,137 | 1,005 |
| Concho County | Rural | 19.1 | 464 | 989 |
| Burnet County | Rural | 18.9 | 9,430 | 961 |
| Yoakum County | Rural | 18.9 | 1,428 | 961 |
| Burleson County | Urban | 18.7 | 3,399 | 927 |
| Kaufman County | Urban | 18.7 | 29,741 | 927 |
| Washington County | Rural | 18.7 | 6,323 | 927 |
| Archer County | Urban | 18.6 | 1,607 | 908 |
| Winkler County | Rural | 18.6 | 1,389 | 908 |
| Johnson County | Urban | 18.5 | 34,319 | 895 |
| Medina County | Urban | 18.5 | 9,256 | 895 |
| Crockett County | Rural | 18.4 | 519 | 878 |
| Galveston County | Urban | 18.0 | 62,881 | 821 |
| Clay County | Urban | 17.9 | 1,837 | 811 |
| Motley County | Rural | 17.9 | 227 | 811 |
| Kenedy County | Rural | 17.6 | 9 | 771 |
| Wise County | Urban | 17.3 | 12,267 | 729 |
| Mills County | Rural | 17.2 | 743 | 715 |
| Mason County | Rural | 17.1 | 673 | 696 |
| Randall County | Urban | 17.0 | 23,868 | 680 |
| Brewster County | Rural | 16.9 | 1,546 | 665 |
| Schleicher County | Rural | 16.8 | 405 | 653 |
| Shackelford County | Rural | 16.8 | 526 | 653 |
| Travis County | Urban | 16.7 | 214,360 | 635 |
| Fisher County | Rural | 16.6 | 602 | 615 |
| Franklin County | Rural | 16.5 | 1,724 | 603 |
| Midland County | Urban | 16.5 | 28,086 | 603 |
| Wilson County | Urban | 16.4 | 8,344 | 593 |
| Chambers County | Urban | 16.1 | 7,834 | 551 |
| Montgomery County | Urban | 15.8 | 102,873 | 508 |
| Guadalupe County | Urban | 15.6 | 27,496 | 483 |
| Sherman County | Rural | 15.3 | 366 | 453 |
| Martin County | Urban | 15.0 | 776 | 408 |
| Gaines County | Rural | 14.8 | 3,219 | 383 |
| Loving County | Rural | 14.8 | 8 | 383 |
| Somervell County | Rural | 14.8 | 1,385 | 383 |
| Fayette County | Rural | 14.7 | 3,588 | 373 |
| Irion County | Urban | 14.6 | 209 | 361 |
| Ellis County | Urban | 14.5 | 29,174 | 350 |
| Gillespie County | Rural | 14.5 | 3,893 | 350 |
| Hood County | Rural | 14.1 | 8,925 | 313 |
| Brazoria County | Urban | 13.9 | 51,310 | 301 |
| Borden County | Rural | 13.8 | 100 | 295 |
| Hartley County | Rural | 13.6 | 530 | 278 |
| Parker County | Urban | 13.6 | 21,260 | 278 |
| Glasscock County | Rural | 13.1 | 140 | 236 |
| Fort Bend County | Urban | 12.9 | 109,809 | 221 |
| Blanco County | Rural | 12.8 | 1,522 | 216 |
| Comal County | Urban | 12.5 | 21,582 | 193 |
| Armstrong County | Urban | 12.4 | 227 | 182 |
| Carson County | Urban | 12.4 | 711 | 182 |
| Kendall County | Urban | 11.7 | 5,411 | 142 |
| Denton County | Urban | 11.6 | 108,482 | 138 |
| Collin County | Urban | 11.0 | 121,950 | 110 |
| Williamson County | Urban | 11.0 | 70,171 | 110 |
| Kent County | Rural | 9.4 | 63 | 56 |
| Terrell County | Rural | 8.9 | 76 | 46 |
| Roberts County | Rural | 7.8 | 61 | 22 |
| Hemphill County | Rural | 7.7 | 251 | 19 |
| Rockwall County | Urban | 7.4 | 8,569 | 14 |
| Sterling County | Rural | 3.0 | 41 | 1 |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 04/21/2025 2:55 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 150% of poverty, see the dictionary.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 04/21/2025 2:55 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 150% of poverty, see the dictionary.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.