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Compare Poverty Rate Among Texas Counties
The Average Poverty Rate in Texas is 16.0%
Poverty Rate
Texas
Texas Poverty Rate County Comparison
Texas Poverty Rate County Comparison
Poverty Rate By County in Texas
Compare county Poverty Rates across 254 counties.
Rank
County
Poverty Rate
134th
Goliad County
16.4%
189th
Grimes County
18.6%
248th
Hidalgo County
31.8%
235th
Houston County
24.7%
76th
Irion County
13.5%
230th
Kleberg County
23.7%
168th
Lamar County
17.8%
12th
Martin County
7.0%
116th
Newton County
15.7%
91st
Orange County
14.2%
68th
Rains County
13.1%
107th
Robertson County
15.2%
108th
San Patricio County
15.2%
132nd
Smith County
16.3%
151st
Terrell County
17.1%
84th
Travis County
13.9%
90th
Van Zandt County
14.2%
231st
Walker County
24.3%
70th
Washington County
13.2%
162nd
Wharton County
17.5%
175th
Winkler County
17.9%
73rd
Wood County
13.3%
169th
Aransas County
17.8%
1st
Borden County
2.8%
106th
Burleson County
15.1%
204th
Childress County
19.6%
54th
Ector County
12.3%
35th
Ellis County
10.5%
220th
El Paso County
21.7%
157th
Freestone County
17.3%
87th
Galveston County
13.9%
150th
Sterling County
17.0%
201st
Titus County
19.3%
83rd
Upshur County
13.8%
215th
Val Verde County
20.9%
97th
Victoria County
14.8%
178th
Waller County
18.0%
45th
Ward County
11.6%
247th
Webb County
31.5%
48th
Andrews County
11.9%
197th
Angelina County
19.1%
67th
Baylor County
13.1%
135th
Bexar County
16.4%
30th
Brazoria County
9.9%
40th
Brewster County
10.9%
53rd
Burnet County
12.3%
120th
Calhoun County
15.8%
159th
Camp County
17.4%
187th
Cass County
18.5%
209th
Coleman County
20.3%
27th
Comal County
9.2%
216th
Crockett County
20.9%
142nd
Dickens County
16.6%
46th
Glasscock County
11.6%
37th
Guadalupe County
10.6%
50th
Hardin County
12.0%
176th
Henderson County
18.0%
173rd
Hopkins County
17.9%
86th
Howard County
13.9%
148th
Jasper County
16.8%
203rd
Jefferson County
19.4%
221st
Kimble County
22.1%
129th
Leon County
16.3%
153rd
Loving County
17.1%
224th
Marion County
22.3%
60th
Mason County
12.6%
234th
Maverick County
24.5%
33rd
Montgomery County
10.3%
238th
Nacogdoches County
24.9%
195th
Navarro County
18.8%
192nd
Polk County
18.7%
180th
Reagan County
18.0%
138th
Red River County
16.5%
144th
Refugio County
16.6%
118th
Rusk County
15.8%
207th
Sabine County
20.0%
115th
Anderson County
15.7%
17th
Fort Bend County
8.1%
52nd
Motley County
12.2%
23rd
Archer County
8.8%
114th
Bosque County
15.6%
49th
Colorado County
12.0%
147th
Harris County
16.8%
251st
Hudspeth County
35.6%
81st
Lee County
13.8%
232nd
San Augustine County
24.4%
119th
Tyler County
15.8%
242nd
Brazos County
26.0%
167th
Caldwell County
17.7%
47th
Crane County
11.8%
78th
Jackson County
13.7%
44th
Pecos County
11.5%
229th
Shelby County
23.1%
139th
Young County
16.5%
214th
Crosby County
20.8%
171st
Harrison County
17.9%
237th
Kenedy County
24.8%
111th
Madison County
15.4%
117th
Morris County
15.7%
250th
Starr County
35.0%
186th
Trinity County
18.4%
205th
Bee County
19.7%
160th
Eastland County
17.4%
69th
Reeves County
13.2%
174th
Bowie County
17.9%
101st
Mills County
14.9%
243rd
Presidio County
26.3%
161st
San Saba County
17.4%
64th
Tom Green County
12.9%
227th
Delta County
22.9%
13th
McMullen County
7.0%
42nd
Gaines County
11.0%
92nd
Grayson County
14.3%
222nd
Hall County
22.2%
18th
Hartley County
8.1%
253rd
Zavala County
36.2%
100th
Hockley County
14.9%
228th
Jim Wells County
23.0%
123rd
Jones County
15.9%
19th
La Salle County
8.2%
130th
Live Oak County
16.3%
193rd
Lubbock County
18.8%
212th
Matagorda County
20.6%
72nd
Coryell County
13.3%
244th
Culberson County
29.4%
166th
Dallas County
17.7%
131st
McCulloch County
16.3%
112th
Montague County
15.5%
149th
Moore County
16.9%
124th
DeWitt County
16.0%
102nd
Donley County
14.9%
13th
Edwards County
7.0%
145th
Nueces County
16.7%
109th
Panola County
15.3%
133rd
Runnels County
16.3%
32nd
Schleicher County
10.2%
88th
Stonewall County
13.9%
225th
Bailey County
22.3%
71st
Bastrop County
13.3%
39th
Blanco County
10.8%
98th
Fannin County
14.8%
25th
Fayette County
9.1%
158th
Fisher County
17.4%
183rd
Floyd County
18.2%
77th
Tarrant County
13.5%
11th
Williamson County
7.0%
65th
Wise County
13.0%
249th
Zapata County
34.1%
89th
Briscoe County
13.9%
7th
Carson County
6.4%
122nd
Castro County
15.9%
236th
Cochran County
24.8%
10th
Collin County
6.9%
9th
Jeff Davis County
6.7%
164th
Gregg County
17.6%
206th
Hale County
19.8%
254th
Brooks County
41.5%
246th
Cameron County
31.2%
191st
Cherokee County
18.7%
143rd
Coke County
16.6%
105th
Collingsworth County
15.0%
21st
Concho County
8.5%
233rd
Cottle County
24.5%
121st
Dallam County
15.9%
181st
Deaf Smith County
18.0%
20th
Denton County
8.4%
75th
Garza County
13.5%
99th
Gray County
14.9%
94th
Atascosa County
14.6%
141st
Bandera County
16.5%
200th
Haskell County
19.3%
24th
Hemphill County
8.8%
61st
Medina County
12.7%
22nd
Midland County
8.7%
146th
Nolan County
16.8%
66th
Ochiltree County
13.0%
163rd
Hill County
17.5%
194th
Hunt County
18.8%
241st
Jim Hogg County
26.0%
43rd
Oldham County
11.1%
185th
Palo Pinto County
18.3%
26th
Parker County
9.2%
28th
Randall County
9.6%
2nd
Roberts County
3.3%
155th
San Jacinto County
17.2%
62nd
Scurry County
12.8%
165th
Shackelford County
17.7%
218th
Somervell County
21.5%
8th
Sutton County
6.5%
41st
Johnson County
11.0%
199th
Karnes County
19.3%
74th
Austin County
13.4%
223rd
Swisher County
22.2%
126th
Taylor County
16.1%
79th
Terry County
13.7%
179th
Upton County
18.0%
196th
Wichita County
18.9%
57th
Kaufman County
12.4%
80th
Kerr County
13.8%
38th
Kinney County
10.6%
252nd
Willacy County
35.6%
211th
Lamb County
20.5%
82nd
Hardeman County
13.8%
128th
Liberty County
16.2%
36th
Lipscomb County
10.5%
177th
Lynn County
18.0%
202nd
McLennan County
19.3%
31st
Wilson County
10.2%
6th
Rockwall County
5.8%
198th
Wheeler County
19.2%
85th
Cooke County
13.9%
113th
Callahan County
15.6%
239th
Duval County
25.2%
226th
Erath County
22.6%
58th
Gillespie County
12.4%
5th
Kendall County
5.7%
63rd
Chambers County
12.9%
188th
Dawson County
18.5%
127th
Hamilton County
16.1%
136th
Hutchinson County
16.4%
93rd
Bell County
14.3%
154th
Gonzales County
17.2%
184th
Jack County
18.2%
34th
Lavaca County
10.5%
156th
Parmer County
17.3%
51st
Lampasas County
12.0%
219th
Potter County
21.7%
217th
Stephens County
21.3%
140th
Wilbarger County
16.5%
56th
Yoakum County
12.3%
182nd
Comanche County
18.2%
3rd
King County
3.5%
29th
Menard County
9.8%
152nd
Throckmorton County
17.1%
55th
Hood County
12.3%
16th
Mitchell County
7.9%
96th
Sherman County
14.8%
245th
Dimmit County
30.2%
240th
Falls County
25.2%
210th
Frio County
20.3%
190th
Hansford County
18.7%
213th
Limestone County
20.7%
208th
Real County
20.2%
125th
Milam County
16.0%
172nd
Uvalde County
17.9%
4th
Foard County
5.7%
170th
Kent County
17.9%
15th
Armstrong County
7.5%
95th
Knox County
14.7%
137th
Brown County
16.4%
103rd
Clay County
15.0%
104th
Franklin County
15.0%
110th
Hays County
15.3%
59th
Llano County
12.5%
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