In 2010, 4.4 million Texans — including 1.7 million children — lived below the poverty line, according to estimates by U.S. Census Bureau released Tuesday. That's 18 percent of the total population and 26 percent of children in Texas. To be considered poor, a family of four must have had a household income less than $22,500 in 2010. The rising poverty levels since the national recession hit in 2007 have affected more than 200 of Texas' 254 counties. Use these interactive maps to compare the rate of poverty and the median household income across the state. Click on individual counties to see a graph of the annual change there, or use the sortable table below to find specific details about your county.
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All Ages,
Children 0-17 |
Median Household Income:
In 2010,
Change Since 2006
County | All Ages | Children 0 - 17 | Household Income | ||||||||
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Percent of 2010 Population | Total in 2010 | Total in 2006 | Percent Change Since 2006 | Percent of 2010 Population | Total in 2010 | Total in 2006 | Percent Change Since 2006 | Median in 2010 | Median in 2006 | Percent Change Since 2006 | |
Anderson | 20.9% | 9,372 | 8,101 | 13.6% | 27.2% | 3,072 | 2,718 | 11.5% | $40,482 | $35,729 | 11.7% |
Andrews | 13.5% | 1,992 | 1,879 | 5.7% | 19.4% | 832 | 674 | 19% | $51,339 | $42,257 | 17.7% |
Angelina | 19% | 15,921 | 12,290 | 22.8% | 27% | 6,178 | 5,237 | 15.2% | $38,954 | $39,342 | -1% |
Aransas | 22.3% | 5,058 | 5,171 | -2.2% | 41.2% | 1,827 | 1,951 | -6.8% | $38,516 | $35,808 | 7% |
Archer | 11.1% | 997 | 814 | 18.4% | 15.2% | 328 | 268 | 18.3% | $51,895 | $41,951 | 19.2% |
Armstrong | 8.8% | 163 | 229 | -40.5% | 11.6% | 49 | 77 | -57.1% | $48,738 | $44,063 | 9.6% |
Atascosa | 20.4% | 9,058 | 8,532 | 5.8% | 30.5% | 3,893 | 3,714 | 4.6% | $42,439 | $39,749 | 6.3% |
Austin | 12.5% | 3,525 | 2,991 | 15.1% | 18.3% | 1,281 | 1,026 | 19.9% | $50,154 | $46,603 | 7.1% |
Bailey | 18.8% | 1,325 | 1,231 | 7.1% | 30.2% | 656 | 608 | 7.3% | $35,476 | $31,507 | 11.2% |
Bandera | 16.5% | 3,336 | 2,629 | 21.2% | 27.3% | 1,051 | 919 | 12.6% | $46,678 | $44,656 | 4.3% |
Bastrop | 15.5% | 11,163 | 8,096 | 27.5% | 24.4% | 4,696 | 3,275 | 30.3% | $49,812 | $50,304 | -1% |
Baylor | 19.3% | 703 | 677 | 3.7% | 31.9% | 243 | 250 | -2.9% | $32,111 | $28,292 | 11.9% |
Bee | 27.3% | 6,623 | 6,885 | -4% | 34.6% | 2,344 | 2,309 | 1.5% | $36,462 | $32,014 | 12.2% |
Bell | 13.2% | 40,315 | 31,989 | 20.7% | 20.2% | 17,646 | 15,314 | 13.2% | $49,338 | $42,849 | 13.2% |
Bexar | 17% | 285,817 | 252,010 | 11.8% | 24.6% | 113,149 | 103,155 | 8.8% | $47,724 | $42,833 | 10.2% |
Blanco | 12.7% | 1,323 | 1,130 | 14.6% | 20% | 456 | 386 | 15.4% | $46,981 | $49,072 | -4.5% |
Borden | 11.9% | 77 | 62 | 19.5% | 15.5% | 22 | 12 | 45.5% | $47,938 | $38,329 | 20% |
Bosque | 17.5% | 3,123 | 2,668 | 14.6% | 27.4% | 1,129 | 950 | 15.9% | $40,732 | $41,289 | -1.4% |
Bowie | 18.7% | 16,203 | 14,360 | 11.4% | 27.8% | 6,155 | 5,234 | 15% | $42,272 | $38,658 | 8.5% |
Brazoria | 12.1% | 36,809 | 33,363 | 9.4% | 15.3% | 13,120 | 12,270 | 6.5% | $64,242 | $56,805 | 11.6% |
Brazos | 30.8% | 56,025 | 39,375 | 29.7% | 26% | 10,257 | 7,864 | 23.3% | $37,468 | $35,563 | 5.1% |
Brewster | 14.7% | 1,356 | 1,672 | -23.3% | 23.3% | 439 | 482 | -9.8% | $37,200 | $30,743 | 17.4% |
Briscoe | 16.4% | 266 | 262 | 1.5% | 28.6% | 101 | 112 | -10.9% | $35,931 | $33,181 | 7.7% |
Brooks | 33% | 2,353 | 2,681 | -13.9% | 49.5% | 984 | 1,080 | -9.8% | $26,027 | $22,392 | 14% |
Brown | 18.8% | 6,851 | 7,148 | -4.3% | 28.5% | 2,503 | 2,422 | 3.2% | $37,512 | $35,853 | 4.4% |
Burleson | 15.2% | 2,581 | 3,134 | -21.4% | 24.9% | 990 | 997 | -0.7% | $41,273 | $37,942 | 8.1% |
Burnet | 14.6% | 6,081 | 5,874 | 3.4% | 24.4% | 2,397 | 1,941 | 19% | $49,195 | $45,984 | 6.5% |
Caldwell | 17.3% | 6,292 | 5,390 | 14.3% | 25.7% | 2,498 | 2,010 | 19.5% | $41,749 | $39,268 | 5.9% |
Calhoun | 19.4% | 4,092 | 3,776 | 7.7% | 30.7% | 1,712 | 1,477 | 13.7% | $42,745 | $39,070 | 8.6% |
Callahan | 15.4% | 2,061 | 1,899 | 7.9% | 24.9% | 784 | 642 | 18.1% | $40,614 | $37,043 | 8.8% |
Cameron | 35.8% | 144,439 | 136,113 | 5.8% | 48.5% | 64,535 | 60,949 | 5.6% | $31,624 | $27,877 | 11.8% |
Camp | 21.3% | 2,622 | 2,905 | -10.8% | 33.7% | 1,109 | 1,110 | -0.1% | $37,704 | $34,770 | 7.8% |
Carson | 8.4% | 514 | 573 | -11.5% | 10.6% | 165 | 204 | -23.6% | $51,311 | $44,722 | 12.8% |
Cass | 20.4% | 6,129 | 5,605 | 8.5% | 32.4% | 2,239 | 1,780 | 20.5% | $34,556 | $34,667 | -0.3% |
Castro | 20.2% | 1,619 | 1,569 | 3.1% | 29.9% | 745 | 736 | 1.2% | $35,973 | $33,816 | 6% |
Chambers | 10.6% | 3,717 | 3,384 | 9% | 14.2% | 1,418 | 1,103 | 22.2% | $69,491 | $58,221 | 16.2% |
Cherokee | 24.7% | 11,849 | 8,400 | 29.1% | 35.4% | 4,605 | 3,287 | 28.6% | $34,910 | $34,199 | 2% |
Childress | 22.8% | 1,281 | 1,543 | -20.5% | 32.8% | 486 | 518 | -6.6% | $35,171 | $30,924 | 12.1% |
Clay | 12.5% | 1,324 | 1,247 | 5.8% | 18.3% | 438 | 387 | 11.6% | $47,434 | $43,474 | 8.3% |
Cochran | 20.5% | 631 | 937 | -48.5% | 33.8% | 294 | 422 | -43.5% | $35,496 | $30,541 | 14% |
Coke | 13.2% | 431 | 482 | -11.8% | 22.4% | 154 | 168 | -9.1% | $35,754 | $31,831 | 11% |
Coleman | 21.1% | 1,861 | 1,759 | 5.5% | 36% | 697 | 643 | 7.7% | $30,637 | $28,182 | 8% |
Collin | 7.7% | 60,337 | 41,781 | 30.8% | 9.6% | 21,450 | 12,255 | 42.9% | $77,862 | $74,681 | 4.1% |
Collingsworth | 18.9% | 568 | 583 | -2.6% | 31.2% | 258 | 246 | 4.7% | $32,949 | $30,515 | 7.4% |
Colorado | 17.3% | 3,544 | 3,058 | 13.7% | 27.6% | 1,349 | 1,069 | 20.8% | $41,395 | $36,222 | 12.5% |
Comal | 11.9% | 12,879 | 10,659 | 17.2% | 16.5% | 4,217 | 3,425 | 18.8% | $61,573 | $58,702 | 4.7% |
Comanche | 20.7% | 2,852 | 2,704 | 5.2% | 30.1% | 990 | 928 | 6.3% | $34,878 | $31,889 | 8.6% |
Concho | 28.4% | 704 | 519 | 26.3% | 32.2% | 181 | 130 | 28.2% | $33,711 | $33,636 | 0.2% |
Cooke | 15.1% | 5,692 | 5,451 | 4.2% | 24.4% | 2,308 | 2,129 | 7.8% | $45,428 | $44,047 | 3% |
Coryell | 12.4% | 7,980 | 8,986 | -12.6% | 15.4% | 3,195 | 3,699 | -15.8% | $45,431 | $41,665 | 8.3% |
Cottle | 20.4% | 306 | 343 | -12.1% | 32.9% | 114 | 117 | -2.6% | $31,892 | $27,718 | 13.1% |
Crane | 9.9% | 426 | 399 | 6.3% | 15.3% | 196 | 139 | 29.1% | $50,356 | $42,052 | 16.5% |
Crockett | 15.8% | 576 | 660 | -14.6% | 25.3% | 249 | 222 | 10.8% | $42,329 | $36,535 | 13.7% |
Crosby | 27.1% | 1,619 | 1,636 | -1.1% | 40% | 686 | 736 | -7.3% | $33,332 | $30,682 | 8% |
Culberson | 26.2% | 625 | 712 | -13.9% | 39.3% | 260 | 279 | -7.3% | $30,666 | $26,168 | 14.7% |
Dallam | 15.1% | 1,008 | 953 | 5.5% | 22.5% | 450 | 425 | 5.6% | $37,454 | $31,885 | 14.9% |
Dallas | 19% | 446,466 | 380,261 | 14.8% | 29.3% | 190,014 | 158,381 | 16.6% | $46,909 | $44,894 | 4.3% |
Dawson | 25.7% | 3,008 | 2,797 | 7% | 35.5% | 1,185 | 1,102 | 7% | $33,938 | $29,719 | 12.4% |
Deaf Smith | 20.6% | 3,950 | 3,614 | 8.5% | 30.4% | 1,870 | 1,730 | 7.5% | $36,638 | $33,385 | 8.9% |
Delta | 17.7% | 915 | 1,006 | -9.9% | 27.8% | 327 | 341 | -4.3% | $36,193 | $33,441 | 7.6% |
Denton | 8.1% | 53,457 | 46,388 | 13.2% | 9.4% | 17,060 | 13,496 | 20.9% | $68,671 | $67,078 | 2.3% |
Dewitt | 21.3% | 3,885 | 3,855 | 0.8% | 32.3% | 1,414 | 1,181 | 16.5% | $36,611 | $32,910 | 10.1% |
Dickens | 21.4% | 456 | 476 | -4.4% | 30.5% | 148 | 131 | 11.5% | $32,669 | $28,598 | 12.5% |
Dimmit | 31% | 3,076 | 3,303 | -7.4% | 44.8% | 1,323 | 1,427 | -7.9% | $29,685 | $25,656 | 13.6% |
Donley | 17% | 583 | 662 | -13.6% | 26.8% | 199 | 206 | -3.5% | $34,967 | $33,208 | 5% |
Duval | 26.9% | 2,994 | 3,486 | -16.4% | 38.5% | 1,165 | 1,272 | -9.2% | $30,365 | $26,420 | 13% |
Eastland | 22.4% | 3,980 | 3,669 | 7.8% | 32.5% | 1,318 | 1,211 | 8.1% | $32,913 | $31,426 | 4.5% |
Ector | 19.6% | 26,466 | 23,020 | 13% | 28.3% | 11,138 | 9,433 | 15.3% | $42,339 | $39,191 | 7.4% |
Edwards | 25.3% | 502 | 505 | -0.6% | 39.8% | 163 | 205 | -25.8% | $32,643 | $27,971 | 14.3% |
Ellis | 11.5% | 17,062 | 16,066 | 5.8% | 17.1% | 7,321 | 5,776 | 21.1% | $57,929 | $54,974 | 5.1% |
El Paso | 24.6% | 193,826 | 197,675 | -2% | 33.8% | 80,844 | 87,091 | -7.7% | $36,064 | $32,354 | 10.3% |
Erath | 18.5% | 6,668 | 5,724 | 14.2% | 23.7% | 1,957 | 1,629 | 16.8% | $38,068 | $35,311 | 7.2% |
Falls | 25.3% | 3,990 | 3,777 | 5.3% | 32.4% | 1,235 | 1,288 | -4.3% | $30,576 | $29,861 | 2.3% |
Fannin | 16.2% | 5,005 | 4,786 | 4.4% | 24.1% | 1,768 | 1,554 | 12.1% | $40,891 | $39,536 | 3.3% |
Fayette | 13% | 3,136 | 2,840 | 9.4% | 19.7% | 1,043 | 865 | 17.1% | $45,123 | $40,001 | 11.4% |
Fisher | 14.6% | 573 | 661 | -15.4% | 23.5% | 207 | 204 | 1.4% | $35,794 | $32,385 | 9.5% |
Floyd | 21% | 1,335 | 1,551 | -16.2% | 34.5% | 627 | 677 | -8% | $33,345 | $30,298 | 9.1% |
Foard | 18.2% | 238 | 271 | -13.9% | 29.1% | 83 | 97 | -16.9% | $31,479 | $27,503 | 12.6% |
Fort Bend | 9% | 52,716 | 37,522 | 28.8% | 12.5% | 21,654 | 14,285 | 34% | $76,758 | $74,815 | 2.5% |
Franklin | 15.9% | 1,666 | 1,506 | 9.6% | 25.3% | 649 | 556 | 14.3% | $40,579 | $37,942 | 6.5% |
Freestone | 18.1% | 3,301 | 2,704 | 18.1% | 23.7% | 1,073 | 844 | 21.3% | $42,266 | $38,206 | 9.6% |
Frio | 35.3% | 4,912 | 3,963 | 19.3% | 42.7% | 1,776 | 1,696 | 4.5% | $30,820 | $27,936 | 9.4% |
Gaines | 18.8% | 3,280 | 2,818 | 14.1% | 26.6% | 1,619 | 1,305 | 19.4% | $39,111 | $36,504 | 6.7% |
Galveston | 13% | 37,521 | 38,933 | -3.8% | 19.5% | 14,339 | 13,453 | 6.2% | $57,124 | $52,176 | 8.7% |
Garza | 27.4% | 1,191 | 992 | 16.7% | 30% | 354 | 367 | -3.7% | $38,400 | $32,201 | 16.1% |
Gillespie | 12.1% | 2,951 | 2,342 | 20.6% | 20.1% | 1,001 | 758 | 24.3% | $47,216 | $45,386 | 3.9% |
Glasscock | 11.2% | 138 | 152 | -10.1% | 18.2% | 64 | 57 | 10.9% | $54,354 | $45,741 | 15.8% |
Goliad | 15.5% | 1,101 | 1,074 | 2.5% | 25.3% | 404 | 340 | 15.8% | $42,646 | $40,044 | 6.1% |
Gonzales | 20.8% | 4,061 | 3,733 | 8.1% | 31.7% | 1,670 | 1,460 | 12.6% | $34,166 | $32,651 | 4.4% |
Gray | 15.4% | 3,199 | 2,890 | 9.7% | 21.6% | 1,181 | 958 | 18.9% | $42,701 | $37,539 | 12.1% |
Grayson | 14.9% | 17,695 | 16,451 | 7% | 21.4% | 6,143 | 5,681 | 7.5% | $44,356 | $42,839 | 3.4% |
Gregg | 20.5% | 24,124 | 18,915 | 21.6% | 29.8% | 9,084 | 7,316 | 19.5% | $41,623 | $39,923 | 4.1% |
Grimes | 19.7% | 4,654 | 4,098 | 11.9% | 27.5% | 1,644 | 1,391 | 15.4% | $39,959 | $37,730 | 5.6% |
Guadalupe | 11.4% | 14,794 | 12,041 | 18.6% | 17.3% | 6,245 | 4,621 | 26% | $58,799 | $52,635 | 10.5% |
Hale | 20.3% | 6,788 | 6,948 | -2.4% | 28.9% | 2,985 | 2,865 | 4% | $35,640 | $33,123 | 7.1% |
Hall | 24.1% | 796 | 967 | -21.5% | 40.3% | 338 | 353 | -4.4% | $29,302 | $25,695 | 12.3% |
Hamilton | 16.2% | 1,338 | 1,315 | 1.7% | 27.3% | 485 | 471 | 2.9% | $38,179 | $35,162 | 7.9% |
Hansford | 14.3% | 794 | 761 | 4.2% | 20.4% | 343 | 309 | 9.9% | $43,338 | $39,363 | 9.2% |
Hardeman | 22.9% | 945 | 720 | 23.8% | 35.2% | 351 | 286 | 18.5% | $33,640 | $32,290 | 4% |
Hardin | 13% | 7,037 | 7,060 | -0.3% | 17.6% | 2,449 | 2,379 | 2.9% | $49,556 | $46,127 | 6.9% |
Harris | 18.7% | 758,916 | 628,902 | 17.1% | 27.1% | 308,583 | 255,847 | 17.1% | $50,437 | $47,159 | 6.5% |
Harrison | 17.3% | 11,131 | 11,330 | -1.8% | 25.6% | 4,259 | 4,019 | 5.6% | $44,506 | $39,991 | 10.1% |
Hartley | 11.9% | 556 | 416 | 25.2% | 12.7% | 173 | 119 | 31.2% | $57,589 | $46,834 | 18.7% |
Haskell | 25.5% | 1,359 | 1,337 | 1.6% | 39.4% | 466 | 434 | 6.9% | $30,845 | $27,540 | 10.7% |
Hays | 14.4% | 21,780 | 18,016 | 17.3% | 14.4% | 5,493 | 3,872 | 29.5% | $57,051 | $52,703 | 7.6% |
Hemphill | 9.2% | 344 | 284 | 17.4% | 13.3% | 146 | 89 | 39% | $55,391 | $45,850 | 17.2% |
Henderson | 19.3% | 14,870 | 14,213 | 4.4% | 30.7% | 5,388 | 4,877 | 9.5% | $37,137 | $35,135 | 5.4% |
Hidalgo | 33.4% | 258,065 | 253,991 | 1.6% | 44.8% | 119,946 | 116,476 | 2.9% | $33,070 | $28,538 | 13.7% |
Hill | 17.1% | 5,854 | 5,498 | 6.1% | 27.1% | 2,259 | 2,211 | 2.1% | $38,583 | $37,296 | 3.3% |
Hockley | 19.1% | 4,224 | 4,127 | 2.3% | 26.1% | 1,584 | 1,504 | 5.1% | $40,334 | $36,739 | 8.9% |
Hood | 11.9% | 6,014 | 5,055 | 15.9% | 19.8% | 2,121 | 1,881 | 11.3% | $52,633 | $52,019 | 1.2% |
Hopkins | 18% | 6,245 | 5,210 | 16.6% | 28.4% | 2,525 | 1,966 | 22.1% | $40,446 | $36,597 | 9.5% |
Houston | 23.7% | 4,940 | 5,620 | -13.8% | 32.7% | 1,565 | 1,843 | -17.8% | $33,198 | $29,380 | 11.5% |
Howard | 22.9% | 6,621 | 5,640 | 14.8% | 30.6% | 2,340 | 2,068 | 11.6% | $39,022 | $35,812 | 8.2% |
Hudspeth | 29.5% | 1,003 | 1,022 | -1.9% | 41.7% | 434 | 428 | 1.4% | $26,993 | $23,096 | 14.4% |
Hunt | 20% | 16,876 | 13,635 | 19.2% | 28% | 5,883 | 4,592 | 21.9% | $41,841 | $38,088 | 9% |
Hutchinson | 13.4% | 2,927 | 2,954 | -0.9% | 19.9% | 1,126 | 1,053 | 6.5% | $46,035 | $41,040 | 10.9% |
Irion | 9.6% | 154 | 171 | -11% | 14.5% | 55 | 53 | 3.6% | $52,857 | $41,905 | 20.7% |
Jack | 15.5% | 1,217 | 1,113 | 8.5% | 20.4% | 400 | 319 | 20.3% | $41,510 | $39,275 | 5.4% |
Jackson | 16.2% | 2,234 | 2,031 | 9.1% | 25.3% | 887 | 777 | 12.4% | $42,097 | $39,019 | 7.3% |
Jasper | 19.5% | 6,765 | 6,984 | -3.2% | 29.2% | 2,557 | 2,557 | 0% | $37,495 | $33,703 | 10.1% |
Jeff Davis | 12.1% | 272 | 301 | -10.7% | 18.5% | 73 | 96 | -31.5% | $46,122 | $36,431 | 21% |
Jefferson | 22.6% | 53,452 | 46,353 | 13.3% | 33.5% | 19,816 | 18,072 | 8.8% | $39,756 | $38,484 | 3.2% |
Jim Hogg | 24.8% | 1,310 | 1,202 | 8.2% | 36.8% | 566 | 463 | 18.2% | $34,077 | $31,809 | 6.7% |
Jim Wells | 21.6% | 8,753 | 8,950 | -2.3% | 32.5% | 3,775 | 3,613 | 4.3% | $36,404 | $34,925 | 4.1% |
Johnson | 12.8% | 18,917 | 14,455 | 23.6% | 18.2% | 7,383 | 5,728 | 22.4% | $52,360 | $50,665 | 3.2% |
Jones | 24.3% | 3,702 | 3,068 | 17.1% | 29.9% | 1,097 | 1,075 | 2% | $35,193 | $35,309 | -0.3% |
Karnes | 26.3% | 3,026 | 3,027 | 0% | 33.3% | 982 | 956 | 2.6% | $34,970 | $30,967 | 11.4% |
Kaufman | 11.9% | 12,215 | 11,525 | 5.6% | 17.3% | 5,105 | 4,131 | 19.1% | $56,899 | $51,897 | 8.8% |
Kendall | 10% | 3,308 | 2,587 | 21.8% | 14.2% | 1,142 | 888 | 22.2% | $68,301 | $60,176 | 11.9% |
Kenedy | 12.5% | 52 | 58 | -11.5% | 17.6% | 18 | 23 | -27.8% | $33,502 | $27,201 | 18.8% |
Kent | 11.2% | 84 | 91 | -8.3% | 16.8% | 29 | 27 | 6.9% | $37,318 | $35,767 | 4.2% |
Kerr | 15.6% | 7,467 | 6,947 | 7% | 28.1% | 2,738 | 2,559 | 6.5% | $42,064 | $40,342 | 4.1% |
Kimble | 18.6% | 848 | 804 | 5.2% | 33.7% | 314 | 294 | 6.4% | $36,126 | $33,799 | 6.4% |
King | 12.5% | 36 | 42 | -16.7% | 15.3% | 11 | 11 | 0% | $48,003 | $38,546 | 19.7% |
Kinney | 24.7% | 805 | 725 | 9.9% | 36.8% | 267 | 240 | 10.1% | $35,725 | $32,089 | 10.2% |
Kleberg | 24.6% | 7,445 | 8,863 | -19% | 32.8% | 2,613 | 2,810 | -7.5% | $37,418 | $32,232 | 13.9% |
Knox | 22.3% | 807 | 819 | -1.5% | 35.7% | 332 | 338 | -1.8% | $31,054 | $30,727 | 1.1% |
Lamar | 18.4% | 9,012 | 9,004 | 0.1% | 27.4% | 3,263 | 3,373 | -3.4% | $38,852 | $34,393 | 11.5% |
Lamb | 21.6% | 2,981 | 2,683 | 10% | 32.7% | 1,325 | 1,118 | 15.6% | $34,251 | $32,094 | 6.3% |
Lampasas | 15.3% | 2,974 | 2,795 | 6% | 26.7% | 1,276 | 1,054 | 17.4% | $47,772 | $42,727 | 10.6% |
La Salle | 34.4% | 1,820 | 1,563 | 14.1% | 44.9% | 652 | 626 | 4% | $28,834 | $26,035 | 9.7% |
Lavaca | 14.5% | 2,735 | 2,557 | 6.5% | 20.9% | 916 | 794 | 13.3% | $39,468 | $35,706 | 9.5% |
Lee | 13.1% | 2,110 | 1,882 | 10.8% | 18.3% | 747 | 663 | 11.2% | $45,661 | $41,928 | 8.2% |
Leon | 14.4% | 2,395 | 2,299 | 4% | 25.1% | 925 | 834 | 9.8% | $40,847 | $36,756 | 10% |
Liberty | 18.8% | 13,269 | 10,114 | 23.8% | 25.7% | 4,909 | 3,918 | 20.2% | $46,770 | $41,579 | 11.1% |
Limestone | 19% | 4,148 | 3,540 | 14.7% | 28.8% | 1,557 | 1,397 | 10.3% | $37,438 | $35,922 | 4% |
Lipscomb | 13.3% | 429 | 496 | -15.6% | 20.6% | 182 | 178 | 2.2% | $46,347 | $37,643 | 18.8% |
Live Oak | 18.6% | 1,932 | 1,946 | -0.7% | 27.8% | 648 | 568 | 12.3% | $39,091 | $36,306 | 7.1% |
Llano | 15.8% | 3,005 | 2,382 | 20.7% | 30.4% | 914 | 734 | 19.7% | $40,102 | $39,773 | 0.8% |
Loving | 14.5% | 12 | 12 | 0% | 33.3% | 4 | 2 | 50% | $50,188 | $38,623 | 23% |
Lubbock | 20.8% | 56,067 | 45,727 | 18.4% | 27.6% | 18,456 | 14,539 | 21.2% | $41,757 | $37,403 | 10.4% |
Lynn | 19.7% | 1,152 | 1,249 | -8.4% | 30.4% | 490 | 506 | -3.3% | $36,145 | $30,873 | 14.6% |
Mcculloch | 22.2% | 1,796 | 1,830 | -1.9% | 37.8% | 741 | 687 | 7.3% | $32,469 | $30,445 | 6.2% |
Mclennan | 21.3% | 48,280 | 41,418 | 14.2% | 29.4% | 17,173 | 13,451 | 21.7% | $39,620 | $36,773 | 7.2% |
Mcmullen | 11.9% | 84 | 143 | -70.2% | 19.2% | 23 | 35 | -52.2% | $44,541 | $36,843 | 17.3% |
Madison | 23.3% | 2,611 | 2,137 | 18.2% | 30.2% | 900 | 699 | 22.3% | $35,189 | $34,889 | 0.9% |
Marion | 23.7% | 2,439 | 2,822 | -15.7% | 35.4% | 698 | 856 | -22.6% | $32,173 | $28,401 | 11.7% |
Martin | 16.2% | 771 | 773 | -0.3% | 24% | 352 | 365 | -3.7% | $44,863 | $33,832 | 24.6% |
Mason | 16.2% | 649 | 602 | 7.2% | 30.6% | 261 | 202 | 22.6% | $38,802 | $36,511 | 5.9% |
Matagorda | 19.9% | 7,211 | 8,696 | -20.6% | 28.4% | 2,720 | 3,468 | -27.5% | $39,874 | $36,124 | 9.4% |
Maverick | 39.9% | 21,316 | 19,079 | 10.5% | 53.2% | 9,705 | 8,535 | 12.1% | $27,710 | $25,542 | 7.8% |
Medina | 17.5% | 7,675 | 6,515 | 15.1% | 27.1% | 3,174 | 2,529 | 20.3% | $47,099 | $43,825 | 7% |
Menard | 24% | 529 | 498 | 5.9% | 40.9% | 183 | 168 | 8.2% | $30,277 | $27,327 | 9.7% |
Midland | 14.4% | 19,501 | 17,610 | 9.7% | 22.3% | 8,263 | 6,959 | 15.8% | $53,482 | $45,682 | 14.6% |
Milam | 19.8% | 4,800 | 4,707 | 1.9% | 29.8% | 1,888 | 1,759 | 6.8% | $36,799 | $34,306 | 6.8% |
Mills | 17.2% | 822 | 889 | -8.2% | 27.8% | 315 | 293 | 7% | $36,108 | $34,088 | 5.6% |
Mitchell | 23.3% | 1,628 | 1,695 | -4.1% | 28.3% | 509 | 516 | -1.4% | $34,877 | $30,264 | 13.2% |
Montague | 16.1% | 3,122 | 2,879 | 7.8% | 24.8% | 1,100 | 898 | 18.4% | $42,415 | $37,756 | 11% |
Montgomery | 11.5% | 52,473 | 44,177 | 15.8% | 16% | 20,093 | 15,661 | 22.1% | $65,483 | $60,394 | 7.8% |
Moore | 15% | 3,259 | 2,956 | 9.3% | 23.2% | 1,612 | 1,405 | 12.8% | $44,680 | $39,106 | 12.5% |
Morris | 19.2% | 2,456 | 2,332 | 5% | 31.7% | 943 | 863 | 8.5% | $34,451 | $35,018 | -1.6% |
Motley | 16.7% | 202 | 224 | -10.9% | 25.2% | 67 | 69 | -3% | $35,672 | $32,042 | 10.2% |
Nacogdoches | 25.5% | 15,141 | 13,487 | 10.9% | 33.3% | 4,959 | 4,341 | 12.5% | $35,854 | $31,669 | 11.7% |
Navarro | 21.5% | 10,078 | 8,570 | 15% | 33.1% | 4,169 | 3,146 | 24.5% | $37,864 | $36,334 | 4% |
Newton | 23.3% | 3,186 | 3,079 | 3.4% | 31.6% | 1,042 | 1,031 | 1.1% | $36,429 | $30,570 | 16.1% |
Nolan | 20.1% | 2,983 | 3,345 | -12.1% | 32.7% | 1,278 | 1,331 | -4.1% | $33,981 | $30,282 | 10.9% |
Nueces | 20% | 66,978 | 68,991 | -3% | 31.1% | 26,953 | 26,051 | 3.3% | $41,899 | $37,477 | 10.6% |
Ochiltree | 12.7% | 1,282 | 1,165 | 9.1% | 19.1% | 609 | 482 | 20.9% | $50,979 | $44,517 | 12.7% |
Oldham | 13.4% | 242 | 318 | -31.4% | 25.5% | 119 | 149 | -25.2% | $43,739 | $37,092 | 15.2% |
Orange | 15.1% | 12,223 | 13,160 | -7.7% | 23% | 4,628 | 4,858 | -5% | $45,264 | $41,959 | 7.3% |
Palo Pinto | 16.8% | 4,673 | 4,553 | 2.6% | 27.2% | 1,871 | 1,629 | 12.9% | $39,595 | $35,377 | 10.7% |
Panola | 13.8% | 3,239 | 3,193 | 1.4% | 20.5% | 1,187 | 1,048 | 11.7% | $48,621 | $38,804 | 20.2% |
Parker | 12% | 13,712 | 9,325 | 32% | 17.7% | 5,228 | 3,251 | 37.8% | $57,092 | $53,885 | 5.6% |
Parmer | 14.9% | 1,517 | 1,534 | -1.1% | 21.3% | 682 | 658 | 3.5% | $38,619 | $32,126 | 16.8% |
Pecos | 22.1% | 2,979 | 3,100 | -4.1% | 27.8% | 1,056 | 1,126 | -6.6% | $39,118 | $32,528 | 16.8% |
Polk | 19.6% | 8,041 | 9,939 | -23.6% | 31.4% | 2,950 | 3,527 | -19.6% | $38,747 | $33,971 | 12.3% |
Potter | 24.5% | 28,046 | 27,347 | 2.5% | 36% | 11,976 | 11,683 | 2.4% | $35,323 | $32,697 | 7.4% |
Presidio | 23.6% | 1,860 | 2,038 | -9.6% | 37.3% | 846 | 915 | -8.2% | $30,357 | $24,520 | 19.2% |
Rains | 16.7% | 1,800 | 1,738 | 3.4% | 28.1% | 654 | 567 | 13.3% | $40,966 | $38,728 | 5.5% |
Randall | 8.7% | 10,392 | 10,072 | 3.1% | 11.2% | 3,318 | 3,027 | 8.8% | $57,862 | $51,476 | 11% |
Reagan | 11.7% | 387 | 359 | 7.2% | 15.6% | 158 | 117 | 25.9% | $48,667 | $44,886 | 7.8% |
Real | 24.1% | 777 | 676 | 13% | 45.1% | 293 | 261 | 10.9% | $31,490 | $30,032 | 4.6% |
Red River | 19.2% | 2,425 | 2,759 | -13.8% | 31.7% | 863 | 950 | -10.1% | $32,128 | $29,744 | 7.4% |
Reeves | 32.2% | 3,434 | 2,926 | 14.8% | 36.2% | 1,133 | 1,115 | 1.6% | $32,623 | $27,219 | 16.6% |
Refugio | 17.8% | 1,284 | 1,201 | 6.5% | 26.5% | 466 | 420 | 9.9% | $39,582 | $36,755 | 7.1% |
Roberts | 6.9% | 64 | 60 | 6.3% | 8.9% | 21 | 17 | 19% | $58,372 | $52,140 | 10.7% |
Robertson | 21.6% | 3,542 | 3,409 | 3.8% | 33.9% | 1,409 | 1,356 | 3.8% | $36,935 | $34,208 | 7.4% |
Rockwall | 6.4% | 4,967 | 3,344 | 32.7% | 9.1% | 2,132 | 1,231 | 42.3% | $81,113 | $75,477 | 6.9% |
Runnels | 23.1% | 2,386 | 2,186 | 8.4% | 34.5% | 898 | 775 | 13.7% | $32,628 | $30,765 | 5.7% |
Rusk | 15.3% | 7,376 | 6,822 | 7.5% | 23.6% | 2,894 | 2,359 | 18.5% | $43,318 | $40,400 | 6.7% |
Sabine | 18.5% | 1,995 | 1,941 | 2.7% | 30.6% | 647 | 666 | -2.9% | $34,034 | $31,590 | 7.2% |
San Augustine | 21.2% | 1,813 | 1,954 | -7.8% | 34.9% | 637 | 696 | -9.3% | $31,729 | $29,143 | 8.2% |
San Jacinto | 19.1% | 5,010 | 4,712 | 5.9% | 31.4% | 1,963 | 1,658 | 15.5% | $42,770 | $40,577 | 5.1% |
San Patricio | 21.1% | 13,444 | 11,292 | 16% | 31.7% | 5,680 | 4,792 | 15.6% | $44,307 | $39,585 | 10.7% |
San Saba | 21% | 1,147 | 1,119 | 2.4% | 34.2% | 425 | 483 | -13.6% | $34,264 | $32,782 | 4.3% |
Schleicher | 17.5% | 606 | 408 | 32.7% | 24.7% | 270 | 135 | 50% | $32,831 | $40,310 | -22.8% |
Scurry | 17.4% | 2,655 | 2,294 | 13.6% | 24% | 998 | 945 | 5.3% | $44,063 | $39,294 | 10.8% |
Shackelford | 13.5% | 448 | 402 | 10.3% | 20.7% | 169 | 126 | 25.4% | $42,685 | $39,305 | 7.9% |
Shelby | 21.9% | 5,526 | 6,132 | -11% | 33.1% | 2,190 | 2,195 | -0.2% | $34,490 | $32,351 | 6.2% |
Sherman | 12.5% | 373 | 455 | -22% | 16.9% | 154 | 181 | -17.5% | $41,518 | $36,893 | 11.1% |
Smith | 15% | 30,864 | 31,736 | -2.8% | 21.7% | 11,529 | 11,751 | -1.9% | $44,249 | $41,775 | 5.6% |
Somervell | 10.7% | 891 | 809 | 9.2% | 17.1% | 377 | 330 | 12.5% | $49,582 | $46,606 | 6% |
Starr | 39.2% | 23,671 | 27,209 | -14.9% | 54.7% | 11,284 | 12,249 | -8.6% | $24,497 | $20,098 | 18% |
Stephens | 20% | 1,801 | 1,998 | -10.9% | 31% | 705 | 745 | -5.7% | $38,002 | $31,383 | 17.4% |
Sterling | 12.4% | 136 | 176 | -29.4% | 19% | 52 | 53 | -1.9% | $49,064 | $41,532 | 15.4% |
Stonewall | 17.2% | 254 | 236 | 7.1% | 26.3% | 89 | 76 | 14.6% | $36,687 | $34,620 | 5.6% |
Sutton | 13.4% | 545 | 580 | -6.4% | 22% | 251 | 219 | 12.7% | $51,386 | $46,501 | 9.5% |
Swisher | 20.9% | 1,513 | 1,446 | 4.4% | 30% | 616 | 611 | 0.8% | $33,786 | $32,102 | 5% |
Tarrant | 14.4% | 258,595 | 212,065 | 18% | 20.7% | 104,120 | 82,962 | 20.3% | $52,482 | $51,826 | 1.2% |
Taylor | 17.9% | 22,711 | 19,738 | 13.1% | 24.3% | 7,713 | 7,281 | 5.6% | $41,558 | $38,891 | 6.4% |
Terrell | 15.2% | 152 | 195 | -28.3% | 23.1% | 53 | 60 | -13.2% | $35,683 | $25,939 | 27.3% |
Terry | 21.9% | 2,519 | 2,586 | -2.7% | 34.8% | 1,136 | 1,068 | 6% | $34,495 | $33,218 | 3.7% |
Throckmorton | 14.7% | 240 | 248 | -3.3% | 25.3% | 94 | 86 | 8.5% | $37,273 | $31,079 | 16.6% |
Titus | 20.7% | 6,632 | 5,249 | 20.9% | 29.5% | 2,901 | 2,148 | 26% | $37,818 | $37,703 | 0.3% |
Tom Green | 19.2% | 20,293 | 18,401 | 9.3% | 27% | 6,942 | 6,819 | 1.8% | $39,004 | $36,047 | 7.6% |
Travis | 18.8% | 189,811 | 135,809 | 28.5% | 24.5% | 59,737 | 43,978 | 26.4% | $51,905 | $50,825 | 2.1% |
Trinity | 18.2% | 2,644 | 2,784 | -5.3% | 32% | 963 | 993 | -3.1% | $34,045 | $31,548 | 7.3% |
Tyler | 19.9% | 3,912 | 3,440 | 12.1% | 28.3% | 1,201 | 1,188 | 1.1% | $37,914 | $33,034 | 12.9% |
Upshur | 16.3% | 6,307 | 5,149 | 18.4% | 25.5% | 2,421 | 1,977 | 18.3% | $42,508 | $37,345 | 12.1% |
Upton | 15.7% | 517 | 573 | -10.8% | 23.2% | 211 | 192 | 9% | $47,407 | $35,997 | 24.1% |
Uvalde | 26.4% | 6,836 | 6,518 | 4.7% | 42.3% | 3,197 | 3,043 | 4.8% | $31,941 | $30,534 | 4.4% |
Val Verde | 26.8% | 12,613 | 11,803 | 6.4% | 39.8% | 5,719 | 5,054 | 11.6% | $36,647 | $33,035 | 9.9% |
Van Zandt | 16.8% | 8,710 | 7,013 | 19.5% | 23.6% | 2,913 | 2,492 | 14.5% | $41,476 | $41,606 | -0.3% |
Victoria | 18.2% | 15,537 | 12,795 | 17.6% | 28% | 6,336 | 5,888 | 7.1% | $46,566 | $44,524 | 4.4% |
Walker | 25.9% | 13,332 | 11,309 | 15.2% | 27% | 2,987 | 2,451 | 17.9% | $37,160 | $31,783 | 14.5% |
Waller | 20.4% | 8,104 | 7,052 | 13% | 28.1% | 2,975 | 2,618 | 12% | $46,313 | $42,999 | 7.2% |
Ward | 20.1% | 2,108 | 1,873 | 11.1% | 27.4% | 779 | 668 | 14.2% | $41,625 | $35,550 | 14.6% |
Washington | 14.8% | 4,735 | 4,544 | 4% | 23.3% | 1,716 | 1,485 | 13.5% | $44,245 | $41,092 | 7.1% |
Webb | 31.5% | 78,275 | 67,736 | 13.5% | 41.7% | 36,612 | 33,399 | 8.8% | $34,878 | $32,559 | 6.6% |
Wharton | 19.1% | 7,823 | 6,895 | 11.9% | 26.6% | 2,913 | 2,539 | 12.8% | $36,097 | $36,195 | -0.3% |
Wheeler | 13.6% | 731 | 634 | 13.3% | 21.1% | 288 | 207 | 28.1% | $41,228 | $37,548 | 8.9% |
Wichita | 17.1% | 20,486 | 20,149 | 1.6% | 22.9% | 6,865 | 7,044 | -2.6% | $39,299 | $37,018 | 5.8% |
Wilbarger | 17.1% | 2,255 | 2,805 | -24.4% | 25.6% | 866 | 1,045 | -20.7% | $38,913 | $32,583 | 16.3% |
Willacy | 36.9% | 6,964 | 7,072 | -1.6% | 46.8% | 2,747 | 2,877 | -4.7% | $28,307 | $25,224 | 10.9% |
Williamson | 7.9% | 33,436 | 22,573 | 32.5% | 11% | 13,300 | 7,927 | 40.4% | $66,152 | $63,333 | 4.3% |
Wilson | 12.1% | 5,136 | 3,906 | 23.9% | 17.8% | 1,996 | 1,516 | 24% | $55,992 | $50,073 | 10.6% |
Winkler | 16.4% | 1,146 | 1,043 | 9% | 22.9% | 476 | 388 | 18.5% | $45,237 | $39,056 | 13.7% |
Wise | 12.5% | 7,223 | 5,841 | 19.1% | 17.8% | 2,693 | 1,997 | 25.8% | $52,117 | $50,916 | 2.3% |
Wood | 18.3% | 7,489 | 6,372 | 14.9% | 33.9% | 2,821 | 2,224 | 21.2% | $40,149 | $38,108 | 5.1% |
Yoakum | 14.8% | 1,155 | 1,119 | 3.1% | 21.1% | 520 | 420 | 19.2% | $48,953 | $41,156 | 15.9% |
Young | 17.6% | 3,215 | 2,831 | 11.9% | 26.2% | 1,154 | 1,018 | 11.8% | $40,490 | $35,072 | 13.4% |
Zapata | 32.3% | 4,529 | 4,715 | -4.1% | 46.6% | 2,229 | 2,036 | 8.7% | $29,915 | $27,077 | 9.5% |
Zavala | 36.9% | 4,171 | 5,143 | -23.3% | 51.2% | 1,867 | 2,128 | -14% | $22,948 | $18,719 | 18.4% |
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Comments (4)
Karen Spivey-Cummings via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Thanks to Perry and the GOP/Tea Party legislators.
JC Dwyer
Thanks Becca for an excellent graphic depicting this huge problem in Texas.
Viewers should keep in mind that year-to-year comparisons at the county level may not be valid due to margins of error associated with this dataset.
More info for the wonky here: http://www.census.gov/did/www/saipe/methods/yrtoyrcomparison.html
Tim Tukaram Spotswood via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Poverty is on the rise? Really? I would never have guessed.
David Starkey
Hmmm
That's funny.
Isn't Rick Perry running on job creation?
People who knock him on that say most are minimum wage & no benefit jobs.
The increasing poverty rate would tend to back their argument, wouldn't it?
Just Sayin' [apostrophe included diliberately - I am a Naturalized Texan