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PantryPath Research · Child Poverty Atlas

Child Poverty in
Texas

Texas's child poverty rate is 18.4% across 254 counties, meaning 1.4M children under 18 live in households below the federal poverty line. Use the interactive map below to see how poverty varies within the state.

18.4%

Child poverty rate (0–17)

1.4M

Children in poverty

13.7%

All-ages poverty

$75,778

Median income

Texas by county

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Toggle between five SAIPE metrics to see how poverty varies within Texas. Hover a county for its exact rate.

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Children in poverty

1.4M

Ages 0–17

Child poverty rate

18.4%

Ages 0–17

5–17 poverty rate

17.6%

Title I allocator

All-ages poverty

13.7%

Entire population

Concentration

1.34×

Child ÷ all-ages

Median income

$75,778

Inflation-adjusted

County-level hotspots

Five-county rankings across 254 counties in Texas.

Highest child poverty

Ages 0–17, rate

  1. 1 Brooks County 45.0%
  2. 2 Zapata County 43.9%
  3. 3 Duval County 42.8%
  4. 4 Zavala County 42.5%
  5. 5 Hudspeth County 40.5%

Lowest child poverty

Ages 0–17, rate

  1. 1 Denton County 5.9%
  2. 2 Rockwall County 6.5%
  3. 3 Collin County 6.6%
  4. 4 Williamson County 7.2%
  5. 5 Loving County 7.7%

Most children in poverty

Absolute count, ages 0–17

  1. 1 Harris County 274K
  2. 2 Dallas County 124K
  3. 3 Hidalgo County 101K
  4. 4 Bexar County 96K
  5. 5 Tarrant County 77K

Every county in Texas

All 254 counties across the five SAIPE metrics plus median income.

County Children 0–17 Ages 5–17 All ages Concentration Child count Median income
Anderson County 24.6% 24.3% 21.4% 1.15× 2,763 $56,548
Andrews County 13.2% 12.7% 11.4% 1.16× 755 $80,936
Angelina County 24.9% 25.8% 17.2% 1.45× 5,409 $57,298
Aransas County 27.9% 26.4% 17.1% 1.63× 1,235 $60,112
Archer County 12.6% 12.2% 9.7% 1.30× 255 $71,672
Armstrong County 15.3% 15.9% 10.5% 1.46× 62 $68,555
Atascosa County 22.6% 21.7% 18.4% 1.23× 3,077 $58,330
Austin County 18.0% 17.5% 11.6% 1.55× 1,320 $73,248
Bailey County 23.4% 22.6% 16.4% 1.43× 459 $51,193
Bandera County 18.6% 18.1% 12.9% 1.44× 699 $66,649
Bastrop County 16.2% 15.2% 11.3% 1.43× 4,601 $77,345
Baylor County 22.5% 22.2% 17.4% 1.29× 171 $49,566
Bee County 28.2% 27.6% 24.9% 1.13× 1,725 $54,072
Bell County 15.7% 16.0% 11.5% 1.37× 16,740 $69,562
Bexar County 19.1% 18.5% 14.7% 1.30× 96,040 $69,755
Blanco County 13.4% 13.4% 8.5% 1.58× 286 $91,031
Borden County 17.9% 18.3% 11.9% 1.50× 21 $80,738
Bosque County 19.4% 18.2% 11.7% 1.66× 751 $66,325
Bowie County 19.5% 18.6% 14.8% 1.32× 4,187 $55,343
Brazoria County 12.1% 11.6% 9.4% 1.29× 12,074 $93,071
Brazos County 18.9% 19.1% 23.7% 0.80× 9,246 $55,724
Brewster County 19.8% 19.6% 13.7% 1.45× 313 $57,871
Briscoe County 21.7% 20.9% 13.9% 1.56× 68 $57,983
Brooks County 45.0% 45.2% 29.7% 1.52× 773 $36,695
Brown County 21.5% 22.5% 14.8% 1.45× 1,646 $57,744
Burleson County 21.1% 21.4% 13.9% 1.52× 900 $63,764
Burnet County 14.0% 13.1% 9.9% 1.41× 1,500 $77,824
Caldwell County 19.4% 21.1% 13.7% 1.42× 2,172 $63,395
Calhoun County 21.9% 21.7% 14.6% 1.50× 979 $68,885
Callahan County 17.8% 17.5% 12.7% 1.40× 548 $63,378
Cameron County 33.9% 32.6% 23.5% 1.44× 40,331 $51,716
Camp County 26.4% 27.0% 17.6% 1.50× 910 $53,775
Carson County 12.8% 12.0% 9.1% 1.41× 173 $73,716
Cass County 23.3% 23.4% 16.5% 1.41× 1,503 $52,092
Castro County 21.7% 21.9% 17.7% 1.23× 455 $55,135
Chambers County 10.3% 9.9% 8.6% 1.20× 1,520 $103,034
Cherokee County 27.7% 25.4% 18.9% 1.47× 3,614 $57,691
Childress County 23.7% 22.4% 19.9% 1.19× 301 $53,921
Clay County 17.1% 17.1% 11.7% 1.46× 369 $73,557
Cochran County 33.8% 34.9% 22.0% 1.54× 223 $46,409
Coke County 19.0% 18.6% 13.0% 1.46× 135 $56,786
Coleman County 26.9% 26.2% 17.7% 1.52× 436 $48,955
Collin County 6.6% 5.7% 6.4% 1.03× 19,071 $120,149
Collingsworth County 31.8% 25.8% 18.9% 1.68× 210 $48,858
Colorado County 22.2% 22.5% 14.5% 1.53× 1,104 $61,410
Comal County 9.1% 8.6% 7.1% 1.28× 3,843 $99,871
Comanche County 27.2% 23.6% 17.6% 1.55× 843 $54,726
Concho County 26.6% 28.7% 22.2% 1.20× 105 $54,909
Cooke County 18.8% 18.1% 12.5% 1.50× 1,880 $75,003
Coryell County 15.8% 16.2% 12.2% 1.30× 2,988 $72,724
Cottle County 34.9% 31.0% 20.1% 1.74× 87 $52,342
Crane County 15.9% 15.2% 11.7% 1.36× 208 $58,133
Crockett County 21.1% 21.2% 15.3% 1.38× 155 $58,833
Crosby County 33.0% 32.6% 21.7% 1.52× 413 $46,106
Culberson County 33.6% 33.4% 20.5% 1.64× 173 $54,183
Dallam County 15.7% 15.4% 12.2% 1.29× 389 $61,424
Dallas County 19.5% 17.6% 13.8% 1.41× 124,174 $74,352
Dawson County 26.1% 27.2% 19.7% 1.32× 770 $55,057
Deaf Smith County 22.3% 22.0% 16.5% 1.35× 1,262 $60,118
Delta County 22.5% 22.4% 15.1% 1.49× 296 $56,945
Denton County 5.9% 5.4% 6.1% 0.97× 13,484 $107,401
DeWitt County 24.2% 23.3% 18.3% 1.32× 1,091 $61,067
Dickens County 28.3% 29.7% 18.4% 1.54× 87 $47,356
Dimmit County 36.3% 35.5% 27.3% 1.33× 848 $45,002
Donley County 25.7% 24.8% 16.9% 1.52× 163 $48,934
Duval County 42.8% 45.6% 29.1% 1.47× 1,043 $40,415
Eastland County 24.3% 23.0% 16.3% 1.49× 928 $52,188
Ector County 14.3% 14.4% 11.7% 1.22× 7,130 $66,813
Edwards County 34.7% 37.7% 19.7% 1.76× 102 $51,691
El Paso County 23.8% 23.2% 18.5% 1.29× 52,652 $58,656
Ellis County 9.0% 8.5% 7.4% 1.22× 5,182 $90,077
Erath County 17.5% 16.9% 15.8% 1.11× 1,567 $63,564
Falls County 25.0% 24.9% 20.1% 1.24× 915 $49,940
Fannin County 19.2% 18.8% 14.2% 1.35× 1,504 $66,381
Fayette County 13.2% 14.2% 9.3% 1.42× 676 $71,442
Fisher County 20.6% 19.4% 14.3% 1.44× 159 $61,808
Floyd County 31.9% 30.8% 20.3% 1.57× 412 $46,817
Foard County 25.9% 24.6% 16.8% 1.54× 58 $50,030
Fort Bend County 10.1% 9.8% 8.5% 1.19× 24,243 $106,213
Franklin County 21.0% 20.4% 14.1% 1.49× 483 $59,972
Freestone County 20.8% 20.7% 15.4% 1.35× 943 $58,850
Frio County 36.2% 35.0% 25.6% 1.41× 1,449 $50,112
Gaines County 19.3% 19.7% 13.4% 1.44× 1,551 $66,019
Galveston County 14.8% 14.4% 11.5% 1.29× 12,366 $83,080
Garza County 26.8% 25.9% 18.5% 1.45× 235 $53,190
Gillespie County 13.2% 13.4% 10.0% 1.32× 697 $76,238
Glasscock County 8.0% 8.9% 8.1% 0.99× 23 $99,602
Goliad County 22.4% 22.4% 13.8% 1.62× 309 $64,024
Gonzales County 24.9% 26.3% 17.6% 1.41× 1,289 $56,350
Gray County 22.4% 20.7% 17.3% 1.29× 1,164 $56,726
Grayson County 14.8% 13.9% 10.9% 1.36× 5,154 $69,442
Gregg County 22.9% 21.2% 16.0% 1.43× 7,337 $61,254
Grimes County 20.9% 20.7% 14.9% 1.40× 1,521 $64,708
Guadalupe County 10.7% 10.2% 8.1% 1.32× 4,731 $94,952
Hale County 28.8% 28.1% 19.3% 1.49× 2,346 $52,487
Hall County 36.8% 34.8% 22.1% 1.67× 221 $40,725
Hamilton County 21.5% 20.8% 13.7% 1.57× 395 $59,403
Hansford County 13.2% 12.8% 11.6% 1.14× 190 $68,171
Hardeman County 25.4% 25.9% 16.4% 1.55× 196 $50,431
Hardin County 15.1% 14.6% 11.5% 1.31× 2,176 $73,943
Harris County 22.4% 21.4% 16.0% 1.40× 273,708 $72,348
Harrison County 23.2% 22.3% 17.2% 1.35× 3,885 $62,710
Hartley County 8.3% 8.6% 8.5% 0.98× 93 $88,312
Haskell County 29.2% 31.9% 19.3% 1.51× 279 $49,755
Hays County 9.1% 8.6% 9.8% 0.93× 5,518 $88,491
Hemphill County 13.4% 12.6% 10.1% 1.33× 113 $72,565
Henderson County 23.6% 21.7% 16.9% 1.40× 4,286 $58,965
Hidalgo County 37.3% 37.1% 26.9% 1.39× 101,192 $53,160
Hill County 19.3% 17.9% 14.2% 1.36× 1,670 $61,840
Hockley County 19.8% 20.2% 15.1% 1.31× 1,109 $60,851
Hood County 11.9% 11.8% 8.1% 1.47× 1,618 $82,428
Hopkins County 18.7% 17.9% 13.0% 1.44× 1,711 $61,112
Houston County 28.2% 27.7% 21.8% 1.29× 1,261 $52,649
Howard County 21.7% 21.5% 18.0% 1.21× 1,506 $63,398
Hudspeth County 40.5% 48.7% 32.0% 1.27× 154 $47,693
Hunt County 17.1% 15.1% 12.7% 1.35× 4,716 $70,427
Hutchinson County 16.9% 15.3% 14.3% 1.18× 814 $64,752
Irion County 9.8% 9.6% 8.9% 1.10× 35 $75,689
Jack County 17.2% 15.8% 13.2% 1.30× 333 $62,721
Jackson County 19.2% 19.2% 14.0% 1.37× 737 $62,026
Jasper County 23.6% 23.4% 16.6% 1.42× 1,776 $58,113
Jeff Davis County 23.1% 32.8% 12.8% 1.80× 21 $63,614
Jefferson County 23.6% 22.6% 20.1% 1.17× 14,362 $59,298
Jim Hogg County 36.6% 33.9% 24.6% 1.49× 494 $44,736
Jim Wells County 29.9% 29.7% 21.2% 1.41× 3,096 $50,814
Johnson County 12.8% 12.3% 9.9% 1.29× 6,558 $83,229
Jones County 21.6% 21.2% 20.5% 1.05× 737 $51,671
Karnes County 26.5% 25.9% 23.6% 1.12× 787 $62,059
Kaufman County 13.4% 13.6% 9.6% 1.40× 7,068 $90,064
Kendall County 8.8% 8.2% 6.9% 1.28× 967 $112,618
Kenedy County 20.8% 18.2% 14.9% 1.40× 11 $43,037
Kent County 14.6% 14.5% 11.6% 1.26× 25 $62,437
Kerr County 19.4% 18.6% 12.0% 1.62× 1,870 $64,662
Kimble County 34.7% 34.7% 17.4% 1.99× 280 $54,562
King County 10.2% 7.7% 9.7% 1.05× 5 $85,720
Kinney County 26.0% 26.6% 21.0% 1.24× 142 $53,572
Kleberg County 29.1% 29.4% 22.1% 1.32× 2,071 $52,903
Knox County 32.0% 30.3% 20.5% 1.56× 284 $55,414
La Salle County 31.6% 33.1% 27.1% 1.17× 381 $48,675
Lamar County 28.7% 28.7% 19.2% 1.49× 3,565 $56,275
Lamb County 25.2% 23.9% 18.3% 1.38× 864 $57,113
Lampasas County 17.1% 16.4% 11.5% 1.49× 828 $71,484
Lavaca County 16.2% 15.1% 12.5% 1.30× 774 $64,145
Lee County 15.9% 16.2% 11.2% 1.42× 584 $71,112
Leon County 21.2% 21.4% 13.7% 1.55× 800 $59,488
Liberty County 20.4% 19.7% 14.5% 1.41× 6,605 $72,329
Limestone County 25.6% 25.2% 18.0% 1.42× 1,254 $53,482
Lipscomb County 16.9% 16.4% 12.6% 1.34× 121 $67,386
Live Oak County 23.5% 23.2% 17.0% 1.38× 505 $59,202
Llano County 21.2% 21.6% 11.7% 1.81× 740 $71,475
Loving County 7.7% 8.3% 4.7% 1.64× 1 $86,760
Lubbock County 19.9% 19.1% 17.1% 1.16× 14,651 $57,883
Lynn County 21.4% 20.5% 16.7% 1.28× 339 $57,338
Madison County 22.5% 23.3% 18.3% 1.23× 684 $53,301
Marion County 33.3% 32.9% 21.7% 1.53× 570 $47,660
Martin County 15.9% 14.2% 11.9% 1.34× 260 $81,637
Mason County 20.8% 20.3% 12.4% 1.68× 150 $62,435
Matagorda County 26.4% 24.9% 17.9% 1.47× 2,464 $58,996
Maverick County 29.2% 29.9% 22.8% 1.28× 5,153 $46,052
McCulloch County 28.0% 26.8% 18.5% 1.51× 427 $47,814
McLennan County 20.2% 20.3% 16.7% 1.21× 12,738 $63,377
McMullen County 18.6% 19.8% 12.4% 1.50× 22 $71,112
Medina County 18.3% 18.5% 13.1% 1.40× 2,215 $70,707
Menard County 34.4% 33.8% 20.0% 1.72× 125 $45,438
Midland County 13.8% 14.6% 10.9% 1.27× 7,081 $94,375
Milam County 22.5% 23.2% 15.9% 1.42× 1,290 $63,456
Mills County 22.4% 21.7% 14.7% 1.52× 189 $56,328
Mitchell County 22.5% 20.9% 21.1% 1.07× 401 $53,255
Montague County 17.5% 15.6% 13.4% 1.31× 842 $60,336
Montgomery County 13.5% 13.0% 10.1% 1.34× 24,468 $92,578
Moore County 20.7% 21.6% 13.5% 1.53× 1,375 $64,003
Morris County 30.5% 27.9% 19.3% 1.58× 828 $51,598
Motley County 28.4% 30.3% 16.8% 1.69× 56 $48,952
Nacogdoches County 24.5% 24.1% 19.6% 1.25× 3,704 $52,516
Navarro County 21.6% 21.7% 15.7% 1.38× 3,168 $59,659
Newton County 26.9% 27.1% 18.5% 1.45× 630 $51,302
Nolan County 27.7% 25.8% 20.4% 1.36× 982 $53,370
Nueces County 24.7% 21.6% 17.3% 1.43× 20,246 $63,669
Ochiltree County 15.4% 14.6% 11.1% 1.39× 441 $71,770
Oldham County 27.4% 28.4% 12.3% 2.23× 61 $68,640
Orange County 19.3% 19.0% 14.5% 1.33× 4,171 $66,029
Palo Pinto County 26.4% 23.9% 16.9% 1.56× 1,791 $55,417
Panola County 18.7% 18.8% 13.6% 1.38× 981 $63,482
Parker County 9.3% 8.7% 8.2% 1.13× 3,893 $98,121
Parmer County 17.3% 17.2% 13.4% 1.29× 459 $62,913
Pecos County 24.0% 22.3% 21.2% 1.13× 857 $58,265
Polk County 30.0% 26.6% 18.1% 1.66× 3,289 $57,009
Potter County 22.8% 21.3% 17.8% 1.28× 6,877 $51,177
Presidio County 35.2% 37.8% 22.9% 1.54× 550 $42,699
Rains County 20.8% 19.9% 13.8% 1.51× 527 $63,796
Randall County 10.7% 10.0% 8.7% 1.23× 3,707 $81,705
Reagan County 14.4% 15.2% 10.7% 1.35× 127 $72,585
Real County 34.2% 40.1% 15.7% 2.18× 166 $49,014
Red River County 27.1% 27.3% 18.4% 1.47× 648 $49,265
Reeves County 23.6% 23.6% 17.6% 1.34× 764 $57,179
Refugio County 26.4% 24.9% 16.8% 1.57× 380 $52,641
Roberts County 11.3% 11.3% 9.0% 1.26× 23 $76,634
Robertson County 25.2% 26.1% 17.0% 1.48× 1,035 $60,078
Rockwall County 6.5% 6.1% 5.1% 1.27× 2,244 $118,175
Runnels County 23.3% 23.1% 15.3% 1.52× 535 $61,643
Rusk County 17.1% 17.2% 14.2% 1.20× 2,021 $65,812
Sabine County 30.4% 31.8% 14.5% 2.10× 546 $58,723
San Augustine County 31.8% 31.5% 20.3% 1.57× 501 $50,908
San Jacinto County 25.5% 25.5% 16.7% 1.53× 1,546 $66,009
San Patricio County 25.6% 24.0% 17.2% 1.49× 4,593 $61,411
San Saba County 25.9% 25.5% 18.4% 1.41× 279 $52,325
Schleicher County 22.2% 22.9% 16.0% 1.39× 127 $60,063
Scurry County 21.3% 20.0% 15.7% 1.36× 888 $69,881
Shackelford County 18.9% 18.4% 12.8% 1.48× 136 $68,681
Shelby County 24.0% 24.5% 18.0% 1.33× 1,509 $54,359
Sherman County 17.5% 17.1% 12.8% 1.37× 125 $66,202
Smith County 17.1% 17.2% 13.2% 1.30× 9,915 $71,348
Somervell County 12.7% 13.1% 8.8% 1.44× 264 $78,913
Starr County 37.0% 36.2% 28.8% 1.28× 7,832 $38,824
Stephens County 26.1% 24.9% 18.4% 1.42× 497 $59,099
Sterling County 14.6% 15.4% 11.5% 1.27× 60 $80,859
Stonewall County 22.4% 21.9% 15.9% 1.41× 58 $56,413
Sutton County 18.8% 18.4% 13.4% 1.40× 143 $63,893
Swisher County 28.0% 26.8% 19.4% 1.44× 457 $52,350
Tarrant County 14.2% 13.7% 11.0% 1.29× 76,911 $80,083
Taylor County 15.3% 15.3% 13.3% 1.15× 5,418 $62,128
Terrell County 21.5% 19.4% 18.6% 1.16× 28 $47,947
Terry County 29.4% 28.4% 19.3% 1.52× 963 $44,361
Throckmorton County 20.9% 20.2% 13.1% 1.60× 76 $51,546
Titus County 20.2% 20.0% 15.7% 1.29× 1,754 $57,559
Tom Green County 17.1% 16.7% 14.6% 1.17× 4,747 $60,379
Travis County 12.0% 11.0% 10.2% 1.18× 31,080 $97,544
Trinity County 28.6% 28.3% 18.9% 1.51× 798 $49,277
Tyler County 23.8% 23.5% 18.5% 1.29× 915 $54,438
Upshur County 18.6% 18.6% 13.9% 1.34× 1,879 $61,533
Upton County 21.5% 20.1% 15.3% 1.41× 173 $59,047
Uvalde County 32.4% 33.3% 21.0% 1.54× 2,115 $49,006
Val Verde County 30.1% 32.1% 20.2% 1.49× 3,965 $56,619
Van Zandt County 16.8% 15.7% 12.0% 1.40× 2,431 $66,356
Victoria County 20.0% 20.4% 14.1% 1.42× 4,522 $69,442
Walker County 22.6% 20.0% 22.4% 1.01× 2,657 $56,863
Waller County 18.5% 17.0% 13.9% 1.33× 2,755 $77,209
Ward County 18.7% 18.6% 14.1% 1.33× 578 $65,610
Washington County 20.3% 20.5% 14.5% 1.40× 1,555 $67,927
Webb County 31.6% 30.2% 22.5% 1.40× 25,983 $57,899
Wharton County 21.3% 21.7% 15.3% 1.39× 2,220 $60,496
Wheeler County 20.9% 19.1% 14.3% 1.46× 248 $54,682
Wichita County 23.6% 22.2% 17.6% 1.34× 6,923 $61,622
Wilbarger County 25.0% 23.9% 16.9% 1.48× 647 $53,416
Willacy County 34.9% 34.0% 27.8% 1.26× 1,612 $42,279
Williamson County 7.2% 6.7% 6.4% 1.13× 11,725 $111,183
Wilson County 13.8% 13.5% 9.9% 1.39× 1,733 $85,288
Winkler County 17.6% 17.2% 13.5% 1.30× 371 $67,901
Wise County 12.1% 11.6% 9.4% 1.29× 2,299 $89,873
Wood County 22.0% 20.3% 15.2% 1.45× 1,925 $58,813
Yoakum County 17.0% 17.0% 13.0% 1.31× 414 $64,634
Young County 20.1% 19.7% 14.5% 1.39× 862 $64,187
Zapata County 43.9% 41.6% 30.4% 1.44× 1,877 $41,688
Zavala County 42.5% 43.7% 28.9% 1.47× 1,157 $36,878

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