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WIC in Texas

57.4% coverage

Texas's WIC program reaches 57.4% of eligible residents — an estimated 727,000 participants out of 1,267,000 who qualify. That leaves 540,000 pregnant women, infants, and young children eligible but not receiving WIC's food package or nutrition counseling.

1.3M

WIC eligibles

727K

Participants (FY2024 avg)

540K

Unserved eligibles

254

Counties

Texas by county

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Note: USDA does not publish sub-state WIC participation, so every county in Texas inherits the state's 57.4% coverage rate. County-level eligibles are allocated from state totals in proportion to the county's share of low-income children under 6 (ACS B17024). See methodology.

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Texas at a glance

Coverage rate

57.4%

Participants ÷ eligibles

Participation gap

42.6%

1 − coverage

Eligibles

1.3M

USDA FNS FY2022

Participants

727K

Monthly avg FY2024

Unserved

540K

Eligibles − participants

Kids < 6 low-income

917K

39.9% of universe

County-level hotspots

Top five counties across 254 counties in Texas.

Most WIC eligibles

Estimated eligible population

1 Harris 236K
2 Dallas 134K
3 Bexar 93K
4 Tarrant 85K
5 Hidalgo 72K

Largest unserved gap

Eligibles not receiving WIC

1 Harris 101K
2 Dallas 57K
3 Bexar 40K
4 Tarrant 36K
5 Hidalgo 31K

Highest child-poverty share

Children < 6 at ≤185% FPL

1 Culberson 100.0%
2 Dimmit 96.1%
3 Jim Hogg 88.9%
4 Brooks 82.1%
5 Presidio 82.1%

Every county in Texas

All 254 counties with WIC eligibility estimates, unserved gap, and ACS child-poverty context.

County	Eligibles est.	Participants est.	Unserved est.	Kids < 6 low-income	Poverty share
Anderson	2,599	1,491	1,108	1,880	51.3%
Andrews	1,038	596	442	751	45.9%
Angelina	4,699	2,696	2,003	3,399	51.3%
Aransas	701	402	299	507	40.8%
Archer	182	105	77	132	23.2%
Armstrong	98	56	42	71	57.3%
Atascosa	2,222	1,275	947	1,607	40.4%
Austin	1,207	692	515	873	46.5%
Bailey	380	218	162	275	50.9%
Bandera	629	361	268	455	48.2%
Bastrop	4,373	2,509	1,864	3,163	40.5%
Baylor	148	85	63	107	67.3%
Bee	1,720	987	733	1,244	64.3%
Bell	22,699	13,025	9,674	16,420	47.1%
Bexar	93,465	53,630	39,835	67,611	43.0%
Blanco	167	96	71	121	21.1%
Borden	68	39	29	49	58.3%
Bosque	630	362	268	456	39.0%
Bowie	4,425	2,539	1,886	3,201	47.7%
Brazoria	8,958	5,140	3,818	6,480	22.3%
Brazos	8,872	5,091	3,781	6,418	38.7%
Brewster	191	109	82	138	25.2%
Briscoe	55	32	23	40	48.8%
Brooks	336	193	143	243	82.1%
Brown	1,452	833	619	1,050	46.7%
Burleson	311	178	133	225	17.8%
Burnet	1,505	864	641	1,089	38.3%
Caldwell	1,568	900	668	1,134	33.4%
Calhoun	831	477	354	601	41.6%
Callahan	431	247	184	312	32.8%
Cameron	31,134	17,865	13,269	22,522	61.4%
Camp	722	414	308	522	52.4%
Carson	135	78	57	98	31.9%
Cass	1,388	796	592	1,004	50.7%
Castro	448	257	191	324	43.7%
Chambers	1,764	1,012	752	1,276	30.0%
Cherokee	3,155	1,810	1,345	2,282	58.1%
Childress	198	113	85	143	31.6%
Clay	167	96	71	121	23.7%
Cochran	214	123	91	155	76.7%
Coke	69	40	29	50	31.4%
Coleman	213	122	91	154	44.5%
Collin	20,341	11,671	8,670	14,714	18.7%
Collingsworth	206	118	88	149	74.1%
Colorado	529	304	225	383	26.7%
Comal	2,563	1,471	1,092	1,854	17.3%
Comanche	547	314	233	396	43.0%
Concho	54	31	23	39	41.9%
Cooke	2,208	1,267	941	1,597	52.8%
Coryell	3,846	2,207	1,639	2,782	42.5%
Cottle	68	39	29	49	60.5%
Crane	314	180	134	227	73.9%
Crockett	66	38	28	48	30.8%
Crosby	288	165	123	208	55.2%
Culberson	182	105	77	132	100.0%
Dallam	492	282	210	356	61.0%
Dallas	133,723	76,730	56,993	96,733	45.1%
Dawson	802	460	342	580	61.1%
Deaf Smith	1,673	960	713	1,210	61.2%
Delta	246	141	105	178	36.0%
Denton	18,096	10,383	7,713	13,090	19.6%
DeWitt	1,369	785	584	990	60.2%
Dickens	32	18	14	23	21.5%
Dimmit	994	570	424	719	96.1%
Donley	26	15	11	19	10.9%
Duval	755	433	322	546	64.6%
Eastland	668	383	285	483	35.1%
Ector	10,383	5,958	4,425	7,511	44.0%
Edwards	29	17	12	21	43.8%
El Paso	49,611	28,467	21,144	35,888	51.5%
Ellis	6,768	3,884	2,884	4,896	31.1%
Erath	1,854	1,064	790	1,341	45.9%
Falls	658	378	280	476	49.0%
Fannin	1,431	821	610	1,035	43.6%
Fayette	370	213	157	268	17.8%
Fisher	104	59	45	75	30.6%
Floyd	369	212	157	267	61.8%
Foard	36	21	15	26	40.6%
Fort Bend	18,592	10,668	7,924	13,449	20.6%
Franklin	299	171	128	216	30.0%
Freestone	816	468	348	590	47.1%
Frio	982	563	419	710	67.0%
Gaines	1,204	691	513	871	33.2%
Galveston	10,108	5,800	4,308	7,312	29.0%
Garza	3	2	1	2	0.7%
Gillespie	734	421	313	531	33.6%
Glasscock	24	13	11	17	15.4%
Goliad	317	182	135	229	48.0%
Gonzales	1,091	626	465	789	49.0%
Gray	1,077	618	459	779	50.2%
Grayson	5,314	3,049	2,265	3,844	37.3%
Gregg	6,796	3,899	2,897	4,916	50.0%
Grimes	861	494	367	623	33.7%
Guadalupe	4,356	2,499	1,857	3,151	23.9%
Hale	2,416	1,387	1,029	1,748	74.1%
Hall	144	82	62	104	57.1%
Hamilton	449	258	191	325	60.5%
Hansford	241	138	103	174	39.7%
Hardeman	119	68	51	86	53.4%
Hardin	1,876	1,076	800	1,357	32.2%
Harris	236,241	135,554	100,687	170,892	43.4%
Harrison	2,909	1,669	1,240	2,104	45.3%
Hartley	17	10	7	12	3.7%
Haskell	148	85	63	107	43.5%
Hays	7,245	4,157	3,088	5,241	29.0%
Hemphill	58	33	25	42	25.3%
Henderson	3,771	2,164	1,607	2,728	49.0%
Hidalgo	71,955	41,288	30,667	52,051	62.2%
Hill	1,551	890	661	1,122	41.9%
Hockley	1,385	795	590	1,002	57.9%
Hood	1,583	908	675	1,145	29.3%
Hopkins	1,507	865	642	1,090	39.9%
Houston	864	496	368	625	47.0%
Howard	800	459	341	579	25.8%
Hudspeth	21	12	9	15	12.3%
Hunt	5,383	3,089	2,294	3,894	48.5%
Hutchinson	860	493	367	622	46.7%
Irion	8	5	3	6	7.1%
Jack	274	157	117	198	40.9%
Jackson	777	446	331	562	47.9%
Jasper	1,315	754	561	951	43.4%
Jeff Davis	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Jefferson	13,955	8,007	5,948	10,095	51.1%
Jim Hogg	1,026	589	437	742	88.9%
Jim Wells	2,202	1,264	938	1,593	52.1%
Johnson	6,427	3,688	2,739	4,649	33.4%
Jones	601	345	256	435	48.1%
Karnes	823	472	351	595	70.4%
Kaufman	6,453	3,703	2,750	4,668	33.6%
Kendall	805	462	343	582	23.2%
Kenedy	0	0	0	0	—
Kent	7	4	3	5	29.4%
Kerr	2,394	1,374	1,020	1,732	55.9%
Kimble	155	89	66	112	61.9%
King	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Kinney	141	81	60	102	63.7%
Kleberg	2,333	1,339	994	1,688	66.1%
Knox	227	130	97	164	66.9%
La Salle	129	74	55	93	57.4%
Lamar	2,927	1,679	1,248	2,117	49.3%
Lamb	575	330	245	416	42.1%
Lampasas	769	441	328	556	39.5%
Lavaca	1,020	585	435	738	50.2%
Lee	858	493	365	621	47.0%
Leon	643	369	274	465	49.6%
Liberty	6,059	3,477	2,582	4,383	49.7%
Limestone	1,081	620	461	782	48.4%
Lipscomb	113	65	48	82	32.4%
Live Oak	480	275	205	347	47.7%
Llano	451	259	192	326	40.2%
Loving	0	0	0	0	—
Lubbock	13,283	7,622	5,661	9,609	40.4%
Lynn	250	144	106	181	40.8%
Madison	759	435	324	549	62.8%
Marion	510	293	217	369	67.2%
Martin	163	94	69	118	32.5%
Mason	166	95	71	120	35.5%
Matagorda	1,830	1,050	780	1,324	42.3%
Maverick	4,755	2,729	2,026	3,440	59.1%
McCulloch	341	196	145	247	53.6%
McLennan	12,126	6,958	5,168	8,772	44.4%
McMullen	97	56	41	70	76.1%
Medina	1,562	896	666	1,130	33.1%
Menard	30	17	13	22	16.7%
Midland	6,253	3,588	2,665	4,523	26.5%
Milam	957	549	408	692	39.8%
Mills	37	21	16	27	20.9%
Mitchell	379	217	162	274	52.7%
Montague	673	386	287	487	40.5%
Montgomery	19,565	11,226	8,339	14,153	27.7%
Moore	1,789	1,026	763	1,294	64.8%
Morris	535	307	228	387	51.5%
Motley	11	6	5	8	8.7%
Nacogdoches	3,039	1,743	1,296	2,198	50.1%
Navarro	3,023	1,735	1,288	2,187	50.5%
Newton	383	220	163	277	45.7%
Nolan	803	461	342	581	54.8%
Nueces	17,544	10,067	7,477	12,691	47.4%
Ochiltree	704	404	300	509	53.8%
Oldham	100	57	43	72	55.8%
Orange	3,991	2,290	1,701	2,887	43.1%
Palo Pinto	1,605	921	684	1,161	56.0%
Panola	806	462	344	583	35.9%
Parker	2,581	1,481	1,100	1,867	16.1%
Parmer	487	279	208	352	39.1%
Pecos	778	447	331	563	54.3%
Polk	2,188	1,256	932	1,583	50.0%
Potter	7,722	4,431	3,291	5,586	58.3%
Presidio	670	385	285	485	82.1%
Rains	395	227	168	286	43.1%
Randall	4,223	2,423	1,800	3,055	30.9%
Reagan	194	111	83	140	37.9%
Real	55	32	23	40	34.8%
Red River	722	414	308	522	63.0%
Reeves	1,066	612	454	771	79.2%
Refugio	268	154	114	194	44.8%
Roberts	6	3	3	4	10.8%
Robertson	806	462	344	583	48.6%
Rockwall	965	554	411	698	8.2%
Runnels	380	218	162	275	39.2%
Rusk	2,252	1,292	960	1,629	48.7%
Sabine	516	296	220	373	56.9%
San Augustine	361	207	154	261	71.1%
San Jacinto	943	541	402	682	39.7%
San Patricio	3,732	2,142	1,590	2,700	50.9%
San Saba	210	121	89	152	43.2%
Schleicher	33	19	14	24	10.7%
Scurry	550	316	234	398	35.0%
Shackelford	84	48	36	61	27.0%
Shelby	1,742	999	743	1,260	62.7%
Sherman	144	82	62	104	68.4%
Smith	9,608	5,513	4,095	6,950	39.7%
Somervell	108	62	46	78	15.4%
Starr	7,730	4,436	3,294	5,592	74.0%
Stephens	250	144	106	181	26.7%
Sterling	108	62	46	78	43.3%
Stonewall	69	40	29	50	47.6%
Sutton	163	94	69	118	38.8%
Swisher	406	233	173	294	61.1%
Tarrant	84,630	48,561	36,069	61,220	37.3%
Taylor	6,438	3,694	2,744	4,657	39.9%
Terrell	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Terry	1,147	658	489	830	73.1%
Throckmorton	84	48	36	61	43.3%
Titus	1,769	1,015	754	1,280	50.3%
Tom Green	5,018	2,879	2,139	3,630	40.4%
Travis	32,641	18,729	13,912	23,612	27.3%
Trinity	630	362	268	456	58.9%
Tyler	523	300	223	378	40.5%
Upshur	1,464	840	624	1,059	37.6%
Upton	58	33	25	42	48.8%
Uvalde	1,420	815	605	1,027	49.4%
Val Verde	3,265	1,874	1,391	2,362	50.3%
Van Zandt	2,394	1,374	1,020	1,732	39.4%
Victoria	3,764	2,160	1,604	2,723	39.7%
Walker	2,441	1,401	1,040	1,766	50.2%
Waller	2,296	1,318	978	1,661	42.2%
Ward	571	328	243	413	45.0%
Washington	807	463	344	584	24.4%
Webb	19,027	10,918	8,109	13,764	52.7%
Wharton	1,554	892	662	1,124	35.2%
Wheeler	278	159	119	201	67.7%
Wichita	6,112	3,507	2,605	4,421	46.9%
Wilbarger	972	558	414	703	66.1%
Willacy	1,259	723	536	911	66.6%
Williamson	10,472	6,009	4,463	7,575	16.4%
Wilson	918	527	391	664	19.7%
Winkler	301	173	128	218	29.3%
Wise	2,741	1,573	1,168	1,983	38.8%
Wood	1,710	981	729	1,237	47.3%
Yoakum	406	233	173	294	37.4%
Young	767	440	327	555	50.0%
Zapata	1,315	754	561	951	71.9%
Zavala	813	466	347	588	74.2%

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WIC methodology

How we estimated county-level eligibles, why state coverage rates can't be disaggregated, and which data sources we used.

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