Poverty Rate in Cameron County, TX
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
24.8%
Rank #2,986/3,222 · #241 in TX
7th
Cameron 24.8%
TX 13.8% +80.1%
US 12.6% +97.0%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Cameron County's poverty rate of 24.8% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 1.4% to 63.6%.
Distribution of Poverty Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Cameron County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,983 | Catron County, NM | 24.8% |
| #2,984 | Ripley County, MO | 24.8% |
| #2,985 | Cumberland County, KY | 24.8% |
| #2,986 | Cameron County, TX | 24.8% |
| #2,987 | Kemper County, MS | 24.8% |
| #2,988 | Eureka County, NV | 24.9% |
| #2,989 | Atkinson County, GA | 25.0% |
About Poverty Rate
Cameron County, Texas has a poverty rate of 24.8%, ranking #2,986 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 97.0% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Texas, it ranks #241 of 254. This places it in the 7th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the population living below the federal poverty line. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.