Poverty Rate in Dallas County, TX
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
13.9%
Rank #1,733/3,222 · #119 in TX
46th
Dallas 13.9%
TX 13.8% +0.9%
US 12.6% +10.5%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Dallas County's poverty rate of 13.9% 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 Dallas County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,730 | LaSalle County, IL | 13.9% |
| #1,731 | Stone County, MO | 13.9% |
| #1,732 | Accomack County, VA | 13.9% |
| #1,733 | Dallas County, TX | 13.9% |
| #1,734 | Wexford County, MI | 13.9% |
| #1,735 | Dallas County, AR | 13.9% |
| #1,736 | Sedgwick County, KS | 13.9% |
About Poverty Rate
Dallas County, Texas has a poverty rate of 13.9%, ranking #1,733 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 10.5% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Texas, it ranks #119 of 254. This places it in the 46th 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.