Poverty Rate in Dawson County, TX
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
19.6%
Rank #2,634/3,222 · #215 in TX
18th
Dawson 19.6%
TX 13.8% +42.0%
US 12.6% +55.4%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Dawson County's poverty rate of 19.6% 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 Dawson County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,631 | Adams County, WA | 19.5% |
| #2,632 | Union County, AR | 19.5% |
| #2,633 | Harrison County, MO | 19.6% |
| #2,634 | Dawson County, TX | 19.6% |
| #2,635 | Colleton County, SC | 19.6% |
| #2,636 | East Baton Rouge Parish, LA | 19.6% |
| #2,637 | Brown County, OH | 19.6% |
About Poverty Rate
Dawson County, Texas has a poverty rate of 19.6%, ranking #2,634 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 55.4% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Texas, it ranks #215 of 254. This places it in the 18th 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.