Poverty Rate in Ector County, TX
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
16.5%
Rank #2,203/3,222 · #165 in TX
32th
Ector 16.5%
TX 13.8% +19.3%
US 12.6% +30.6%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Ector County's poverty rate of 16.5% 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 Ector County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,200 | Custer County, OK | 16.4% |
| #2,201 | Branch County, MI | 16.4% |
| #2,202 | Gallia County, OH | 16.4% |
| #2,203 | Ector County, TX | 16.5% |
| #2,204 | Jefferson County, OH | 16.5% |
| #2,205 | Sharp County, AR | 16.5% |
| #2,206 | Hamilton County, TX | 16.5% |
About Poverty Rate
Ector County, Texas has a poverty rate of 16.5%, ranking #2,203 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 30.6% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Texas, it ranks #165 of 254. This places it in the 32th 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.