Poverty Rate in Hale County, TX
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
20.5%
Rank #2,718/3,222 · #219 in TX
16th
Hale 20.5%
TX 13.8% +48.9%
US 12.6% +63.0%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Hale County's poverty rate of 20.5% 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 Hale County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,715 | Butler County, KY | 20.5% |
| #2,716 | Lake County, MI | 20.5% |
| #2,717 | Leake County, MS | 20.5% |
| #2,718 | Hale County, TX | 20.5% |
| #2,719 | Montgomery County, GA | 20.6% |
| #2,720 | Worth County, MO | 20.6% |
| #2,721 | Monroe County, AR | 20.6% |
About Poverty Rate
Hale County, Texas has a poverty rate of 20.5%, ranking #2,718 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 63.0% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Texas, it ranks #219 of 254. This places it in the 16th 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.