Poverty Rate in Houston County, TX
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
15.0%
Rank #1,954/3,222 · #139 in TX
39th
Houston 15.0%
TX 13.8% +9.0%
US 12.6% +19.3%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Houston County's poverty rate of 15.0% 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 Houston County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,951 | Montgomery County, OH | 15.0% |
| #1,952 | Lamb County, TX | 15.0% |
| #1,953 | Logan County, KS | 15.0% |
| #1,954 | Houston County, TX | 15.0% |
| #1,955 | Madison County, KY | 15.1% |
| #1,956 | Muskingum County, OH | 15.1% |
| #1,957 | Berrien County, MI | 15.1% |
About Poverty Rate
Houston County, Texas has a poverty rate of 15.0%, ranking #1,954 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 19.3% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Texas, it ranks #139 of 254. This places it in the 39th 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.