Poverty Rate in Matagorda County, TX
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
20.7%
Rank #2,736/3,222 · #222 in TX
15th
Matagorda 20.7%
TX 13.8% +50.3%
US 12.6% +64.5%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Matagorda County's poverty rate of 20.7% 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 Matagorda County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,733 | Latimer County, OK | 20.7% |
| #2,734 | Pushmataha County, OK | 20.7% |
| #2,735 | Bledsoe County, TN | 20.7% |
| #2,736 | Matagorda County, TX | 20.7% |
| #2,737 | Estill County, KY | 20.7% |
| #2,738 | Okanogan County, WA | 20.7% |
| #2,739 | Jasper County, TX | 20.7% |
About Poverty Rate
Matagorda County, Texas has a poverty rate of 20.7%, ranking #2,736 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 64.5% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Texas, it ranks #222 of 254. This places it in the 15th 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.