Poverty Rate in Rusk County, TX
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
14.4%
Rank #1,839/3,222 · #124 in TX
43th
Rusk 14.4%
TX 13.8% +4.5%
US 12.6% +14.4%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Rusk County's poverty rate of 14.4% 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 Rusk County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,836 | Murray County, GA | 14.4% |
| #1,837 | Gogebic County, MI | 14.4% |
| #1,838 | Aroostook County, ME | 14.4% |
| #1,839 | Rusk County, TX | 14.4% |
| #1,840 | Delaware County, NY | 14.4% |
| #1,841 | Marion County, FL | 14.4% |
| #1,842 | St. John the Baptist Parish, LA | 14.4% |
About Poverty Rate
Rusk County, Texas has a poverty rate of 14.4%, ranking #1,839 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 14.4% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Texas, it ranks #124 of 254. This places it in the 43th 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.