Poverty Rate in Shelby County, TX
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
20.6%
Rank #2,722/3,222 · #220 in TX
16th
Shelby 20.6%
TX 13.8% +49.3%
US 12.6% +63.4%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Shelby County's poverty rate of 20.6% 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 Shelby County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,719 | Montgomery County, GA | 20.6% |
| #2,720 | Worth County, MO | 20.6% |
| #2,721 | Monroe County, AR | 20.6% |
| #2,722 | Shelby County, TX | 20.6% |
| #2,723 | Berrien County, GA | 20.6% |
| #2,724 | Trigg County, KY | 20.6% |
| #2,725 | Prairie County, MT | 20.6% |
About Poverty Rate
Shelby County, Texas has a poverty rate of 20.6%, ranking #2,722 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 63.4% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Texas, it ranks #220 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.