Poverty Rate in Zapata County, TX
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
38.4%
Rank #3,153/3,222 · #253 in TX
2th
Zapata 38.4%
TX 13.8% +178.5%
US 12.6% +204.7%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Zapata County's poverty rate of 38.4% 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 Zapata County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #3,150 | Camuy Municipio, PR | 37.8% |
| #3,151 | Magoffin County, KY | 38.2% |
| #3,152 | Humacao Municipio, PR | 38.2% |
| #3,153 | Zapata County, TX | 38.4% |
| #3,154 | Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR | 38.4% |
| #3,155 | Las Piedras Municipio, PR | 38.7% |
| #3,156 | San Juan Municipio, PR | 38.8% |
About Poverty Rate
Zapata County, Texas has a poverty rate of 38.4%, ranking #3,153 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 204.7% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Texas, it ranks #253 of 254. This places it in the 2th 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.