Poverty Rate in Zavala County, TX
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
33.9%
Rank #3,133/3,222 · #252 in TX
3th
Zavala 33.9%
TX 13.8% +146.0%
US 12.6% +169.2%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Zavala County's poverty rate of 33.9% 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 Zavala County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #3,130 | Starr County, TX | 33.5% |
| #3,131 | Río Grande Municipio, PR | 33.8% |
| #3,132 | Buffalo County, SD | 33.9% |
| #3,133 | Zavala County, TX | 33.9% |
| #3,134 | McDowell County, WV | 34.2% |
| #3,135 | Bayamón Municipio, PR | 34.3% |
| #3,136 | Tensas Parish, LA | 34.4% |
About Poverty Rate
Zavala County, Texas has a poverty rate of 33.9%, ranking #3,133 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 169.2% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Texas, it ranks #252 of 254. This places it in the 3th 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.