Ranking of Texas Counties By the Poverty Rate of the Black or African American Alone Racial Group in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Updated on December 10, 2023.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the Poverty Rate for the Black or African American Alone racial group in Texas was 18.64%. Among all Texas counties, the Black or African American Alone racial group had the highest poverty rate in Blanco County (100%), followed by Brooks County (100%), and Coke County (100%). On the other hand, the Black or African American Alone racial group had the lowest poverty rate in the following 3 counties: Andrews County (0%), Aransas County (0%), and Bailey County (0%).
The chart below shows the top 10 Texas counties where the Black or African American Alone racial group had high poverty rate, and the table below shows the ranking of all Texas counties.
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Related Topics: Texas ACS-5Yrs Estimates, 2021 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census - ACS 5-Year Estimates (2021).
Ranking of Texas Counties By the Poverty Rate of the Black or African American Alone Racial Group in 2021
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| Rank | County | Poverty Rate (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blanco County | 100.00 |
| 1 | Brooks County | 100.00 |
| 1 | Coke County | 100.00 |
| 1 | Comanche County | 100.00 |
| 1 | Irion County | 100.00 |
| 1 | Kent County | 100.00 |
| 1 | Mills County | 100.00 |
| 1 | Stonewall County | 100.00 |
| 1 | Sutton County | 100.00 |
| 1 | Throckmorton County | 100.00 |
| 1 | Willacy County | 100.00 |
| 1 | Zavala County | 100.00 |
| 2 | Jack County | 87.95 |
| 3 | Briscoe County | 83.87 |
| 4 | Swisher County | 75.06 |
| 5 | Collingsworth County | 70.74 |
| 6 | Somervell County | 68.24 |
| 7 | Haskell County | 67.33 |
| 8 | Wheeler County | 65.93 |
| 9 | Oldham County | 60.00 |
| 10 | Cochran County | 58.57 |
| 11 | Bandera County | 57.71 |
| 12 | Fisher County | 57.53 |
| 12 | Tyler County | 57.53 |
| 13 | Starr County | 56.10 |
| 14 | Dickens County | 54.55 |
| 15 | Uvalde County | 54.03 |
| 16 | Kleberg County | 53.08 |
| 17 | Jones County | 52.67 |
| 18 | Karnes County | 52.45 |
| 19 | Bee County | 51.94 |
| 20 | Floyd County | 51.74 |
| 21 | Hall County | 50.93 |
| 22 | Hamilton County | 50.00 |
| 23 | Gaines County | 48.38 |
| 24 | Grimes County | 44.74 |
| 25 | Jasper County | 42.60 |
| 26 | Cooke County | 42.29 |
| 27 | Howard County | 41.66 |
| 28 | Erath County | 41.61 |
| 29 | Matagorda County | 40.73 |
| 30 | Knox County | 40.20 |
| 31 | Newton County | 40.06 |
| 32 | Hutchinson County | 39.96 |
| 33 | Lee County | 39.17 |
| 34 | Fannin County | 38.77 |
| 35 | Austin County | 38.70 |
| 36 | Nacogdoches County | 38.65 |
| 37 | Nolan County | 38.62 |
| 38 | Montague County | 38.40 |
| 39 | Ward County | 38.24 |
| 40 | Red River County | 38.22 |
| 41 | Falls County | 37.47 |
| 42 | Potter County | 36.70 |
| 43 | Shelby County | 36.01 |
| 44 | Brown County | 35.77 |
| 45 | Houston County | 35.65 |
| 46 | Refugio County | 35.62 |
| 47 | Delta County | 35.60 |
| 48 | Robertson County | 34.73 |
| 49 | Wilbarger County | 34.67 |
| 50 | San Patricio County | 34.47 |
| 51 | Trinity County | 34.39 |
| 52 | Terry County | 34.21 |
| 53 | McLennan County | 33.90 |
| 53 | Walker County | 33.90 |
| 54 | Kerr County | 33.16 |
| 55 | Fayette County | 32.90 |
| 56 | Anderson County | 32.72 |
| 57 | Brazos County | 32.12 |
| 58 | Lavaca County | 31.67 |
| 59 | Sabine County | 31.46 |
| 60 | Hopkins County | 31.24 |
| 61 | Leon County | 30.88 |
| 62 | Wichita County | 30.13 |
| 63 | Cass County | 29.86 |
| 64 | Marion County | 29.36 |
| 65 | Hill County | 29.11 |
| 66 | Waller County | 28.95 |
| 67 | Hunt County | 28.94 |
| 68 | Cameron County | 28.87 |
| 69 | Henderson County | 28.76 |
| 70 | Dawson County | 28.57 |
| 71 | Victoria County | 28.22 |
| 72 | San Augustine County | 28.01 |
| 73 | Hockley County | 27.80 |
| 74 | Polk County | 27.66 |
| 75 | Grayson County | 27.60 |
| 76 | Gonzales County | 27.52 |
| 77 | Harrison County | 27.49 |
| 78 | Lamar County | 27.26 |
| 79 | Calhoun County | 27.17 |
| 80 | Bowie County | 27.13 |
| 81 | Caldwell County | 26.76 |
| 82 | Wharton County | 26.71 |
| 83 | Brewster County | 26.67 |
| 83 | Schleicher County | 26.67 |
| 84 | Palo Pinto County | 26.58 |
| 85 | Lubbock County | 26.53 |
| 86 | Jackson County | 25.98 |
| 87 | Randall County | 25.91 |
| 88 | Cherokee County | 25.42 |
| 89 | Jefferson County | 25.31 |
| 90 | Nueces County | 25.29 |
| 91 | Taylor County | 25.22 |
| 92 | Burleson County | 25.06 |
| 93 | Van Zandt County | 24.97 |
| 94 | Morris County | 24.95 |
| 95 | Limestone County | 24.54 |
| 96 | Upshur County | 24.22 |
| 97 | Donley County | 23.98 |
| 98 | Washington County | 23.75 |
| 99 | Deaf Smith County | 23.59 |
| 100 | Orange County | 22.79 |
| 101 | Angelina County | 22.60 |
| 102 | Chambers County | 22.54 |
| 103 | Val Verde County | 22.41 |
| 104 | Hays County | 21.80 |
| 105 | Hale County | 21.77 |
| 106 | Cottle County | 21.62 |
| 107 | Gregg County | 21.54 |
| 108 | Navarro County | 21.00 |
| 109 | Titus County | 20.84 |
| 110 | Panola County | 20.67 |
| 111 | Camp County | 20.53 |
| 112 | Kaufman County | 19.84 |
| 113 | Harris County | 19.76 |
| 114 | Bastrop County | 19.71 |
| 115 | DeWitt County | 19.47 |
| 116 | Scurry County | 19.41 |
| 117 | Parker County | 19.31 |
| 118 | Tom Green County | 18.96 |
| 119 | Dallas County | 18.89 |
| 120 | Galveston County | 18.88 |
| 121 | Frio County | 18.75 |
| 122 | Wood County | 18.51 |
| 123 | Hardin County | 18.46 |
| 124 | Coleman County | 18.45 |
| 125 | Bexar County | 18.24 |
| 126 | Runnels County | 18.06 |
| 127 | Smith County | 17.89 |
| 128 | Lamb County | 17.69 |
| 129 | Goliad County | 17.46 |
| 130 | Bell County | 17.35 |
| 131 | Eastland County | 17.18 |
| 132 | Young County | 17.09 |
| 133 | Madison County | 16.99 |
| 134 | Travis County | 16.95 |
| 135 | Midland County | 16.65 |
| 136 | Liberty County | 16.47 |
| 137 | Tarrant County | 16.21 |
| 138 | Childress County | 16.05 |
| 139 | Jim Wells County | 15.79 |
| 140 | Montgomery County | 15.60 |
| 141 | Hidalgo County | 15.49 |
| 142 | Milam County | 15.17 |
| 143 | Rusk County | 15.04 |
| 144 | Freestone County | 15.02 |
| 145 | Callahan County | 14.84 |
| 146 | Carson County | 14.29 |
| 147 | Ector County | 14.23 |
| 148 | Hardeman County | 13.33 |
| 149 | Ellis County | 12.85 |
| 150 | San Jacinto County | 12.78 |
| 151 | Denton County | 12.64 |
| 152 | Colorado County | 12.49 |
| 153 | Webb County | 12.29 |
| 154 | Garza County | 12.21 |
| 155 | Bosque County | 11.95 |
| 156 | Williamson County | 11.64 |
| 157 | El Paso County | 11.11 |
| 158 | Guadalupe County | 10.85 |
| 159 | Baylor County | 10.78 |
| 160 | Coryell County | 10.13 |
| 161 | Hood County | 10.04 |
| 162 | Stephens County | 9.80 |
| 163 | Wilson County | 9.63 |
| 164 | Wise County | 9.35 |
| 165 | Fort Bend County | 9.09 |
| 165 | Kendall County | 9.09 |
| 166 | Rockwall County | 8.80 |
| 167 | Parmer County | 8.54 |
| 168 | Johnson County | 8.51 |
| 169 | Collin County | 8.45 |
| 170 | Lynn County | 8.00 |
| 171 | Medina County | 7.48 |
| 172 | Gray County | 6.82 |
| 173 | Brazoria County | 6.44 |
| 174 | Archer County | 5.56 |
| 175 | Moore County | 4.83 |
| 176 | Gillespie County | 4.76 |
| 177 | Mitchell County | 4.55 |
| 178 | Comal County | 3.60 |
| 179 | Atascosa County | 3.57 |
| 180 | Llano County | 3.42 |
| 181 | Reeves County | 3.38 |
| 182 | McCulloch County | 2.33 |
| 183 | Burnet County | 1.90 |
| 184 | Crosby County | 1.41 |
| 185 | Rains County | 1.19 |
| 186 | Lampasas County | 0.26 |
| 187 | Andrews County | 0.00 |
| 187 | Aransas County | 0.00 |
| 187 | Bailey County | 0.00 |
| 187 | Castro County | 0.00 |
| 187 | Clay County | 0.00 |
| 187 | Concho County | 0.00 |
| 187 | Crane County | 0.00 |
| 187 | Crockett County | 0.00 |
| 187 | Culberson County | 0.00 |
| 187 | Dimmit County | 0.00 |
| 187 | Duval County | 0.00 |
| 187 | Franklin County | 0.00 |
| 187 | Hemphill County | 0.00 |
| 187 | Hudspeth County | 0.00 |
| 187 | Jim Hogg County | 0.00 |
| 187 | Kimble County | 0.00 |
| 187 | Lipscomb County | 0.00 |
| 187 | Live Oak County | 0.00 |
| 187 | Martin County | 0.00 |
| 187 | Maverick County | 0.00 |
| 187 | Motley County | 0.00 |
| 187 | Ochiltree County | 0.00 |
| 187 | Pecos County | 0.00 |
| 187 | Reagan County | 0.00 |
| 187 | Sherman County | 0.00 |
| 187 | Terrell County | 0.00 |
| 187 | Upton County | 0.00 |
| 187 | Winkler County | 0.00 |
| 187 | Yoakum County | 0.00 |