Texans living in poverty are the 13th-highest in the U.S. among all 50 states and the District of Columbia, according to new Census Bureau data.
Texas residents living below the poverty line in 2017-18 accounted for 13.4 percent of the state’s population, the Census Bureau reports.
The state’s poverty rate was down 0.8 percentage points from the two-year average of 2015-16 (14.3 percent), the Census Bureau reported. The national poverty rate also went down for the fourth year in a row according to 2018 data.
According to Welfareinfo.org, more women than men live in poverty. By age:
- Children Under 6 in Texas have a Poverty Rate of 24.8%.
- Children 6 to 11 Years Old in Texas have a Poverty Rate of 23.5%.
- Adolescents 12 to 17 Years Old in Texas have a Poverty Rate of 20.4%.
- Adults 18 to 59 Years Old in Texas have a Poverty Rate of 14.3%.
- Adults 60 to 74 Years Old in Texas have a Poverty Rate of 10.4%.
- 75 to 84 Years Old in Texas have a Poverty Rate of 11.8%.
- Over 85 Years Old in Texas have a Poverty Rate of 13.0%.
By race, 23 percent of Hispanic residents, 21.4 percent of Blacks, 10.6 percent of Asians, and 8.8 percent of Caucasians live below the poverty level, according to Welfareinfo.org.
Nationwide, the median household income stood at $63,179 last year, which was unchanged from 2017, according to the analysis. Over the same time period, the median earnings of all American workers rose by 3.4 percent to $40,247, according to the Census Bureau. The share of the U.S. population with health insurance in 2018, however, was 91.5 percent, compared to 92.1 percent a year earlier, the study says.
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Poverty Rates by State
State | 2015-2016 Average Poverty Rate | 2017-2018 Average Poverty Rate | Change in % From 2015-2016 to 2017-2018 | Rank Based on 2017-2018 Poverty Rate |
Louisiana | 19.4 | 19.8 | 0.4 | 1 |
Mississippi | 20.1 | 19.0 | -1.1 | 2 |
New Mexico | 18.7 | 18.2 | -0.5 | 3 |
West Virginia | 16.3 | 16.5 | 0.2 | 4 |
Alabama | 16.3 | 15.6 | -0.6 | 5 |
Arkansas | 16.1 | 15.4 | -0.7 | 6 |
Kentucky | 17.4 | 14.6 | *-2.8 | 7 |
District of Columbia | 16.5 | 14.3 | *-2.2 | 8 |
North Carolina | 14.4 | 14.1 | -0.3 | 9 |
Georgia | 16.8 | 14.0 | *-2.8 | 10 |
South Carolina | 14.2 | 14.0 | -0.2 | 11 |
Florida | 14.6 | 13.5 | -1.0 | 12 |
Texas | 14.3 | 13.4 | -0.8 | 13 |
Arizona | 16.6 | 13.2 | *-3.4 | 14 |
Nevada | 11.5 | 13.1 | 1.5 | 15 |
Oklahoma | 14.4 | 13.1 | -1.2 | 16 |
Alaska | 10.9 | 12.6 | 1.7 | 17 |
Ohio | 13.6 | 12.4 | -1.3 | 18 |
California | 13.9 | 12.0 | *-1.9 | 19 |
Maine | 12.5 | 12.0 | -0.5 | 20 |
Missouri | 11.4 | 11.9 | 0.5 | 21 |
New York | 13.1 | 11.9 | *-1.1 | 22 |
Tennessee | 14.8 | 11.7 | *-3.1 | 23 |
Indiana | 12.7 | 11.6 | -1.1 | 24 |
Idaho | 11.7 | 11.5 | -0.2 | 25 |
Pennsylvania | 11.7 | 11.4 | -0.4 | 26 |
Wyoming | 10.3 | 11.2 | 0.9 | 27 |
North Dakota | 10.9 | 11.1 | 0.2 | 28 |
Michigan | 11.9 | 11.0 | -1.0 | 29 |
Nebraska | 9.9 | 11.0 | 1.1 | 30 |
Illinois | 11.5 | 10.9 | -0.6 | 31 |
Kansas | 12.7 | 10.9 | -1.8 | 32 |
South Dakota | 14.2 | 10.7 | *-3.5 | 33 |
Oregon | 11.8 | 10.6 | -1.2 | 34 |
Connecticut | 9.5 | 10.4 | 1.0 | 35 |
Montana | 11.8 | 10.3 | *-1.5 | 36 |
Rhode Island | 11.6 | 10.1 | -1.5 | 37 |
Virginia | 11.1 | 10.1 | -1.0 | 38 |
Massachusetts | 10.6 | 10.0 | -0.6 | 39 |
Hawaii | 10.1 | 9.9 | -0.2 | 40 |
Washington | 11.2 | 9.7 | -1.5 | 41 |
Vermont | 10.2 | 9.2 | -1.0 | 42 |
New Jersey | 10.3 | 9.1 | -1.2 | 43 |
Colorado | 9.2 | 9.0 | -0.2 | 44 |
Wisconsin | 11.1 | 8.9 | *-2.1 | 45 |
Iowa | 10.1 | 8.2 | *-1.8 | 46 |
Minnesota | 8.2 | 8.2 | 0.0 | 47 |
Delaware | 11.3 | 8.1 | *-3.3 | 48 |
Maryland | 8.4 | 7.8 | -0.6 | 49 |
Utah | 8.9 | 7.8 | -1.1 | 50 |
New Hampshire | 6.8 | 6.6 | -0.2 | 51 |
*estimated
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
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