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Poverty in the United States: Explore the Data

Use U.S. Census Bureau poverty data to explore more than a dozen topics that measure the health of the economy at the state and congressional district levels.

The U.S. Census Bureau could not provide its typical state and congressional district data for 2020 because the pandemic interrupted the data collection process. Experimental data were released instead, but the Census Bureau does not suggest comparing it to the standard estimates, so it is not included here.

In Texas's 23rd congressional district

130,288

People were living in poverty in 2021 from a population of 831,279

  • Gender and Age

  • Official poverty rate 1

    15.7%

    Ranked: #335

    Percentage of people who who had incomes below the poverty threshold—$27,479 for a family of four—in 2021

  • Child poverty rate 2

    21.5%

    Ranked: #347

    Percentage of children under 18 in related families who had incomes below the poverty threshold in 2021

  • Women's poverty rate 3

    16.0%

    Ranked: #308

    Percentage of women who had incomes below the poverty threshold in 2021

  • Men's poverty rate 4

    15.4%

    Ranked: #360

    Percentage of men who had incomes below the poverty threshold in 2021

  • Race and Ethnicity

  • African-American poverty rate 5

    18.8%

    Percentage of African-Americans who had incomes below the poverty threshold in 2021

  • Asian-American poverty rate 6

    7.4%

    Percentage of Asian-Americans who had incomes below the poverty threshold in 2021

  • Hispanic or Latino poverty rate 7

    18.7%

    Percentage of Hispanics or Latinos who had incomes below the poverty threshold in 2021

  • White poverty rate 8

    7.5%

    Percentage of non-Hispanic or Latino whites who had incomes below the poverty threshold in 2021

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Poverty in the United States: Compare the States

Use U.S. Census Bureau poverty data to compare states across more than a dozen topics that measure the health of the economy.

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Poverty in the United States: Explore the Map

Use U.S. Census Bureau poverty data to explore more than a dozen topics that measure the health of the economy at the state and national levels.

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Endnotes

  1. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2021
  2. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2021
  3. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2021
  4. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2021
  5. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2021
  6. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2021
  7. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2021
  8. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2021

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