Name: SNAP households by Texas county
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
Published: 2026-09-15T01:00:00+08:00
License: https://www.census.gov/data/developers/about/terms-of-service.html

Summary

SNAP household share, Texas counties

SNAP share by Texas county · all 254 counties · hover or tap a county for every figure on this page

CountiesStarr County

Summary

Every Texas county, shaded by the share of households that received SNAP in the past 12 months. Darker counties have a higher share. County borders are the U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary (cb_500k).

In a typical Texas county, 11.5 per cent of households received SNAP, the federal food-stamp program, in the past 12 months. That midpoint is almost the same as the statewide share of 11.4 per cent, or 1,227,194 of 10,747,240 households. Averaging the 254 county rates instead gives 12.4 per cent, a little higher, because several small counties along the Rio Grande sit far above the rest: Starr at 41.4 per cent and Zavala at 40.9 per cent. Twenty-nine counties reach 20 per cent or more, and 99 fall below 10 per cent. Collin, at 3.0 per cent, is the lowest among the large suburban counties. Crockett, King and Terrell reported none. Counts run a different way from rates. Harris, Bexar, Dallas, Tarrant and Hidalgo together hold 47 per cent of SNAP households, even though only Hidalgo ranks among the highest shares.

11.5%typical county SNAP sharethe middle county, not an average

1.23MSNAP households in Texasall 254 counties added together

41.4%highest county shareStarr County

29counties at 20% or moremore than one in ten Texas counties

47%of SNAP households in five countiesHarris, Bexar, Dallas, Tarrant and Hidalgo

Figure 2

SNAP households, all 254 counties

SNAP households · all 254 · ranked high to low

Summary

Every county the Census published, all 254, ranked by the number of households that received SNAP. Harris is first at 228,656 households (13.2 per cent of households there), then Bexar at 103,073 and Dallas at 99,931. The five largest, adding Tarrant and Hidalgo, hold 47 per cent of SNAP households in Texas; the largest ten hold 61 per cent. Hidalgo is the exception that sits high on both lists: fifth by count and tenth by share, at 28.2 per cent. Three counties reported none.

Table 1

All counties

254 rows · 8 columns · sorted by SNAP share, high to low

Summary

The full dataset: all 254 counties with household counts, SNAP households, the SNAP share, and the split of SNAP households with or without someone 60 or over. Sorted by SNAP share and re-sortable on any column. Use the filter box to jump to a county by name. The SNAP share is that county's SNAP households divided by its households; the column cannot be averaged into a state figure, because that would weight Loving County the same as Harris.

All counties
	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Starr	18,692	7,738	41.4%	3,504	4,234	45.3%	10,954
Zavala	3,411	1,396	40.9%	460	936	33.0%	2,015
Dimmit	3,010	1,017	33.8%	370	647	36.4%	1,993
Brooks	2,884	963	33.4%	290	673	30.1%	1,921
Jim Hogg	1,221	388	31.8%	63	325	16.2%	833
Zapata	4,612	1,447	31.4%	511	936	35.3%	3,165
Willacy	5,671	1,678	29.6%	750	928	44.7%	3,993
Maverick	18,320	5,384	29.4%	2,442	2,942	45.4%	12,936
Culberson	702	204	29.1%	171	33	83.8%	498
Hidalgo	264,128	74,440	28.2%	25,982	48,458	34.9%	189,688
Crosby	1,974	512	25.9%	167	345	32.6%	1,462
Duval	2,992	766	25.6%	239	527	31.2%	2,226
Cameron	135,435	34,181	25.2%	11,772	22,409	34.4%	101,254
Hudspeth	847	213	25.1%	133	80	62.4%	634
Webb	79,572	19,133	24.0%	6,758	12,375	35.3%	60,439
Cottle	571	136	23.8%	105	31	77.2%	435
Cochran	949	225	23.7%	128	97	56.9%	724
Uvalde	8,422	1,981	23.5%	603	1,378	30.4%	6,441
Kinney	1,180	273	23.1%	48	225	17.6%	907
Presidio	2,340	540	23.1%	368	172	68.1%	1,800
Frio	5,144	1,166	22.7%	469	697	40.2%	3,978
San Augustine	3,017	671	22.2%	248	423	37.0%	2,346
Terry	4,271	901	21.1%	88	813	9.8%	3,370
Hale	11,034	2,307	20.9%	987	1,320	42.8%	8,727
Jim Wells	13,298	2,784	20.9%	880	1,904	31.6%	10,514
Edwards	474	98	20.7%	78	20	79.6%	376
Kleberg	11,794	2,420	20.5%	789	1,631	32.6%	9,374
El Paso	296,341	59,459	20.1%	22,628	36,831	38.1%	236,882
Val Verde	16,706	3,334	20.0%	1,404	1,930	42.1%	13,372
Dawson	4,154	787	18.9%	222	565	28.2%	3,367
Marion	4,201	784	18.7%	424	360	54.1%	3,417
Nolan	5,834	1,093	18.7%	347	746	31.7%	4,741
Collingsworth	947	175	18.5%	39	136	22.3%	772
Angelina	32,183	5,914	18.4%	1,826	4,088	30.9%	26,269
Winkler	2,781	511	18.4%	238	273	46.6%	2,270
Real	1,021	185	18.1%	135	50	73.0%	836
San Jacinto	10,480	1,899	18.1%	712	1,187	37.5%	8,581
Haskell	2,108	375	17.8%	128	247	34.1%	1,733
Matagorda	14,824	2,623	17.7%	884	1,739	33.7%	12,201
Houston	7,795	1,373	17.6%	383	990	27.9%	6,422
Titus	11,011	1,938	17.6%	508	1,430	26.2%	9,073
Karnes	4,643	814	17.5%	211	603	25.9%	3,829
Camp	4,677	807	17.3%	250	557	31.0%	3,870
Nacogdoches	25,114	4,337	17.3%	1,052	3,285	24.3%	20,777
Tyler	7,073	1,217	17.2%	410	807	33.7%	5,856
Cass	11,775	1,990	16.9%	775	1,215	38.9%	9,785
La Salle	1,683	285	16.9%	79	206	27.7%	1,398
Live Oak	4,210	713	16.9%	279	434	39.1%	3,497
Nueces	130,770	22,112	16.9%	7,636	14,476	34.5%	108,658
Robertson	6,480	1,096	16.9%	325	771	29.7%	5,384
Atascosa	16,635	2,782	16.7%	913	1,869	32.8%	13,853
Limestone	8,318	1,374	16.5%	394	980	28.7%	6,944
Polk	18,575	3,065	16.5%	1,104	1,961	36.0%	15,510
Kent	274	45	16.4%	43	2	95.6%	229
Calhoun	8,398	1,349	16.1%	379	970	28.1%	7,049
Anderson	17,142	2,731	15.9%	781	1,950	28.6%	14,411
Liberty	30,009	4,762	15.9%	2,066	2,696	43.4%	25,247
Newton	4,898	777	15.9%	390	387	50.2%	4,121
Jefferson	93,646	14,798	15.8%	4,088	10,710	27.6%	78,848
Jackson	5,424	844	15.6%	126	718	14.9%	4,580
Bee	8,581	1,326	15.5%	417	909	31.4%	7,255
Freestone	6,867	1,064	15.5%	535	529	50.3%	5,803
Floyd	1,939	296	15.3%	113	183	38.2%	1,643
Falls	6,009	905	15.1%	410	495	45.3%	5,104
Reeves	4,145	627	15.1%	248	379	39.6%	3,518
San Patricio	24,496	3,680	15.0%	1,359	2,321	36.9%	20,816
Dickens	684	102	14.9%	48	54	47.1%	582
Garza	1,433	214	14.9%	115	99	53.7%	1,219
Madison	4,140	614	14.8%	232	382	37.8%	3,526
Mitchell	2,561	379	14.8%	164	215	43.3%	2,182
Jones	6,028	885	14.7%	220	665	24.9%	5,143
Lamb	4,644	682	14.7%	265	417	38.9%	3,962
Potter	42,363	6,133	14.5%	2,222	3,911	36.2%	36,230
Refugio	2,372	344	14.5%	110	234	32.0%	2,028
Jasper	13,667	1,969	14.4%	643	1,326	32.7%	11,698
Navarro	18,484	2,655	14.4%	886	1,769	33.4%	15,829
Pecos	5,108	736	14.4%	301	435	40.9%	4,372
Shelby	9,177	1,314	14.3%	405	909	30.8%	7,863
Gonzales	7,656	1,076	14.1%	595	481	55.3%	6,580
Cherokee	18,085	2,526	14.0%	699	1,827	27.7%	15,559
Morris	5,038	706	14.0%	267	439	37.8%	4,332
Palo Pinto	10,951	1,535	14.0%	564	971	36.7%	9,416
Trinity	6,033	843	14.0%	338	505	40.1%	5,190
Bexar	740,402	103,073	13.9%	35,529	67,544	34.5%	637,329
Loving	36	5	13.9%	5	0	100.0%	31
Wilbarger	4,737	659	13.9%	293	366	44.5%	4,078
Red River	4,993	690	13.8%	218	472	31.6%	4,303
Harrison	25,599	3,503	13.7%	934	2,569	26.7%	22,096
Deaf Smith	5,973	805	13.5%	368	437	45.7%	5,168
Sabine	4,469	602	13.5%	218	384	36.2%	3,867
Orange	31,847	4,263	13.4%	988	3,275	23.2%	27,584
Hockley	8,058	1,074	13.3%	381	693	35.5%	6,984
Jack	2,915	387	13.3%	180	207	46.5%	2,528
Baylor	1,548	205	13.2%	29	176	14.1%	1,343
Hall	1,158	153	13.2%	68	85	44.4%	1,005
Harris	1,728,103	228,656	13.2%	69,168	159,488	30.2%	1,499,447
Bell	138,557	18,193	13.1%	4,308	13,885	23.7%	120,364
Gray	7,926	1,039	13.1%	239	800	23.0%	6,887
Hardin	21,750	2,851	13.1%	775	2,076	27.2%	18,899
Wharton	15,422	2,023	13.1%	952	1,071	47.1%	13,399
Gregg	47,330	6,176	13.0%	1,947	4,229	31.5%	41,154
Hardeman	1,298	169	13.0%	22	147	13.0%	1,129
Stonewall	476	62	13.0%	25	37	40.3%	414
Swisher	2,453	318	13.0%	52	266	16.4%	2,135
Bowie	34,801	4,478	12.9%	1,442	3,036	32.2%	30,323
Henderson	32,597	4,213	12.9%	1,504	2,709	35.7%	28,384
Lynn	2,066	267	12.9%	71	196	26.6%	1,799
Eastland	7,168	918	12.8%	304	614	33.1%	6,250
Victoria	34,142	4,386	12.8%	1,425	2,961	32.5%	29,756
Hunt	37,549	4,764	12.7%	1,850	2,914	38.8%	32,785
Lamar	20,056	2,548	12.7%	768	1,780	30.1%	17,508
Milam	10,049	1,266	12.6%	428	838	33.8%	8,783
Upshur	15,372	1,938	12.6%	846	1,092	43.7%	13,434
Rusk	17,963	2,203	12.3%	1,041	1,162	47.3%	15,760
Wheeler	1,849	228	12.3%	58	170	25.4%	1,621
Goliad	2,800	341	12.2%	142	199	41.6%	2,459
Grimes	10,289	1,242	12.1%	546	696	44.0%	9,047
Hamilton	3,134	377	12.0%	203	174	53.8%	2,757
McLennan	95,966	11,540	12.0%	3,230	8,310	28.0%	84,426
Hill	13,457	1,603	11.9%	622	981	38.8%	11,854
Howard	11,927	1,424	11.9%	289	1,135	20.3%	10,503
Brown	14,979	1,762	11.8%	789	973	44.8%	13,217
Fannin	12,793	1,513	11.8%	524	989	34.6%	11,280
Aransas	11,738	1,369	11.7%	491	878	35.9%	10,369
Burleson	7,749	902	11.6%	391	511	43.3%	6,847
Ward	4,345	502	11.6%	111	391	22.1%	3,843
Mills	1,845	213	11.5%	145	68	68.1%	1,632
Rains	4,723	545	11.5%	204	341	37.4%	4,178
Lubbock	124,045	14,187	11.4%	4,753	9,434	33.5%	109,858
Waller	17,981	2,046	11.4%	312	1,734	15.2%	15,935
Wichita	48,935	5,574	11.4%	1,775	3,799	31.8%	43,361
Andrews	6,780	763	11.3%	57	706	7.5%	6,017
Bosque	7,467	844	11.3%	354	490	41.9%	6,623
Menard	833	94	11.3%	37	57	39.4%	739
Van Zandt	22,555	2,550	11.3%	1,183	1,367	46.4%	20,005
Wood	18,221	2,052	11.3%	914	1,138	44.5%	16,169
Medina	17,479	1,942	11.1%	543	1,399	28.0%	15,537
Coryell	26,099	2,868	11.0%	775	2,093	27.0%	23,231
Jeff Davis	847	93	11.0%	42	51	45.2%	754
Taylor	54,390	5,996	11.0%	1,727	4,269	28.8%	48,394
Ector	62,422	6,808	10.9%	1,617	5,191	23.8%	55,614
Young	7,763	846	10.9%	195	651	23.0%	6,917
DeWitt	6,683	725	10.8%	370	355	51.0%	5,958
Walker	25,180	2,708	10.8%	899	1,809	33.2%	22,472
Lee	6,720	719	10.7%	224	495	31.2%	6,001
Runnels	3,800	406	10.7%	147	259	36.2%	3,394
San Saba	2,095	223	10.6%	93	130	41.7%	1,872
Castro	2,427	256	10.5%	176	80	68.8%	2,171
Galveston	138,666	14,548	10.5%	4,975	9,573	34.2%	124,118
Cooke	16,252	1,692	10.4%	362	1,330	21.4%	14,560
Martin	2,033	212	10.4%	94	118	44.3%	1,821
Dallas	971,690	99,931	10.3%	32,251	67,680	32.3%	871,759
Fisher	1,590	163	10.3%	45	118	27.6%	1,427
Coleman	3,230	329	10.2%	216	113	65.7%	2,901
Callahan	5,237	526	10.0%	125	401	23.8%	4,711
Bailey	2,250	221	9.8%	149	72	67.4%	2,029
Tarrant	769,285	75,734	9.8%	23,266	52,468	30.7%	693,551
Foard	421	41	9.7%	0	41	0.0%	380
Panola	8,486	824	9.7%	332	492	40.3%	7,662
Upton	1,325	128	9.7%	53	75	41.4%	1,197
Caldwell	15,741	1,512	9.6%	514	998	34.0%	14,229
Kaufman	49,703	4,766	9.6%	1,429	3,337	30.0%	44,937
Knox	1,256	120	9.6%	53	67	44.2%	1,136
Tom Green	46,094	4,421	9.6%	1,423	2,998	32.2%	41,673
Montague	8,142	777	9.5%	200	577	25.7%	7,365
Colorado	7,577	716	9.4%	455	261	63.5%	6,861
Coke	1,489	137	9.2%	76	61	55.5%	1,352
Lampasas	8,147	751	9.2%	311	440	41.4%	7,396
Sterling	402	37	9.2%	0	37	0.0%	365
McCulloch	3,072	279	9.1%	243	36	87.1%	2,793
Smith	81,690	7,452	9.1%	2,083	5,369	28.0%	74,238
Grayson	53,325	4,793	9.0%	1,668	3,125	34.8%	48,532
Brazos	88,415	7,899	8.9%	1,798	6,101	22.8%	80,516
Guadalupe	62,953	5,511	8.8%	1,507	4,004	27.3%	57,442
Ochiltree	3,758	330	8.8%	30	300	9.1%	3,428
Stephens	3,560	313	8.8%	100	213	31.9%	3,247
Washington	15,277	1,342	8.8%	556	786	41.4%	13,935
Leon	6,546	569	8.7%	218	351	38.3%	5,977
Wise	24,581	2,125	8.6%	740	1,385	34.8%	22,456
Austin	12,174	1,029	8.5%	282	747	27.4%	11,145
Scurry	5,931	503	8.5%	189	314	37.6%	5,428
Glasscock	441	37	8.4%	1	36	2.7%	404
Brazoria	131,184	10,641	8.1%	3,831	6,810	36.0%	120,543
Concho	849	69	8.1%	7	62	10.1%	780
Hopkins	13,878	1,125	8.1%	472	653	42.0%	12,753
Delta	2,095	167	8.0%	100	67	59.9%	1,928
Clay	4,227	336	7.9%	110	226	32.7%	3,891
Bastrop	35,164	2,724	7.7%	867	1,857	31.8%	32,440
Dallam	2,373	182	7.7%	51	131	28.0%	2,191
Throckmorton	686	53	7.7%	39	14	73.6%	633
Archer	3,439	260	7.6%	115	145	44.2%	3,179
Motley	476	36	7.6%	21	15	58.3%	440
Wilson	17,785	1,343	7.6%	508	835	37.8%	16,442
Moore	7,275	543	7.5%	214	329	39.4%	6,732
Hutchinson	6,944	514	7.4%	214	300	41.6%	6,430
Kimble	1,858	138	7.4%	86	52	62.3%	1,720
Llano	10,218	760	7.4%	322	438	42.4%	9,458
Bandera	8,943	656	7.3%	428	228	65.2%	8,287
Comanche	5,395	392	7.3%	245	147	62.5%	5,003
Ellis	68,852	5,045	7.3%	1,749	3,296	34.7%	63,807
Fayette	9,855	722	7.3%	204	518	28.3%	9,133
Lavaca	8,370	608	7.3%	135	473	22.2%	7,762
Johnson	63,477	4,589	7.2%	1,759	2,830	38.3%	58,888
Lipscomb	1,101	78	7.1%	21	57	26.9%	1,023
Midland	67,057	4,707	7.0%	1,685	3,022	35.8%	62,350
Fort Bend	281,259	19,400	6.9%	8,843	10,557	45.6%	261,859
Franklin	3,942	272	6.9%	59	213	21.7%	3,670
Gaines	7,057	487	6.9%	81	406	16.6%	6,570
Kerr	22,267	1,547	6.9%	535	1,012	34.6%	20,720
Montgomery	235,474	16,287	6.9%	4,698	11,589	28.8%	219,187
Burnet	19,597	1,323	6.8%	430	893	32.5%	18,274
Randall	55,758	3,731	6.7%	1,572	2,159	42.1%	52,027
Chambers	16,558	1,073	6.5%	343	730	32.0%	15,485
Yoakum	2,616	170	6.5%	46	124	27.1%	2,446
Reagan	1,046	67	6.4%	0	67	0.0%	979
Schleicher	919	57	6.2%	46	11	80.7%	862
Shackelford	1,329	83	6.2%	13	70	15.7%	1,246
Erath	16,379	987	6.0%	280	707	28.4%	15,392
McMullen	168	10	6.0%	10	0	100.0%	158
Brewster	4,929	293	5.9%	216	77	73.7%	4,636
Kenedy	17	1	5.9%	1	0	100.0%	16
Mason	1,550	91	5.9%	55	36	60.4%	1,459
Travis	561,491	33,274	5.9%	10,377	22,897	31.2%	528,217
Sutton	1,236	70	5.7%	43	27	61.4%	1,166
Hays	94,499	5,255	5.6%	1,697	3,558	32.3%	89,244
Somervell	3,562	201	5.6%	98	103	48.8%	3,361
Crane	1,665	90	5.4%	0	90	0.0%	1,575
Hartley	1,635	88	5.4%	0	88	0.0%	1,547
Donley	1,203	62	5.2%	24	38	38.7%	1,141
Parker	54,237	2,708	5.0%	1,094	1,614	40.4%	51,529
Blanco	5,001	245	4.9%	160	85	65.3%	4,756
Hood	24,988	1,164	4.7%	607	557	52.1%	23,824
Comal	67,651	3,081	4.6%	1,041	2,040	33.8%	64,570
Denton	346,809	15,953	4.6%	4,236	11,717	26.6%	330,856
Parmer	3,183	144	4.5%	78	66	54.2%	3,039
Rockwall	39,513	1,771	4.5%	555	1,216	31.3%	37,742
Williamson	241,754	10,899	4.5%	3,783	7,116	34.7%	230,855
Hemphill	1,368	60	4.4%	20	40	33.3%	1,308
Kendall	17,249	740	4.3%	265	475	35.8%	16,509
Hansford	1,827	75	4.1%	0	75	0.0%	1,752
Briscoe	555	22	4.0%	7	15	31.8%	533
Childress	2,174	84	3.9%	25	59	29.8%	2,090
Gillespie	11,272	443	3.9%	95	348	21.4%	10,829
Carson	2,302	88	3.8%	21	67	23.9%	2,214
Irion	606	23	3.8%	5	18	21.7%	583
Armstrong	754	25	3.3%	0	25	0.0%	729
Oldham	631	21	3.3%	3	18	14.3%	610
Collin	400,182	12,177	3.0%	3,854	8,323	31.6%	388,005
Sherman	842	19	2.3%	0	19	0.0%	823
Roberts	303	6	2.0%	3	3	50.0%	297
Borden	239	2	0.8%	0	2	0.0%	237
Crockett	1,176	0	0.0%	0	0	,	1,176
King	90	0	0.0%	0	0	,	90
Terrell	453	0	0.0%	0	0	,	453

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SNAP household share, Texas counties

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SNAP household share, all 254 counties

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SNAP households, all 254 counties

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SNAP share against SNAP households

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About this data

SNAP here is the American Community Survey question on whether a household received Food Stamps/SNAP benefits in the past 12 months, from table B22001. It is a household count, not a count of people.
A county SNAP share is that county's SNAP households divided by its households. The typical-county figure is the median of those 254 shares. Adding the shares and dividing by 254 would weight Loving County the same as Harris; the statewide 11.4 per cent weights each household equally.
The Census published a figure for every Texas county. Crockett, King and Terrell reported zero SNAP households, so the share of SNAP households with someone 60 or over is shown as an em dash there: there is no SNAP household to divide.
ACS five-year estimates are a sample. Shares in the smallest counties move around more from one vintage to the next than shares in Harris or Dallas.

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SNAP household share, Texas counties

SNAP household share, all 254 counties

SNAP households, all 254 counties

SNAP share against SNAP households

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