Name: Cash public assistance by Texas county
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
Published: 2026-10-14T01:00:00+08:00
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Summary

Cash public assistance share, Texas counties

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

CountiesKenedy County

Summary

Every Texas county, shaded by the share of households that received cash public assistance income 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, 1.6 per cent of households received cash public assistance income in the past 12 months. That midpoint sits a little below the statewide share of 2.0 per cent, or 215,664 of 10,747,240 households. Averaging the 254 county rates instead gives 1.7 per cent. Cash aid is far rarer than SNAP: the highest shares are in small counties, led by Kenedy at 11.8 per cent, then Jim Hogg at 7.9 per cent and Nolan at 7.3 per cent. Eight counties reach 5 per cent or more, and 62 fall below 1 per cent. Seventeen counties reported none. Counts run a different way from rates. Harris, Dallas, Bexar, Tarrant and Travis together hold 48.8 per cent of households with cash public assistance, even though none of those five ranks among the highest shares.

1.6%typical county cash-aid sharethe middle county, not an average

216Khouseholds with cash aid in Texasstatewide figure from the ACS, not a county average

11.8%highest county shareKenedy County

8counties at 5% or moreon rounded county shares

48.8%of cash-aid households in five countiesHarris, Dallas, Bexar, Tarrant and Travis

Figure 2

Households with cash public assistance, all 254 counties

Households with cash public assistance · all 254 · ranked high to low

Summary

Every county the Census published, all 254, ranked by households with cash public assistance income. Harris is first at 40,340 households (2.3 per cent of households there), then Dallas at 20,968 and Bexar at 18,848. The five largest, adding Tarrant and Travis, hold 48.8 per cent of those households in Texas. A high count does not mean a high share: Harris ranks first by count and near the middle by share.

Table 1

All counties

254 rows · 5 columns · sorted by cash public assistance share, high to low

Summary

The full dataset: all 254 counties with household counts, households with cash public assistance income, the cash-aid share, and households without. Sorted by cash-aid share and re-sortable on any column. Use the filter box to jump to a county by name. The share is that county's cash-aid 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
	?	?	?	?
Kenedy	17	2	11.8%	15
Jim Hogg	1,221	96	7.9%	1,125
Nolan	5,834	423	7.3%	5,411
Limestone	8,318	504	6.1%	7,814
Anderson	17,142	970	5.7%	16,172
Haskell	2,108	115	5.5%	1,993
Freestone	6,867	366	5.3%	6,501
Presidio	2,340	123	5.3%	2,217
Crane	1,665	72	4.3%	1,593
Zavala	3,411	148	4.3%	3,263
Calhoun	8,398	345	4.1%	8,053
Jim Wells	13,298	489	3.7%	12,809
Wharton	15,422	556	3.6%	14,866
Atascosa	16,635	581	3.5%	16,054
Crockett	1,176	41	3.5%	1,135
Hardeman	1,298	46	3.5%	1,252
Martin	2,033	71	3.5%	1,962
Hardin	21,750	727	3.3%	21,023
Val Verde	16,706	552	3.3%	16,154
Gaines	7,057	227	3.2%	6,830
Kimble	1,858	59	3.2%	1,799
Navarro	18,484	597	3.2%	17,887
San Jacinto	10,480	333	3.2%	10,147
Brewster	4,929	153	3.1%	4,776
Delta	2,095	64	3.1%	2,031
Schleicher	919	28	3.0%	891
Upshur	15,372	460	3.0%	14,912
Mills	1,845	53	2.9%	1,792
Potter	42,363	1,249	2.9%	41,114
Aransas	11,738	323	2.8%	11,415
Baylor	1,548	43	2.8%	1,505
Brooks	2,884	80	2.8%	2,804
Eastland	7,168	203	2.8%	6,965
El Paso	296,341	8,323	2.8%	288,018
Refugio	2,372	67	2.8%	2,305
Henderson	32,597	885	2.7%	31,712
Maverick	18,320	498	2.7%	17,822
Nacogdoches	25,114	667	2.7%	24,447
Burleson	7,749	200	2.6%	7,549
Angelina	32,183	802	2.5%	31,381
Archer	3,439	86	2.5%	3,353
Bexar	740,402	18,848	2.5%	721,554
Cameron	135,435	3,408	2.5%	132,027
Coleman	3,230	81	2.5%	3,149
Hays	94,499	2,316	2.5%	92,183
Kleberg	11,794	299	2.5%	11,495
Lampasas	8,147	200	2.5%	7,947
Reeves	4,145	102	2.5%	4,043
Walker	25,180	637	2.5%	24,543
Chambers	16,558	391	2.4%	16,167
Deaf Smith	5,973	142	2.4%	5,831
Frio	5,144	126	2.4%	5,018
Houston	7,795	184	2.4%	7,611
Hunt	37,549	888	2.4%	36,661
McLennan	95,966	2,335	2.4%	93,631
Duval	2,992	69	2.3%	2,923
Harris	1,728,103	40,340	2.3%	1,687,763
Harrison	25,599	581	2.3%	25,018
Stephens	3,560	82	2.3%	3,478
Washington	15,277	348	2.3%	14,929
Blanco	5,001	111	2.2%	4,890
Brazoria	131,184	2,889	2.2%	128,295
Dallas	971,690	20,968	2.2%	950,722
Floyd	1,939	43	2.2%	1,896
Fort Bend	281,259	6,296	2.2%	274,963
Jack	2,915	64	2.2%	2,851
Terrell	453	10	2.2%	443
Upton	1,325	29	2.2%	1,296
Hockley	8,058	169	2.1%	7,889
McCulloch	3,072	65	2.1%	3,007
Mason	1,550	33	2.1%	1,517
Matagorda	14,824	316	2.1%	14,508
Medina	17,479	365	2.1%	17,114
Swisher	2,453	51	2.1%	2,402
Terry	4,271	88	2.1%	4,183
Wilbarger	4,737	100	2.1%	4,637
Cochran	949	19	2.0%	930
Ector	62,422	1,238	2.0%	61,184
Gregg	47,330	947	2.0%	46,383
Howard	11,927	241	2.0%	11,686
Kaufman	49,703	990	2.0%	48,713
Nueces	130,770	2,579	2.0%	128,191
Scurry	5,931	119	2.0%	5,812
Smith	81,690	1,603	2.0%	80,087
Tarrant	769,285	15,028	2.0%	754,257
Tom Green	46,094	902	2.0%	45,192
Webb	79,572	1,608	2.0%	77,964
Coke	1,489	29	1.9%	1,460
Crosby	1,974	37	1.9%	1,937
Galveston	138,666	2,610	1.9%	136,056
Hale	11,034	208	1.9%	10,826
Hidalgo	264,128	5,010	1.9%	259,118
Leon	6,546	127	1.9%	6,419
Llano	10,218	197	1.9%	10,021
Lubbock	124,045	2,390	1.9%	121,655
Midland	67,057	1,286	1.9%	65,771
Uvalde	8,422	157	1.9%	8,265
Bell	138,557	2,457	1.8%	136,100
Brazos	88,415	1,572	1.8%	86,843
Comanche	5,395	96	1.8%	5,299
Erath	16,379	298	1.8%	16,081
Fisher	1,590	29	1.8%	1,561
Franklin	3,942	72	1.8%	3,870
Garza	1,433	26	1.8%	1,407
Guadalupe	62,953	1,130	1.8%	61,823
Kent	274	5	1.8%	269
Palo Pinto	10,951	198	1.8%	10,753
San Patricio	24,496	440	1.8%	24,056
Travis	561,491	10,162	1.8%	551,329
Van Zandt	22,555	408	1.8%	22,147
Victoria	34,142	626	1.8%	33,516
Waller	17,981	326	1.8%	17,655
Willacy	5,671	101	1.8%	5,570
Yoakum	2,616	46	1.8%	2,570
Bastrop	35,164	604	1.7%	34,560
Brown	14,979	260	1.7%	14,719
Caldwell	15,741	275	1.7%	15,466
Cherokee	18,085	315	1.7%	17,770
Dawson	4,154	70	1.7%	4,084
Hall	1,158	20	1.7%	1,138
Lamar	20,056	348	1.7%	19,708
Pecos	5,108	85	1.7%	5,023
Ward	4,345	75	1.7%	4,270
Wichita	48,935	816	1.7%	48,119
Armstrong	754	12	1.6%	742
Denton	346,809	5,500	1.6%	341,309
Jefferson	93,646	1,496	1.6%	92,150
Liberty	30,009	477	1.6%	29,532
Sutton	1,236	20	1.6%	1,216
Trinity	6,033	94	1.6%	5,939
Bandera	8,943	138	1.5%	8,805
Bee	8,581	130	1.5%	8,451
Bowie	34,801	530	1.5%	34,271
Callahan	5,237	79	1.5%	5,158
Cooke	16,252	251	1.5%	16,001
Edwards	474	7	1.5%	467
Ellis	68,852	1,044	1.5%	67,808
Fayette	9,855	150	1.5%	9,705
Goliad	2,800	42	1.5%	2,758
Gonzales	7,656	116	1.5%	7,540
Grayson	53,325	793	1.5%	52,532
Hartley	1,635	24	1.5%	1,611
Kerr	22,267	331	1.5%	21,936
Lee	6,720	98	1.5%	6,622
Milam	10,049	152	1.5%	9,897
Polk	18,575	282	1.5%	18,293
Sabine	4,469	67	1.5%	4,402
Titus	11,011	165	1.5%	10,846
Wood	18,221	265	1.5%	17,956
Cass	11,775	164	1.4%	11,611
Dimmit	3,010	43	1.4%	2,967
Hood	24,988	361	1.4%	24,627
Lynn	2,066	28	1.4%	2,038
Montgomery	235,474	3,221	1.4%	232,253
Morris	5,038	71	1.4%	4,967
Ochiltree	3,758	51	1.4%	3,707
Rusk	17,963	259	1.4%	17,704
Briscoe	555	7	1.3%	548
Collin	400,182	5,402	1.3%	394,780
Coryell	26,099	327	1.3%	25,772
Grimes	10,289	131	1.3%	10,158
Hamilton	3,134	40	1.3%	3,094
Jasper	13,667	184	1.3%	13,483
Johnson	63,477	804	1.3%	62,673
Orange	31,847	424	1.3%	31,423
Shelby	9,177	116	1.3%	9,061
Wilson	17,785	226	1.3%	17,559
Wise	24,581	331	1.3%	24,250
Andrews	6,780	79	1.2%	6,701
Clay	4,227	51	1.2%	4,176
Colorado	7,577	94	1.2%	7,483
Comal	67,651	827	1.2%	66,824
Fannin	12,793	156	1.2%	12,637
Gray	7,926	99	1.2%	7,827
Robertson	6,480	77	1.2%	6,403
Young	7,763	93	1.2%	7,670
Zapata	4,612	56	1.2%	4,556
Austin	12,174	135	1.1%	12,039
Bosque	7,467	82	1.1%	7,385
Burnet	19,597	211	1.1%	19,386
Falls	6,009	65	1.1%	5,944
Hutchinson	6,944	75	1.1%	6,869
Menard	833	9	1.1%	824
Randall	55,758	622	1.1%	55,136
Rockwall	39,513	445	1.1%	39,068
Starr	18,692	213	1.1%	18,479
Williamson	241,754	2,721	1.1%	239,033
Dallam	2,373	24	1.0%	2,349
Jones	6,028	63	1.0%	5,965
Knox	1,256	13	1.0%	1,243
Newton	4,898	50	1.0%	4,848
Taylor	54,390	522	1.0%	53,868
DeWitt	6,683	58	0.9%	6,625
Hopkins	13,878	128	0.9%	13,750
Lamb	4,644	42	0.9%	4,602
Madison	4,140	39	0.9%	4,101
Marion	4,201	38	0.9%	4,163
Throckmorton	686	6	0.9%	680
Collingsworth	947	8	0.8%	939
Hill	13,457	102	0.8%	13,355
Hudspeth	847	7	0.8%	840
Jackson	5,424	44	0.8%	5,380
Kendall	17,249	138	0.8%	17,111
Lipscomb	1,101	9	0.8%	1,092
Montague	8,142	62	0.8%	8,080
Panola	8,486	69	0.8%	8,417
Parker	54,237	450	0.8%	53,787
San Saba	2,095	16	0.8%	2,079
Tyler	7,073	59	0.8%	7,014
Castro	2,427	16	0.7%	2,411
Roberts	303	2	0.7%	301
Somervell	3,562	24	0.7%	3,538
Camp	4,677	30	0.6%	4,647
Kinney	1,180	7	0.6%	1,173
Live Oak	4,210	25	0.6%	4,185
Runnels	3,800	24	0.6%	3,776
Concho	849	4	0.5%	845
Gillespie	11,272	52	0.5%	11,220
Lavaca	8,370	38	0.5%	8,332
San Augustine	3,017	16	0.5%	3,001
Shackelford	1,329	6	0.5%	1,323
Bailey	2,250	9	0.4%	2,241
Carson	2,302	10	0.4%	2,292
Cottle	571	2	0.4%	569
Mitchell	2,561	10	0.4%	2,551
Parmer	3,183	12	0.4%	3,171
Rains	4,723	17	0.4%	4,706
Dickens	684	2	0.3%	682
Moore	7,275	24	0.3%	7,251
Oldham	631	2	0.3%	629
Red River	4,993	13	0.3%	4,980
Winkler	2,781	8	0.3%	2,773
Karnes	4,643	9	0.2%	4,634
Hansford	1,827	2	0.1%	1,825
La Salle	1,683	2	0.1%	1,681
Wheeler	1,849	1	0.1%	1,848
Borden	239	0	0.0%	239
Childress	2,174	1	0.0%	2,173
Culberson	702	0	0.0%	702
Donley	1,203	0	0.0%	1,203
Foard	421	0	0.0%	421
Glasscock	441	0	0.0%	441
Hemphill	1,368	0	0.0%	1,368
Irion	606	0	0.0%	606
Jeff Davis	847	0	0.0%	847
King	90	0	0.0%	90
Loving	36	0	0.0%	36
McMullen	168	0	0.0%	168
Motley	476	0	0.0%	476
Reagan	1,046	0	0.0%	1,046
Real	1,021	0	0.0%	1,021
Sherman	842	0	0.0%	842
Sterling	402	0	0.0%	402
Stonewall	476	0	0.0%	476

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Cash public assistance share, Texas counties

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Households with cash public assistance, all 254 counties

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About this data

Cash public assistance here is the American Community Survey question on whether a household received public assistance income in the past 12 months, from table B19057. It is cash aid such as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). It is not SNAP/food stamps (see B22001 / B19058) and not Social Security or SSI alone.
A county cash-aid share is that county's households with public assistance income divided by its households, rounded to one decimal place before ranking, thresholds or the typical-county midpoint. The typical-county figure is the median of those 254 rounded shares. Adding the shares and dividing by 254 would weight Loving County the same as Harris; the statewide 2.0 per cent weights each household equally and comes from a separate state-level ACS request.
The Census published a figure for every Texas county. Seventeen counties reported zero households with cash public assistance income; those zeros are published zeros, not suppressed values, and the share is shown as 0.0 per cent.
ACS five-year estimates are a sample. Shares in the smallest counties, including Kenedy with only 17 households in the estimate, move around more from one vintage to the next than shares in Harris or Dallas.

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Cash public assistance share, Texas counties

Cash public assistance share, all 254 counties

Households with cash public assistance, all 254 counties

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