Name: Retirement income by Texas county
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
Published: 2026-10-16T01:00:00+08:00
License: https://www.census.gov/data/developers/about/terms-of-service.html

Summary

Retirement income share, Texas counties

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

CountiesLoving County

Summary

Every Texas county, shaded by the share of households that received retirement 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, 22.1 per cent of households received retirement income in the past 12 months. That midpoint sits above the statewide share of 19.2 per cent, or 2,061,739 of 10,747,240 households, because large urban counties pull the state rate down. Averaging the 254 county rates instead gives 22.9 per cent. Loving County leads at 61.1 per cent, though only 22 of its households reported retirement income; among larger places, Sabine (41.2 per cent) and Lampasas (40.5 per cent) sit near the top. 164 counties reach 20 per cent or more, and only 3 fall below 10 per cent. Culberson is lowest at 7.1 per cent. Counts run a different way from rates: Harris, Bexar, Dallas, Tarrant and Travis together hold 39.3 per cent of households with retirement income. This is retirement income, not Social Security.

22.1%typical county sharethe middle county, not an average

2.06Mhouseholds with retirement income in Texasstatewide figure from a separate state request

61.1%highest county shareLoving County

164counties at 20% or morerounded county shares, half-up to one decimal

39.3%of retirement households in five countiesHarris, Bexar, Dallas, Tarrant and Travis

Figure 2

Households with retirement income, all 254 counties

Households with retirement income · all 254 · ranked high to low

Summary

The complete ranking by count. Harris, Bexar, Dallas, Tarrant and Travis together account for 39.3 per cent of Texas households with retirement income. Harris alone has 270,053 such households. Counts concentrate in the metros; shares concentrate in smaller and older counties.

Table 1

All counties

254 rows · 5 columns · sorted by retirement income share, high to low

Summary

The full dataset: all 254 counties with household counts, households with and without retirement income, and the retirement-income share, sorted by share and re-sortable on any column. Use the filter box to jump straight to a county by name. Shares are rounded to one decimal place. This table is retirement income (B19059), not Social Security (B19055).

All counties
	?	?	?	?
Loving	36	22	61.1%	14
Terrell	453	226	49.9%	227
Kent	274	129	47.1%	145
Sabine	4,469	1,843	41.2%	2,626
Lampasas	8,147	3,297	40.5%	4,850
Llano	10,218	3,868	37.9%	6,350
Mills	1,845	686	37.2%	1,159
Kinney	1,180	436	36.9%	744
Bandera	8,943	3,293	36.8%	5,650
Rains	4,723	1,624	34.4%	3,099
Wood	18,221	6,270	34.4%	11,951
Kerr	22,267	7,643	34.3%	14,624
Marion	4,201	1,413	33.6%	2,788
Falls	6,009	1,999	33.3%	4,010
Real	1,021	339	33.2%	682
Medina	17,479	5,750	32.9%	11,729
Mason	1,550	508	32.8%	1,042
Hood	24,988	8,090	32.4%	16,898
Clay	4,227	1,367	32.3%	2,860
Callahan	5,237	1,687	32.2%	3,550
Armstrong	754	242	32.1%	512
Coryell	26,099	8,389	32.1%	17,710
Houston	7,795	2,497	32.0%	5,298
Trinity	6,033	1,929	32.0%	4,104
Schleicher	919	293	31.9%	626
Burleson	7,749	2,450	31.6%	5,299
Wilbarger	4,737	1,491	31.5%	3,246
Robertson	6,480	2,034	31.4%	4,446
Kimble	1,858	582	31.3%	1,276
Refugio	2,372	737	31.1%	1,635
San Jacinto	10,480	3,258	31.1%	7,222
Aransas	11,738	3,639	31.0%	8,099
Fayette	9,855	3,018	30.6%	6,837
Gillespie	11,272	3,434	30.5%	7,838
Comal	67,651	20,528	30.3%	47,123
San Augustine	3,017	915	30.3%	2,102
Kendall	17,249	5,149	29.9%	12,100
Franklin	3,942	1,176	29.8%	2,766
Hamilton	3,134	931	29.7%	2,203
Jones	6,028	1,788	29.7%	4,240
Bosque	7,467	2,212	29.6%	5,255
Montague	8,142	2,407	29.6%	5,735
Leon	6,546	1,933	29.5%	4,613
Blanco	5,001	1,469	29.4%	3,532
Kenedy	17	5	29.4%	12
Cass	11,775	3,423	29.1%	8,352
Burnet	19,597	5,689	29.0%	13,908
Limestone	8,318	2,411	29.0%	5,907
Polk	18,575	5,342	28.8%	13,233
Archer	3,439	975	28.4%	2,464
Menard	833	236	28.3%	597
Wilson	17,785	5,037	28.3%	12,748
Guadalupe	62,953	17,737	28.2%	45,216
Tyler	7,073	1,979	28.0%	5,094
Dickens	684	191	27.9%	493
Fisher	1,590	444	27.9%	1,146
Morris	5,038	1,403	27.8%	3,635
Coke	1,489	413	27.7%	1,076
Henderson	32,597	8,957	27.5%	23,640
Stonewall	476	131	27.5%	345
Freestone	6,867	1,842	26.8%	5,025
Hardeman	1,298	347	26.7%	951
San Saba	2,095	554	26.4%	1,541
Bowie	34,801	9,084	26.1%	25,717
Coleman	3,230	843	26.1%	2,387
Comanche	5,395	1,408	26.1%	3,987
Milam	10,049	2,618	26.1%	7,431
Red River	4,993	1,301	26.1%	3,692
Anderson	17,142	4,460	26.0%	12,682
Hardin	21,750	5,654	26.0%	16,096
Calhoun	8,398	2,176	25.9%	6,222
Lee	6,720	1,736	25.8%	4,984
DeWitt	6,683	1,719	25.7%	4,964
Angelina	32,183	8,226	25.6%	23,957
Lamar	20,056	5,126	25.6%	14,930
McMullen	168	43	25.6%	125
Parker	54,237	13,888	25.6%	40,349
Palo Pinto	10,951	2,789	25.5%	8,162
Washington	15,277	3,893	25.5%	11,384
Van Zandt	22,555	5,698	25.3%	16,857
Bell	138,557	34,808	25.1%	103,749
Hill	13,457	3,359	25.0%	10,098
Wise	24,581	6,112	24.9%	18,469
Goliad	2,800	694	24.8%	2,106
Grimes	10,289	2,548	24.8%	7,741
Brown	14,979	3,684	24.6%	11,295
Bastrop	35,164	8,599	24.5%	26,565
Cooke	16,252	3,956	24.3%	12,296
Grayson	53,325	12,940	24.3%	40,385
Victoria	34,142	8,274	24.2%	25,868
Donley	1,203	290	24.1%	913
Fannin	12,793	3,087	24.1%	9,706
Camp	4,677	1,122	24.0%	3,555
Colorado	7,577	1,820	24.0%	5,757
Hutchinson	6,944	1,667	24.0%	5,277
Ellis	68,852	16,375	23.8%	52,477
Somervell	3,562	843	23.7%	2,719
Walker	25,180	5,969	23.7%	19,211
Austin	12,174	2,870	23.6%	9,304
Hunt	37,549	8,839	23.5%	28,710
Madison	4,140	974	23.5%	3,166
Harrison	25,599	5,992	23.4%	19,607
Haskell	2,108	494	23.4%	1,614
Crosby	1,974	457	23.2%	1,517
Young	7,763	1,802	23.2%	5,961
Galveston	138,666	32,073	23.1%	106,593
Hopkins	13,878	3,190	23.0%	10,688
Baylor	1,548	354	22.9%	1,194
Bee	8,581	1,966	22.9%	6,615
Hall	1,158	265	22.9%	893
Scurry	5,931	1,357	22.9%	4,574
Caldwell	15,741	3,587	22.8%	12,154
Irion	606	138	22.8%	468
Runnels	3,800	866	22.8%	2,934
Navarro	18,484	4,176	22.6%	14,308
Orange	31,847	7,182	22.6%	24,665
Hartley	1,635	368	22.5%	1,267
Cherokee	18,085	4,057	22.4%	14,028
Lavaca	8,370	1,873	22.4%	6,497
Eastland	7,168	1,597	22.3%	5,571
Gray	7,926	1,767	22.3%	6,159
Jack	2,915	650	22.3%	2,265
Jackson	5,424	1,209	22.3%	4,215
McCulloch	3,072	684	22.3%	2,388
Rusk	17,963	4,001	22.3%	13,962
Randall	55,758	12,401	22.2%	43,357
Erath	16,379	3,626	22.1%	12,753
Swisher	2,453	542	22.1%	1,911
Wichita	48,935	10,831	22.1%	38,104
Jeff Davis	847	186	22.0%	661
Matagorda	14,824	3,254	22.0%	11,570
San Patricio	24,496	5,388	22.0%	19,108
Shackelford	1,329	292	22.0%	1,037
Rockwall	39,513	8,632	21.8%	30,881
Edwards	474	103	21.7%	371
Panola	8,486	1,838	21.7%	6,648
Upton	1,325	288	21.7%	1,037
Williamson	241,754	52,360	21.7%	189,394
Collingsworth	947	205	21.6%	742
Montgomery	235,474	50,787	21.6%	184,687
Tom Green	46,094	9,918	21.5%	36,176
Bexar	740,402	158,549	21.4%	581,853
Hays	94,499	20,177	21.4%	74,322
La Salle	1,683	360	21.4%	1,323
Borden	239	51	21.3%	188
Stephens	3,560	760	21.3%	2,800
Atascosa	16,635	3,528	21.2%	13,107
Howard	11,927	2,527	21.2%	9,400
King	90	19	21.1%	71
Wharton	15,422	3,261	21.1%	12,161
Chambers	16,558	3,471	21.0%	13,087
Gregg	47,330	9,889	20.9%	37,441
Nacogdoches	25,114	5,251	20.9%	19,863
Smith	81,690	17,104	20.9%	64,586
Jefferson	93,646	19,480	20.8%	74,166
Upshur	15,372	3,204	20.8%	12,168
Kaufman	49,703	10,256	20.6%	39,447
Concho	849	174	20.5%	675
Lynn	2,066	423	20.5%	1,643
Titus	11,011	2,260	20.5%	8,751
McLennan	95,966	19,568	20.4%	76,398
Brazoria	131,184	26,692	20.3%	104,492
Winkler	2,781	565	20.3%	2,216
Nolan	5,834	1,179	20.2%	4,655
Throckmorton	686	136	19.8%	550
Carson	2,302	452	19.6%	1,850
Mitchell	2,561	503	19.6%	2,058
Nueces	130,770	25,661	19.6%	105,109
Shelby	9,177	1,795	19.6%	7,382
Fort Bend	281,259	54,911	19.5%	226,348
Garza	1,433	279	19.5%	1,154
Hansford	1,827	357	19.5%	1,470
Taylor	54,390	10,579	19.5%	43,811
Uvalde	8,422	1,639	19.5%	6,783
Crane	1,665	323	19.4%	1,342
Delta	2,095	406	19.4%	1,689
Gonzales	7,656	1,479	19.3%	6,177
Live Oak	4,210	811	19.3%	3,399
Karnes	4,643	892	19.2%	3,751
Val Verde	16,706	3,212	19.2%	13,494
Willacy	5,671	1,090	19.2%	4,581
Jasper	13,667	2,580	18.9%	11,087
Waller	17,981	3,392	18.9%	14,589
Denton	346,809	65,118	18.8%	281,691
Dimmit	3,010	567	18.8%	2,443
Hockley	8,058	1,511	18.8%	6,547
Johnson	63,477	11,952	18.8%	51,525
Lipscomb	1,101	207	18.8%	894
Roberts	303	57	18.8%	246
Tarrant	769,285	143,677	18.7%	625,608
Wheeler	1,849	345	18.7%	1,504
Liberty	30,009	5,520	18.4%	24,489
Newton	4,898	901	18.4%	3,997
El Paso	296,341	54,119	18.3%	242,222
Lubbock	124,045	22,447	18.1%	101,598
Sherman	842	152	18.1%	690
Childress	2,174	388	17.8%	1,786
Reagan	1,046	186	17.8%	860
Martin	2,033	360	17.7%	1,673
Kleberg	11,794	2,056	17.4%	9,738
Duval	2,992	519	17.3%	2,473
Briscoe	555	95	17.1%	460
Cameron	135,435	23,136	17.1%	112,299
Collin	400,182	68,395	17.1%	331,787
Cottle	571	97	17.0%	474
Lamb	4,644	791	17.0%	3,853
Brooks	2,884	478	16.6%	2,406
Floyd	1,939	321	16.6%	1,618
Potter	42,363	7,039	16.6%	35,324
Knox	1,256	207	16.5%	1,049
Midland	67,057	10,977	16.4%	56,080
Frio	5,144	839	16.3%	4,305
Glasscock	441	71	16.1%	370
Brewster	4,929	786	15.9%	4,143
Brazos	88,415	13,987	15.8%	74,428
Hale	11,034	1,744	15.8%	9,290
Motley	476	75	15.8%	401
Oldham	631	100	15.8%	531
Travis	561,491	88,463	15.8%	473,028
Harris	1,728,103	270,053	15.6%	1,458,050
Crockett	1,176	181	15.4%	995
Sterling	402	62	15.4%	340
Dallas	971,690	148,967	15.3%	822,723
Zapata	4,612	705	15.3%	3,907
Foard	421	64	15.2%	357
Ward	4,345	656	15.1%	3,689
Jim Hogg	1,221	183	15.0%	1,038
Hidalgo	264,128	39,263	14.9%	224,865
Jim Wells	13,298	1,974	14.8%	11,324
Starr	18,692	2,754	14.7%	15,938
Bailey	2,250	329	14.6%	1,921
Terry	4,271	617	14.4%	3,654
Parmer	3,183	456	14.3%	2,727
Zavala	3,411	476	14.0%	2,935
Andrews	6,780	942	13.9%	5,838
Ochiltree	3,758	524	13.9%	3,234
Pecos	5,108	712	13.9%	4,396
Dallam	2,373	327	13.8%	2,046
Dawson	4,154	561	13.5%	3,593
Sutton	1,236	167	13.5%	1,069
Reeves	4,145	551	13.3%	3,594
Webb	79,572	10,577	13.3%	68,995
Hudspeth	847	111	13.1%	736
Yoakum	2,616	344	13.1%	2,272
Gaines	7,057	914	13.0%	6,143
Hemphill	1,368	176	12.9%	1,192
Maverick	18,320	2,252	12.3%	16,068
Ector	62,422	7,534	12.1%	54,888
Cochran	949	112	11.8%	837
Presidio	2,340	261	11.2%	2,079
Deaf Smith	5,973	656	11.0%	5,317
Moore	7,275	710	9.8%	6,565
Castro	2,427	235	9.7%	2,192
Culberson	702	50	7.1%	652

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Retirement income share, Texas counties

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Retirement income share, all 254 counties

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Households with retirement income, all 254 counties

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Retirement income share against household count

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About this data

Retirement income here is the American Community Survey question on whether a household received retirement income in the past 12 months, from table B19059. It is a household count, not a count of people, and it is not Social Security income (that is table B19055).
A county retirement-income share is that county's households with retirement income divided by its households. Shares are rounded to one decimal place before ranking, counting counties at a threshold, or taking 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 19.2 per cent weights each household equally.
Table B19059 does not publish a median retirement-income dollar amount for counties. Aggregate dollars are in a separate table (B19069) and are not shown here.
The Census published a figure for every Texas county; none were suppressed for this table.
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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Retirement income share, Texas counties

Retirement income share, all 254 counties

Households with retirement income, all 254 counties

Retirement income share against household count

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