Name: Social Security income by Texas county
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
Published: 2026-10-15T01:00:00+08:00
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Summary

Social Security household share, Texas counties

Social Security 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 Social Security 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, 35.4 per cent of households received Social Security income in the past 12 months, the midpoint of the 254 county shares. That is well above the statewide 25.3 per cent, or 2,720,364 of 10,747,240 households, because large metro counties pull the state figure down: Travis sits at 17.1 per cent among the lowest, and Harris, Dallas, Bexar, Tarrant and Travis together hold 38.2 per cent of Social Security households even though none ranks near the top by share. Averaging the county rates instead gives 36 per cent. 77 counties reach 40 per cent or more, led by tiny Kenedy at 94.1 per cent, and only 7 fall below 20 per cent. This is Social Security income (table B19055), not retirement income generally and not SSI.

35.4%typical county Social Security sharemidpoint of the 254 rounded county shares

25.3%statewide household share2.72M of 10.75M Texas households

77counties at 40% or moreabout three in ten Texas counties

94.1%highest county shareKenedy County

38.2%of Social Security households in five countiesHarris, Dallas, Bexar, Tarrant, Travis

Figure 2

Households with Social Security, all 254 counties

With Social Security · all 254 · ranked high to low

Summary

Every county the Census published, all 254, ranked by the number of households with Social Security income. Harris is first at 371,694 households, then Dallas at 203,927 and Bexar at 191,804. The five largest , Harris, Dallas, Bexar, Tarrant, Travis , hold 38.2 per cent of Social Security households in Texas. High counts and high shares are not the same list: the largest metros sit near the bottom of the share ranking.

Table 1

All counties

254 rows · 5 columns · sorted by social Security share, high to low

Summary

The full dataset: all 254 counties with household counts, households with Social Security income, the Social Security share, and households without Social Security. Sorted by Social Security share and re-sortable on any column. Use the filter box to jump to a county by name. The share is that county's Social Security 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	16	94.1%	1
Loving	36	31	86.1%	5
Real	1,021	715	70.0%	306
La Salle	1,683	1,037	61.6%	646
Jeff Davis	847	489	57.7%	358
Motley	476	260	54.6%	216
Kent	274	149	54.4%	125
Edwards	474	248	52.3%	226
Kimble	1,858	958	51.6%	900
Llano	10,218	5,268	51.6%	4,950
San Augustine	3,017	1,550	51.4%	1,467
Sabine	4,469	2,287	51.2%	2,182
Stonewall	476	242	50.8%	234
Menard	833	422	50.7%	411
Coleman	3,230	1,631	50.5%	1,599
Donley	1,203	599	49.8%	604
Terrell	453	225	49.7%	228
Coke	1,489	739	49.6%	750
Marion	4,201	2,081	49.5%	2,120
Mason	1,550	762	49.2%	788
Goliad	2,800	1,353	48.3%	1,447
Mills	1,845	892	48.3%	953
Wood	18,221	8,748	48.0%	9,473
Bandera	8,943	4,261	47.6%	4,682
Foard	421	200	47.5%	221
Schleicher	919	431	46.9%	488
Refugio	2,372	1,090	46.0%	1,282
Cottle	571	262	45.9%	309
Gillespie	11,272	5,146	45.7%	6,126
Hamilton	3,134	1,425	45.5%	1,709
Rains	4,723	2,144	45.4%	2,579
Hall	1,158	525	45.3%	633
Kerr	22,267	10,035	45.1%	12,232
San Jacinto	10,480	4,705	44.9%	5,775
Aransas	11,738	5,262	44.8%	6,476
Bosque	7,467	3,346	44.8%	4,121
Jasper	13,667	6,099	44.6%	7,568
Polk	18,575	8,282	44.6%	10,293
McCulloch	3,072	1,365	44.4%	1,707
Tyler	7,073	3,130	44.3%	3,943
Culberson	702	310	44.2%	392
Garza	1,433	632	44.1%	801
Kinney	1,180	519	44.0%	661
Hardeman	1,298	568	43.8%	730
Trinity	6,033	2,639	43.7%	3,394
Throckmorton	686	297	43.3%	389
Briscoe	555	240	43.2%	315
Newton	4,898	2,114	43.2%	2,784
Dickens	684	295	43.1%	389
Colorado	7,577	3,254	42.9%	4,323
Franklin	3,942	1,692	42.9%	2,250
Montague	8,142	3,493	42.9%	4,649
Duval	2,992	1,282	42.8%	1,710
Houston	7,795	3,333	42.8%	4,462
Freestone	6,867	2,923	42.6%	3,944
Hill	13,457	5,726	42.6%	7,731
Hood	24,988	10,649	42.6%	14,339
Henderson	32,597	13,868	42.5%	18,729
San Saba	2,095	890	42.5%	1,205
Blanco	5,001	2,116	42.3%	2,885
Falls	6,009	2,532	42.1%	3,477
Red River	4,993	2,100	42.1%	2,893
Collingsworth	947	398	42.0%	549
Comanche	5,395	2,259	41.9%	3,136
Crosby	1,974	828	41.9%	1,146
Panola	8,486	3,556	41.9%	4,930
Concho	849	355	41.8%	494
Presidio	2,340	965	41.2%	1,375
Van Zandt	22,555	9,282	41.2%	13,273
Milam	10,049	4,116	41.0%	5,933
Eastland	7,168	2,921	40.8%	4,247
DeWitt	6,683	2,713	40.6%	3,970
Fayette	9,855	4,001	40.6%	5,854
Cass	11,775	4,769	40.5%	7,006
Dimmit	3,010	1,220	40.5%	1,790
Haskell	2,108	851	40.4%	1,257
Childress	2,174	869	40.0%	1,305
Brown	14,979	5,958	39.8%	9,021
Callahan	5,237	2,073	39.6%	3,164
Limestone	8,318	3,285	39.5%	5,033
Swisher	2,453	967	39.4%	1,486
Baylor	1,548	608	39.3%	940
Irion	606	238	39.3%	368
Burleson	7,749	3,032	39.1%	4,717
Robertson	6,480	2,522	38.9%	3,958
Morris	5,038	1,956	38.8%	3,082
Armstrong	754	292	38.7%	462
Burnet	19,597	7,542	38.5%	12,055
Leon	6,546	2,518	38.5%	4,028
Wilbarger	4,737	1,825	38.5%	2,912
Anderson	17,142	6,579	38.4%	10,563
Medina	17,479	6,696	38.3%	10,783
Young	7,763	2,971	38.3%	4,792
Stephens	3,560	1,359	38.2%	2,201
Hutchinson	6,944	2,637	38.0%	4,307
Lampasas	8,147	3,098	38.0%	5,049
Live Oak	4,210	1,598	38.0%	2,612
Lavaca	8,370	3,172	37.9%	5,198
Mitchell	2,561	970	37.9%	1,591
Rusk	17,963	6,812	37.9%	11,151
Upshur	15,372	5,799	37.7%	9,573
Wheeler	1,849	696	37.6%	1,153
Washington	15,277	5,726	37.5%	9,551
Willacy	5,671	2,127	37.5%	3,544
Archer	3,439	1,284	37.3%	2,155
Lee	6,720	2,504	37.3%	4,216
Palo Pinto	10,951	4,074	37.2%	6,877
Shelby	9,177	3,411	37.2%	5,766
Hudspeth	847	314	37.1%	533
Navarro	18,484	6,863	37.1%	11,621
Camp	4,677	1,728	36.9%	2,949
Jackson	5,424	2,003	36.9%	3,421
McMullen	168	62	36.9%	106
Cherokee	18,085	6,655	36.8%	11,430
Clay	4,227	1,556	36.8%	2,671
Lamar	20,056	7,380	36.8%	12,676
Brooks	2,884	1,055	36.6%	1,829
Delta	2,095	767	36.6%	1,328
Floyd	1,939	710	36.6%	1,229
Gonzales	7,656	2,789	36.4%	4,867
Bailey	2,250	817	36.3%	1,433
Wharton	15,422	5,602	36.3%	9,820
Runnels	3,800	1,375	36.2%	2,425
Jack	2,915	1,050	36.0%	1,865
Roberts	303	108	35.6%	195
Fisher	1,590	563	35.4%	1,027
Hartley	1,635	579	35.4%	1,056
San Patricio	24,496	8,650	35.3%	15,846
Hopkins	13,878	4,856	35.0%	9,022
Hardin	21,750	7,592	34.9%	14,158
Jones	6,028	2,102	34.9%	3,926
Austin	12,174	4,231	34.8%	7,943
Matagorda	14,824	5,161	34.8%	9,663
Nolan	5,834	2,030	34.8%	3,804
Uvalde	8,422	2,931	34.8%	5,491
Wilson	17,785	6,187	34.8%	11,598
Jim Wells	13,298	4,587	34.5%	8,711
Grayson	53,325	18,309	34.3%	35,016
Carson	2,302	786	34.1%	1,516
Cochran	949	324	34.1%	625
Fannin	12,793	4,359	34.1%	8,434
Lynn	2,066	705	34.1%	1,361
Harrison	25,599	8,665	33.8%	16,934
Zapata	4,612	1,558	33.8%	3,054
Grimes	10,289	3,469	33.7%	6,820
Hunt	37,549	12,669	33.7%	24,880
Kendall	17,249	5,816	33.7%	11,433
Hemphill	1,368	458	33.5%	910
Cooke	16,252	5,428	33.4%	10,824
Jim Hogg	1,221	408	33.4%	813
Knox	1,256	418	33.3%	838
Orange	31,847	10,616	33.3%	21,231
Liberty	30,009	9,892	33.0%	20,117
Shackelford	1,329	439	33.0%	890
Angelina	32,183	10,589	32.9%	21,594
Bowie	34,801	11,444	32.9%	23,357
Smith	81,690	26,892	32.9%	54,798
Lipscomb	1,101	360	32.7%	741
Karnes	4,643	1,515	32.6%	3,128
Bee	8,581	2,779	32.4%	5,802
Caldwell	15,741	5,093	32.4%	10,648
Glasscock	441	143	32.4%	298
Lamb	4,644	1,503	32.4%	3,141
Madison	4,140	1,340	32.4%	2,800
Somervell	3,562	1,152	32.3%	2,410
Wise	24,581	7,891	32.1%	16,690
Comal	67,651	21,671	32.0%	45,980
Zavala	3,411	1,091	32.0%	2,320
Brewster	4,929	1,557	31.6%	3,372
Castro	2,427	766	31.6%	1,661
Hockley	8,058	2,545	31.6%	5,513
Victoria	34,142	10,784	31.6%	23,358
Hale	11,034	3,479	31.5%	7,555
Gray	7,926	2,484	31.3%	5,442
Bastrop	35,164	10,956	31.2%	24,208
Cameron	135,435	41,976	31.0%	93,459
Upton	1,325	411	31.0%	914
Atascosa	16,635	5,141	30.9%	11,494
Jefferson	93,646	28,922	30.9%	64,724
Nueces	130,770	40,023	30.6%	90,747
Scurry	5,931	1,814	30.6%	4,117
Starr	18,692	5,711	30.6%	12,981
Titus	11,011	3,373	30.6%	7,638
Calhoun	8,398	2,544	30.3%	5,854
Maverick	18,320	5,555	30.3%	12,765
Tom Green	46,094	13,874	30.1%	32,220
Parker	54,237	16,254	30.0%	37,983
Wichita	48,935	14,697	30.0%	34,238
Gregg	47,330	14,008	29.6%	33,322
Johnson	63,477	18,814	29.6%	44,663
Val Verde	16,706	4,937	29.6%	11,769
Coryell	26,099	7,692	29.5%	18,407
Terry	4,271	1,260	29.5%	3,011
Crockett	1,176	345	29.3%	831
Dawson	4,154	1,203	29.0%	2,951
Frio	5,144	1,479	28.8%	3,665
Nacogdoches	25,114	7,228	28.8%	17,886
McLennan	95,966	27,505	28.7%	68,461
Sherman	842	241	28.6%	601
Deaf Smith	5,973	1,701	28.5%	4,272
Walker	25,180	7,141	28.4%	18,039
Galveston	138,666	39,276	28.3%	99,390
Guadalupe	62,953	17,724	28.2%	45,229
Sutton	1,236	349	28.2%	887
Potter	42,363	11,757	27.8%	30,606
Taylor	54,390	15,080	27.7%	39,310
Erath	16,379	4,527	27.6%	11,852
Randall	55,758	15,416	27.6%	40,342
Hansford	1,827	501	27.4%	1,326
Oldham	631	172	27.3%	459
El Paso	296,341	80,625	27.2%	215,716
Ellis	68,852	18,516	26.9%	50,336
Hidalgo	264,128	70,778	26.8%	193,350
Chambers	16,558	4,363	26.3%	12,195
Bexar	740,402	191,804	25.9%	548,598
Pecos	5,108	1,319	25.8%	3,789
Gaines	7,057	1,813	25.7%	5,244
Parmer	3,183	818	25.7%	2,365
Waller	17,981	4,605	25.6%	13,376
Howard	11,927	3,026	25.4%	8,901
Kleberg	11,794	2,983	25.3%	8,811
Rockwall	39,513	9,984	25.3%	29,529
Borden	239	60	25.1%	179
Montgomery	235,474	59,025	25.1%	176,449
Brazoria	131,184	32,783	25.0%	98,401
Dallam	2,373	593	25.0%	1,780
Kaufman	49,703	12,316	24.8%	37,387
Lubbock	124,045	30,637	24.7%	93,408
Yoakum	2,616	647	24.7%	1,969
Crane	1,665	408	24.5%	1,257
King	90	22	24.4%	68
Ward	4,345	1,050	24.2%	3,295
Bell	138,557	33,435	24.1%	105,122
Webb	79,572	18,869	23.7%	60,703
Sterling	402	95	23.6%	307
Fort Bend	281,259	64,878	23.1%	216,381
Ochiltree	3,758	868	23.1%	2,890
Andrews	6,780	1,549	22.8%	5,231
Tarrant	769,285	175,405	22.8%	593,880
Hays	94,499	21,406	22.7%	73,093
Williamson	241,754	54,390	22.5%	187,364
Reeves	4,145	905	21.8%	3,240
Moore	7,275	1,571	21.6%	5,704
Harris	1,728,103	371,694	21.5%	1,356,409
Winkler	2,781	598	21.5%	2,183
Dallas	971,690	203,927	21.0%	767,763
Reagan	1,046	214	20.5%	832
Ector	62,422	12,241	19.6%	50,181
Midland	67,057	13,037	19.4%	54,020
Denton	346,809	66,972	19.3%	279,837
Collin	400,182	74,736	18.7%	325,446
Brazos	88,415	16,363	18.5%	72,052
Travis	561,491	96,073	17.1%	465,418
Martin	2,033	342	16.8%	1,691

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Social Security household share, Texas counties

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Social Security household share, all 254 counties

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About this data

Social Security here is the American Community Survey question on whether a household received Social Security income in the past 12 months, from table B19055. It is a household count, not a count of people, and it is not retirement income generally or Supplemental Security Income (SSI).
A county Social Security share is that county's households with Social Security divided by its households, rounded to one decimal place before ranking or taking the typical-county midpoint. The typical-county figure is the midpoint of those 254 rounded shares (the mean of the two middle values). Adding the shares and dividing by 254 would weight Loving County the same as Harris; the statewide 25.3 per cent comes from a separate state-level ACS row and weights each household equally.
Table B19055 does not publish a median Social Security dollar amount. Aggregate Social Security income is in a separate table (B19065); mean amounts appear on the ACS profile, not as a county median on this subject.
The Census published a figure for every Texas county on this table; no county was suppressed.
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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Social Security household share, Texas counties

Social Security household share, all 254 counties

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