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Texas

Population29.6m
Counties254county-level areas on the 2024 Census map
Density43.8people per km² of land
Median household income$76,29260th percentile of states

How it has changed

The state’s own figures from 2010 to 2024. A measure published for only one year shows as a single point instead of a line.

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The state figure, and the range across its counties

The state figure is the one its own agency publishes. It is never an average of the counties. You cannot average medians (middle values) to get a new median, and a rate has to be worked out again from the added-up counts. The county range next to it shows what a single state number has to hide.

Sometimes fewer counties report than the state has. The missing ones were held back because their counts were too small to publish — mostly deaths. A range from only part of the state is not the state’s full range. It can even sit entirely above or below the state figure. So the number of counties reporting is shown next to it.

You can sort by any column. 47 of these 185 measures have a clear better end, and those are ranked best first. For example, the lowest infant death rate is first place, and so is the highest life expectancy. The rest have no better end, so they are ranked highest first, and the cell says “highest” instead of “best”. A state is not winning or losing by how much of its tax comes from severance taxes (taxes on oil, gas and minerals taken from the ground).

Alcohol-involved share of driving deaths0.254%15th best of 510%0.25%0.667%192
Always wears a seatbelt94.714th best of 49————
Arrivals per 100 people staying2.5137th highest of 511.79718.1246
Arrivals per 100 staying, $200,000 or more2.3927th highest of 51————
Arthritis22.25th best of 46————
Binge drinking17.630th best of 49————
Births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 5056.610th highest of 52059.2156141
Black Protestant adherents2.2518th highest of 5100.5924.1254
Black-white residential segregation55.244th highest of 518.8745.892.4167
Business closing rate9.3917th highest of 5108.7236.4254
Business opening rate11.88th highest of 51010.437.5254
Catholic adherents20.316th highest of 51015.187.5254
Checkup in the past year72.240th highest of 49————
Child mortality52.925th best of 5128.259.7166124
Child poverty rate, ages 0-1718.4%38th best of 515.9%21.5%45%253
Children in single-parent households0.254%20th highest of 510%0.255%0.726%203
Congregations per 10,000 people10.233rd highest of 51024.584.8254
Current asthma8.322nd best of 47————
Current smoking12.120th best of 49————
Departures per 100 people staying2.0248th highest of 512.426.5223.7248
Departures per 100 staying, $200,000 or more1.7948th highest of 51————
Depression19.914th best of 49————
Diabetes16.138th best of 45————
Difficulty concentrating or deciding15.136th best of 49————
Difficulty running errands alone7.4321st best of 46————
Difficulty walking or climbing stairs15.931st best of 47————
Disability-free score-0.30631st highest of 47-3.44-0.2551.5253
Drug overdose deaths16.54th best of 515.3715.537.593
Effective general sales tax rate3.1711th highest of 51————
Effective individual income tax rate051st highest of 51————
Effective property tax rate1.587th highest of 520.4641.252.09240
Effective property tax rate on income3.4310th highest of 51————
Evangelical Protestant adherents23.512th highest of 51031.7453254
Fair or poor health22.942nd best of 49————
Fine particulate matter8.138th best of 515.28.112.6245
Firearm fatalities1425th best of 515.8916.740.6133
Firearm share of suicides, standardised1189th highest of 5152.8121167145
Firearm suicide rate8.2733rd highest of 513.1212.132.9145
Flu vaccination among Medicare enrollees0.45%35th best of 510.09%0.36%0.54%252
Gini index of income inequality0.47635th best of 520.2890.4530.658254
Has health insurance80.949th highest of 49————
Health score-0.063529th highest of 49-1.45-0.3091.07253
High blood pressure33.426th best of 49————
High cholesterol35.932nd best of 49————
High school graduation0.899%7th best of 480.737%0.94%0.993%190
Homeownership rate62.6%47th highest of 5246.8%74.5%94.5%251
Homicide rate6.5428th best of 511.825.7216.886
Homicide rate, annual7.0820th highest of 512.586.7918.934
How much faster the top bracket arrives than everyone else0.10221st highest of 51————
Income gap between arrivals and departures$2,71022nd highest of 51$-80,430$3,788$86,190245
Infant mortality5.5821st best of 513.865.88.7672
Injury deaths66.26th best of 5132.786.8170224
Life expectancy76.7 years30th best of 5168.2 years73.9 years84.2 years236
Mainline Protestant adherents4.5132nd highest of 5104.9730.5254
Material security score-1.0350th highest of 51-2.36-0.01941.41228
Mean adjusted gross income per return$92,88619th best of 51$38,810$71,280$214,200252
Mean income of arriving households$83,86315th highest of 51$33,210$60,550$150,100246
Mean income of departing households$81,15316th highest of 51$32,640$54,940$155,200248
Mean travel time to work26.7 min39th best of 529.74 min24.4 min40.4 min248
Median age35.5 years50th highest of 5225 years39.3 years68.9 years253
Median gross rent$1,33920th highest of 52$323$933$1,899239
Median home value$260,40028th highest of 52$54,100$158,900$489,800247
Median household income$76,29222nd best of 52$29,010$63,420$124,900248
Median household income (model-based)$75,77824th best of 51$36,700$60,360$120,100254
Median property tax bill4,11112th highest of 524931,8787,487247
Meets aerobic guidelines56.443rd best of 49————
Membership organisations7.3844th best of 51010.336.8254
Millionaire returns as a share of all returns0.50811th highest of 52————
Millionaires' share of all income1810th highest of 52————
Motor vehicle crash deaths13.830th best of 516.8523.157.6184
Net business formation rate2.462nd highest of 51-131.7837.5254
Net domestic migration rate6.349th highest of 51————
Net migration per 100 people staying0.49210th highest of 51-4.680.4956.17245
Net migration per 100 staying, $200,000 or more0.59816th highest of 51————
Obesity34.726th best of 49————
Orthodox Christian adherents0.1928th highest of 51000.64254
Other religion adherents4.2822nd highest of 5101.7812.9254
People per tax return24th highest of 51222254
Per capita income$39,44636th best of 52$16,320$31,960$59,290253
Per capita personal income$67,50323rd best of 51$33,210$57,290$210,400254
Poverty rate13.8%41st best of 524.3%14.5%44.8%228
Poverty rate (model-based)13.7%38th best of 514.7%15.2%32%254
Premature mortality41929th best of 51233542808244
Preventable hospital stays2,96837th best of 519063,0236,214239
Private job growth3.462nd highest of 52-29.82.3451.1253
Religious adherents5511th highest of 51059.6453254
Republican share of the two-party vote, 202456.920th highest of 5129.381.796.2254
Returns claiming charitable contributions6.05%24th highest of 510%3.23%12.7%254
Returns claiming the earned income credit19.4%6th highest of 510%19.6%45.4%254
Returns reporting capital gains15.1%42nd highest of 510%13.1%32%254
Returns reporting unemployment compensation2.32%23rd highest of 510%1.56%8.45%254
Safety score0.2612th highest of 51-2.52-0.03241.19134
Share aged 65 and over13.2%50th highest of 528.44%17.8%39.1%251
Share American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic0.152%32nd highest of 510%0.0757%1.37%103
Share Asian, not Hispanic5.25%12th highest of 520%0.736%21.6%151
Share Black, not Hispanic11.9%19th highest of 520%5.75%32.9%182
Share divorced10.1%40th highest of 524.48%11.1%19.4%237
Share foreign-born17.2%8th highest of 520%7.75%30.6%212
Share Hispanic or Latino, any race39.5%4th highest of 520%27.6%97.3%247
Share in the same house a year ago84.7%39th highest of 5171.6%87%100%254
Share Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic0.0815%16th highest of 490%0%0.737%159
Share never married33.6%21st highest of 529.2%27.8%49.7%251
Share now married51.4%16th highest of 5229.2%54%83.3%254
Share of births to unmarried women31.8%22nd highest of 520%36.9%100%122
Share of some other race, not Hispanic0.356%36th highest of 520%0%0.926%97
Share of suicides by firearm59.4%19th highest of 5127.9%63.5%90.9%145
Share of taxes from alcohol1.025th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from corporate income051st highest of 51————
Share of taxes from corporation licences0.090230th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from death and gift051st highest of 51————
Share of taxes from gambling0.021635th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from general sales and gross receipts37.69th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from individual income051st highest of 51————
Share of taxes from insurance premiums2.398th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from licences2.9341st highest of 51————
Share of taxes from motor fuel2.1937th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from motor vehicle licences1.5419th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from occupation and business licences0.45545th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from other taxes5.449th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from property40.62nd highest of 51————
Share of taxes from property transfer051st highest of 51————
Share of taxes from public utilities1.2917th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from selective sales13.415th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from severance5.417th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from sports betting and pari-mutuels0.002839th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from tobacco0.7229th highest of 51————
Share of two or more races, not Hispanic2.87%49th highest of 520%2.89%18.1%179
Share separated2.04%7th highest of 520%2.04%5.51%149
Share White, not Hispanic39.9%47th highest of 522.15%57%90.7%252
Share widowed4.88%46th highest of 520%6.82%23.3%236
Share with a bachelor's degree or higher33.1%28th best of 520%19.9%55.5%249
State income tax as a share of income050th highest of 50————
State taxes as a share of income4.2146th highest of 50————
Suicide rate13.813th best of 516.4218.540.3133
Top state income tax rate0%50th highest of 50————
Total tax burden8.4444th highest of 51————
Two weeks of poor mental health16.325th best of 49————
Two weeks of poor physical health11.914th best of 47————
Unemployment rate4.01%42nd best of 521.3%3.9%9.2%254
Vacancy rate9.62%34th highest of 523.91%18.2%75.4%251
Went without care over cost18.849th best of 49————
Years of potential life lost8,23323rd best of 514,57610,63019,570221
Aggregate travel time to work325,130,000 min2nd highest of 523,860 min177,800 min57,960,000 min245
Business establishments606,8102nd highest of 510341100,900254
Business establishments closed56,3113rd highest of 510319,745254
Business establishments opened71,0363rd highest of 5103511,570254
Employed14,637,0002nd highest of 52947,4792,335,000254
Foreign-born population5,095,9002nd highest of 5201,8301,256,000212
Gross domestic product$2,637,200,000k2nd highest of 51$59,180k$1,429,000k$564,000,000k254
Housing units11,891,0002nd highest of 52698,5501,885,000253
Labour force15,248,0002nd highest of 521027,7872,440,000254
Millionaire tax returns69,4104th highest of 52————
Net domestic migration190,9901st highest of 51————
Occupied housing units10,747,0002nd highest of 52906,8241,728,000252
Owner-occupied housing units6,723,7002nd highest of 521295,138946,400251
People covered by a tax return26,807,0002nd highest of 5110016,2204,096,000254
People in households earning $200,000 or more who did not move2,588,1002nd highest of 51————
People who did not move22,634,0002nd highest of 515013,8103,525,000254
Personal income$2,074,200,000k2nd highest of 51$9,677k$1,064,000k$382,200,000k254
Population30,728,0002nd highest of 514618,9004,903,000254
Population30,503,0002nd highest of 514318,8304,835,000254
Population (firearm measures)26,903,0002nd highest of 517,14042,5504,356,000145
Population (WONDER)30,503,0002nd highest of 5163,550336,6004,835,00034
Population aged 15 and over23,461,0002nd highest of 5215715,1803,727,000252
Population aged 25 and over19,295,0002nd highest of 5215412,5703,074,000252
Population aged 65 and over3,905,5003rd highest of 52983,549543,500251
Population below the poverty line4,005,4002nd highest of 521062,918749,500226
Population below the poverty line4,091,4002nd highest of 51212,809765,000253
Population for whom poverty status is determined29,017,0002nd highest of 5218918,0604,708,000252
Population for whom poverty status is determined29,864,0002nd highest of 514317,9304,781,000254
Population in the same house one year ago25,093,0002nd highest of 5114016,5304,005,000252
Population with a bachelor's degree or higher6,382,0002nd highest of 5202,2151,037,000249
Population, decennial census29,146,0002nd highest of 516418,4804,731,000254
Presidential votes cast, 202411,389,0002nd highest of 51977,7901,557,000254
Private jobs11,730,0002nd highest of 521224,6152,145,000253
State and local tax collections$175,020,000k3rd highest of 51————
State individual income tax collected$0k50th highest of 50————
State tax collected, all taxes$87,329,000k3rd highest of 50————
Tax returns filed13,668,0002nd highest of 51507,8902,121,000254
Total population29,640,0002nd highest of 5218918,5304,759,000252
Unemployed611,3902nd highest of 523307104,900254
Vacant housing units1,143,6002nd highest of 52581,588156,500250
Women aged 15 to 507,297,0002nd highest of 5203,6301,217,000248
Women who gave birth in the past year413,0802nd highest of 52059771,100141
Workers aged 16 and over who commute12,196,0002nd highest of 522347,0862,001,000251

Links inside Texas

These are the site’s strongest pairs nationwide, worked out again using only this state’s counties. The r column shows how closely two measures rise and fall together, from −1 (opposite) to +1 (in step); 0 means no link. A link that shows up nationally but disappears inside every state is really about differences between states. A link that also holds here is not.

These figures are before adjusting for anything. Unlike the national figures, they do not take out population density, income or education.

Pairr within TXcounties
Median age × Share aged 65 and overInside Texas, where Median age is higher, Share aged 65 and over tends to be higher: a strong link across 251 counties, before adjusting for anything.+0.93251
Self-care disability × Material security scoreInside Texas, where Self-care disability is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a strong link across 228 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.80228
Stroke × Material security scoreInside Texas, where Stroke is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a strong link across 228 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.77228
Vision disability × Material security scoreInside Texas, where Vision disability is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a strong link across 228 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.75228
Self-care disability × Returns claiming the earned income creditInside Texas, where Self-care disability is higher, Returns claiming the earned income credit tends to be higher: a strong link across 253 counties, before adjusting for anything.+0.79253
Vision disability × Returns claiming the earned income creditInside Texas, where Vision disability is higher, Returns claiming the earned income credit tends to be higher: a strong link across 253 counties, before adjusting for anything.+0.77253
Fair or poor self-rated health × Material security scoreInside Texas, where Fair or poor self-rated health is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a strong link across 228 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.76228
Independent-living disability × Material security scoreInside Texas, where Independent-living disability is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a strong link across 228 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.79228

What this state is divided into

254 county-level areas, largest first. Each one is compared with its peers — the counties across the country most like it — not with the rest of this state.

Harris County · Dallas County · Tarrant County · Bexar County · Travis County · Collin County · Denton County · Hidalgo County · El Paso County · Fort Bend County · Montgomery County · Williamson County · Cameron County · Brazoria County · Bell County · Galveston County · Nueces County · Lubbock County · Webb County · McLennan County · Hays County · Jefferson County · Smith County · Brazos County · Ellis County · Johnson County · Guadalupe County · Comal County · Midland County · Ector County · Kaufman County · Parker County · Taylor County · Randall County · Grayson County · Wichita County · Gregg County · Tom Green County · Rockwall County · Potter County · Hunt County · Bastrop County · Liberty County · Bowie County · Victoria County · Angelina County · Orange County · Coryell County · Henderson County · Walker County · Wise County · Harrison County · San Patricio County · Starr County · Nacogdoches County · Hood County · Van Zandt County · Waller County · Anderson County · Maverick County · Hardin County · Navarro County · Kerr County · Rusk County · Medina County · Polk County · Wilson County · Cherokee County · Burnet County · Lamar County · Atascosa County · Chambers County · Val Verde County · Caldwell County · Kendall County · Wood County · Erath County · Cooke County · Upshur County · Wharton County · Jim Wells County · Brown County · Hopkins County · Hill County · Fannin County · Matagorda County · Washington County · Howard County · Jasper County · Hale County · Titus County · Bee County · Austin County · Kleberg County · Grimes County · Palo Pinto County · Cass County · San Jacinto County · Gillespie County · Milam County · Uvalde County · Fayette County · Aransas County · Shelby County · Panola County · Lampasas County · Limestone County · Houston County · Llano County · Gaines County · Bandera County · Hockley County · Moore County · Gray County · Colorado County · Montague County · Lavaca County · Hutchinson County · Willacy County · Tyler County · Jones County · Calhoun County · DeWitt County · Freestone County · Gonzales County · Bosque County · Andrews County · Deaf Smith County · Burleson County · Frio County · Young County · Eastland County · Lee County · Falls County · Robertson County · Scurry County · Leon County · Jackson County · Pecos County · Karnes County · Nolan County · Callahan County · Zapata County · Trinity County · Comanche County · Madison County · Reeves County · Lamb County · Wilbarger County · Camp County · Rains County · Dawson County · Newton County · Morris County · Blanco County · Terry County · Red River County · Live Oak County · Ward County · Franklin County · Clay County · Sabine County · Runnels County · Ochiltree County · Duval County · Parmer County · Marion County · Zavala County · Somervell County · Brewster County · Stephens County · Mitchell County · Archer County · Jack County · Dimmit County · Hamilton County · San Augustine County · Coleman County · Yoakum County · McCulloch County · Winkler County · Castro County · Dallam County · Goliad County · Bailey County · Brooks County · Swisher County · La Salle County · Childress County · Refugio County · Presidio County · Carson County · San Saba County · Lynn County · Garza County · Haskell County · Delta County · Hartley County · Floyd County · Martin County · Hansford County · Crosby County · Wheeler County · Jim Hogg County · Crane County · Mills County · Kimble County · Mason County · Fisher County · Hardeman County · Baylor County · Hudspeth County · Knox County · Coke County · Hemphill County · Sutton County · Concho County · Donley County · Reagan County · Upton County · Shackelford County · Kinney County · Lipscomb County · Crockett County · Hall County · Real County · Collingsworth County · Cochran County · Sherman County · Schleicher County · Culberson County · Oldham County · Menard County · Armstrong County · Jeff Davis County · Dickens County · Throckmorton County · Irion County · Edwards County · Sterling County · Cottle County · Motley County · Stonewall County · Briscoe County · Foard County · Glasscock County · Terrell County · Roberts County · Kent County · Borden County · McMullen County · King County · Kenedy County · Loving County