The federal poverty guidelines are used to calculate whether you qualify for legal aid, public benefits, and other services. Despite a notable reduction in the poverty rate from 17.9% to 14% over the past decade, texas still exceeds the national average, ranking 11th among all states and the district.
An average of 13.9% of texans lived below the poverty line from 2018 to 2022, down from 16% of texans in poverty from 2013 to 2017. Census bureau, the agency in charge of measuring poverty, the poverty threshold for a family of four in texas is $29,950, or $14,880 for an.