In 2023, about 13.7 percent of Texas's population lived below the poverty line. This was a slight decreae from the previous year. The poverty rate of the United States since 1990 can be accessed here.

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Graph and download economic data for Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Harrison County, TX (S1701ACS048203) from 2012 to 2023 about Harrison County, TX; percent; poverty; TX; 5-year; population; and USA.

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This is a historical measure for Strategic Direction 2023. For more data on Austin demographics please visit austintexas.gov/demographics.

This measure answers the question of what number and percentage of residents are living below the federal poverty level, which means they meet certain thresholds set by a set of parameters and computation performed by the Census Bureau. Following the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Statistical Policy Directive 14, the Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who is in poverty. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold, then that family and every individual in it is considered in poverty. The official poverty thresholds do not vary geographically, but they are updated for inflation using the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U). The official poverty definition uses money income before taxes and does not include capital gains or noncash benefits (such as public housing, Medicaid, and food stamps).

Data collected from the U.S. Census Bureau, American Communities Survey (1yr), Poverty Status in the Past 12 Months (Table S1701). American Communities Survey (ACS) is a survey with sampled statistics on the citywide level and is subject to a margin of error. ACS sample size and data quality measures can be found on the U.S. Census website in the Methodology section.

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