Counties in Texas by per capita personal income
Loving County had the highest per capita personal income of 254 counties in 2018, at $139,117. Starr County had the lowest, at $26,343. The median was $43,264 and the figure for Texas was $51,359. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Map of counties, 2018
- Under 37K
- 37K to 41K
- 41K to 43K
- 43K to 47K
- 47K to 55K
- 55K and over
Top 40 counties, 2018
Full ranking
| Rank | Counties | 2018 | Change on 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Loving County | 139,117 | -0.6% |
| 2 | Midland County | 132,580 | +19.4% |
| 3 | Glasscock County | 112,791 | +10.1% |
| 4 | Shackelford County | 111,891 | +4.5% |
| 5 | King County | 89,793 | +22.1% |
| 6 | Kendall County | 87,354 | -1.3% |
| 7 | McMullen County | 82,982 | +6% |
| 8 | Sherman County | 80,349 | -16.7% |
| 9 | Eastland County | 75,981 | +23.3% |
| 10 | Borden County | 75,871 | +46.4% |
| 11 | Lipscomb County | 74,655 | +12.5% |
| 12 | Irion County | 74,560 | +8.2% |
| 13 | Martin County | 72,535 | +26.1% |
| 14 | Sutton County | 69,290 | +10.1% |
| 15 | Travis County | 69,030 | +7.6% |
| 16 | Stonewall County | 68,008 | +11.1% |
| 17 | Collin County | 66,853 | +3.9% |
| 18 | Hemphill County | 63,731 | +0.8% |
| 19 | Hartley County | 63,364 | -9.7% |
| 20 | Gillespie County | 63,055 | +5.4% |
| 21 | Cottle County | 62,969 | +6.5% |
| 22 | Winkler County | 62,818 | +27.9% |
| 23 | Montgomery County | 62,680 | +1% |
| 24 | DeWitt County | 62,254 | +16.3% |
| 25 | Karnes County | 61,535 | +21.2% |
| 26 | Rockwall County | 61,486 | +2.2% |
| 27 | Hamilton County | 61,068 | +2.2% |
| 28 | Comal County | 60,818 | +4.1% |
| 29 | Dallas County | 60,699 | +7.8% |
| 30 | Reagan County | 60,143 | +27% |
| 31 | Sterling County | 59,893 | +7.9% |
| 32 | Castro County | 59,814 | -7.2% |
| 33 | Fort Bend County | 59,752 | +4.1% |
| 34 | Oldham County | 59,012 | +0.2% |
| 35 | Hansford County | 58,837 | -7.1% |
| 36 | Denton County | 58,681 | +6.4% |
| 37 | Dallam County | 58,257 | -9.3% |
| 38 | Harris County | 57,600 | +7% |
| 39 | Blanco County | 56,992 | +5.3% |
| 40 | Ochiltree County | 55,420 | +2.2% |
| 41 | Fayette County | 55,395 | +4.4% |
| 42 | Smith County | 55,235 | +6.4% |
| 43 | Kent County | 54,884 | +7.9% |
| 44 | Swisher County | 54,610 | -0.9% |
| 45 | Parker County | 54,363 | +4.3% |
| 46 | Washington County | 54,099 | +8.9% |
| 47 | Chambers County | 54,002 | +4.4% |
| 48 | Culberson County | 53,242 | +19.7% |
| 49 | Edwards County | 52,936 | +16.9% |
| 50 | Lavaca County | 52,794 | +5.6% |
| 51 | Armstrong County | 52,374 | +14.6% |
| 52 | Galveston County | 52,318 | +5% |
| 53 | Williamson County | 51,754 | +4.7% |
| 54 | Tarrant County | 51,749 | +4.7% |
| 55 | Hood County | 51,731 | +1.3% |
| 56 | Andrews County | 51,534 | +12.7% |
| 57 | Kerr County | 51,191 | +3.4% |
| 58 | Ward County | 51,179 | +22.3% |
| 59 | Aransas County | 51,101 | +12% |
| 60 | Cooke County | 50,626 | +2.2% |
| 61 | Crane County | 50,556 | +16.4% |
| 62 | Lampasas County | 50,445 | +3% |
| 63 | Young County | 50,426 | +5.9% |
| 64 | Archer County | 50,117 | +4.4% |
| 65 | Bandera County | 50,019 | +5.6% |
| 66 | Fisher County | 49,969 | +25.3% |
| 67 | Llano County | 49,853 | +3.6% |
| 68 | Mason County | 49,695 | +9.6% |
| 69 | Austin County | 49,674 | +1.4% |
| 70 | Ector County | 49,643 | +14.4% |
| 71 | Burnet County | 48,836 | +6.9% |
| 72 | Goliad County | 48,150 | +7.9% |
| 73 | Gonzales County | 48,142 | +9.5% |
| 74 | Upton County | 48,137 | +7.2% |
| 75 | Tom Green County | 48,108 | +9.4% |
| 76 | Brazoria County | 48,079 | +1.7% |
| 77 | Foard County | 48,042 | +13.1% |
| 78 | Lee County | 47,979 | +3.5% |
| 79 | Colorado County | 47,867 | +2.1% |
| 80 | Randall County | 47,841 | +2.5% |
| 81 | Presidio County | 47,746 | +14.9% |
| 82 | Hardin County | 47,683 | +4.8% |
| 83 | Crockett County | 47,664 | +12.1% |
| 84 | Victoria County | 47,648 | +6.6% |
| 85 | Wilson County | 47,458 | +6.4% |
| 86 | Roberts County | 47,323 | +6.5% |
| 87 | Panola County | 47,284 | +11.6% |
| 88 | Burleson County | 46,949 | +7.8% |
| 89 | Hardeman County | 46,861 | +12.1% |
| 90 | Yoakum County | 46,832 | +2.7% |
| 91 | Deaf Smith County | 46,752 | -5.6% |
| 92 | Bexar County | 46,610 | +5.6% |
| 93 | Jeff Davis County | 46,539 | +8.1% |
| 94 | Jack County | 46,391 | +11.3% |
| 95 | Reeves County | 46,250 | +25.2% |
| 96 | Calhoun County | 46,149 | +17% |
| 97 | Howard County | 45,756 | +16.9% |
| 98 | Brewster County | 45,722 | +8.4% |
| 99 | Gregg County | 45,675 | +5.1% |
| 100 | Refugio County | 45,503 | +7.9% |
| 101 | Somervell County | 45,205 | +0.2% |
| 102 | Guadalupe County | 45,037 | +2% |
| 103 | Baylor County | 45,030 | +5% |
| 104 | Wise County | 45,019 | +4.3% |
| 105 | Kimble County | 44,948 | +5.1% |
| 106 | Hays County | 44,810 | +4.3% |
| 107 | Ellis County | 44,781 | +4.1% |
| 108 | Parmer County | 44,656 | -5.5% |
| 109 | Schleicher County | 44,626 | +16.5% |
| 110 | Taylor County | 44,525 | +5.7% |
| 111 | Wilbarger County | 44,459 | +8.4% |
| 112 | Terrell County | 44,417 | +3.7% |
| 113 | Donley County | 44,295 | +9% |
| 114 | Clay County | 44,185 | +6.4% |
| 115 | Briscoe County | 44,087 | +8.3% |
| 116 | Carson County | 44,079 | +1.3% |
| 117 | Orange County | 44,066 | +3.7% |
| 118 | Nueces County | 43,965 | +2% |
| 119 | San Patricio County | 43,914 | +5.7% |
| 120 | La Salle County | 43,824 | +16.1% |
| 121 | Nolan County | 43,802 | +6.3% |
| 122 | Shelby County | 43,693 | +6.6% |
| 123 | Leon County | 43,452 | +4.8% |
| 124 | Grayson County | 43,377 | +4.5% |
| 125 | Wichita County | 43,345 | +4.3% |
| 126 | Wharton County | 43,319 | +4.2% |
| 127 | Lubbock County | 43,277 | +5.2% |
| 128 | Matagorda County | 43,251 | +4.2% |
| 129 | Wheeler County | 43,146 | +6.1% |
| 130 | Potter County | 43,137 | +5.6% |
| 131 | Hockley County | 43,115 | +2.5% |
| 132 | Lynn County | 42,953 | +4.1% |
| 133 | Johnson County | 42,850 | +4.8% |
| 134 | Moore County | 42,827 | +1.3% |
| 135 | Gray County | 42,703 | +2.8% |
| 136 | Uvalde County | 42,642 | +3.9% |
| 137 | Kaufman County | 42,558 | +2.8% |
| 138 | San Saba County | 42,546 | +9.3% |
| 139 | Bell County | 42,509 | +0.6% |
| 140 | Dawson County | 42,434 | +13.7% |
| 141 | Coleman County | 42,429 | +4.5% |
| 142 | Robertson County | 42,370 | +4.3% |
| 143 | Jasper County | 42,276 | +3% |
| 144 | Scurry County | 42,224 | +5.4% |
| 145 | Red River County | 42,166 | +3.3% |
| 146 | Dimmit County | 42,142 | +10.9% |
| 147 | Jefferson County | 42,128 | +2.5% |
| 148 | Knox County | 42,113 | +6.7% |
| 149 | Jackson County | 42,004 | +3.6% |
| 150 | Hutchinson County | 41,993 | +5.7% |
| 151 | Morris County | 41,907 | +0.5% |
| 152 | Coke County | 41,833 | +6% |
| 153 | Stephens County | 41,791 | +15.9% |
| 154 | Real County | 41,758 | +5.9% |
| 155 | Bosque County | 41,678 | +6.5% |
| 156 | Mills County | 41,582 | +6% |
| 157 | Polk County | 41,527 | +2.8% |
| 158 | Palo Pinto County | 41,487 | +5.6% |
| 159 | Jim Wells County | 41,480 | +2.5% |
| 160 | Franklin County | 41,418 | +4.7% |
| 161 | Waller County | 41,370 | +5.8% |
| 162 | Medina County | 41,345 | +4.3% |
| 163 | Montague County | 41,337 | +5.1% |
| 164 | Hill County | 41,203 | +5.9% |
| 165 | Runnels County | 41,147 | +4.9% |
| 166 | Bailey County | 41,140 | -0.6% |
| 167 | McLennan County | 41,101 | +3.8% |
| 168 | Callahan County | 41,096 | +7.3% |
| 169 | Duval County | 41,036 | +8.8% |
| 170 | San Augustine County | 41,030 | +8.6% |
| 171 | Lamar County | 40,809 | +1.4% |
| 172 | Harrison County | 40,604 | +3.4% |
| 173 | Gaines County | 40,539 | +4.2% |
| 174 | Comanche County | 40,535 | +4.4% |
| 175 | McCulloch County | 40,469 | +7.4% |
| 176 | Hopkins County | 40,384 | +5.3% |
| 177 | Cochran County | 40,193 | -0.6% |
| 178 | Lamb County | 40,057 | +1.6% |
| 179 | Houston County | 39,906 | +5.4% |
| 180 | Brazos County | 39,887 | +7.2% |
| 181 | Camp County | 39,855 | +3.3% |
| 182 | Bowie County | 39,853 | +1.9% |
| 183 | Collingsworth County | 39,805 | +2.2% |
| 184 | Floyd County | 39,706 | +0.2% |
| 185 | Marion County | 39,671 | +6.2% |
| 186 | Erath County | 39,639 | +5.7% |
| 187 | Atascosa County | 39,628 | +4.5% |
| 188 | Wood County | 39,620 | +3.4% |
| 189 | Henderson County | 39,603 | +0.9% |
| 190 | Haskell County | 39,458 | +9.4% |
| 191 | Menard County | 39,415 | +13.4% |
| 192 | Throckmorton County | 39,275 | +12.7% |
| 193 | Pecos County | 39,018 | +11.6% |
| 194 | Angelina County | 38,930 | +4.3% |
| 195 | Live Oak County | 38,869 | +9.5% |
| 196 | Kenedy County | 38,849 | -6.9% |
| 197 | Delta County | 38,752 | -1.1% |
| 198 | Kleberg County | 38,673 | +3% |
| 199 | Brown County | 38,642 | +4.5% |
| 200 | Limestone County | 38,536 | +7.7% |
| 201 | Rusk County | 38,492 | +5% |
| 202 | Hunt County | 38,458 | +3% |
| 203 | Fannin County | 38,377 | +3.3% |
| 204 | Dickens County | 38,329 | +7.6% |
| 205 | Upshur County | 38,114 | +6.9% |
| 206 | Nacogdoches County | 38,092 | +4.6% |
| 207 | Trinity County | 38,007 | +5.1% |
| 208 | Freestone County | 37,995 | +5.1% |
| 209 | Cass County | 37,966 | +4.1% |
| 210 | San Jacinto County | 37,335 | +3.9% |
| 211 | Van Zandt County | 37,317 | +3.1% |
| 212 | Titus County | 37,303 | +6.2% |
| 213 | Crosby County | 37,301 | +6.2% |
| 214 | Navarro County | 37,279 | +3.8% |
| 215 | Sabine County | 37,266 | +4% |
| 216 | Liberty County | 37,249 | +1.9% |
| 217 | Val Verde County | 36,969 | +4.1% |
| 218 | Newton County | 36,137 | +5.6% |
| 219 | Terry County | 35,842 | +0.4% |
| 220 | Cherokee County | 35,834 | +4.1% |
| 221 | Grimes County | 35,695 | +2.9% |
| 222 | Milam County | 35,539 | +1.5% |
| 223 | Falls County | 35,480 | +5% |
| 224 | Rains County | 35,444 | +1.7% |
| 225 | Kinney County | 35,355 | +6.7% |
| 226 | Bastrop County | 35,344 | +3.6% |
| 227 | El Paso County | 35,327 | +4.4% |
| 228 | Anderson County | 34,281 | +3.9% |
| 229 | Brooks County | 34,270 | +4.6% |
| 230 | Tyler County | 34,079 | +4.4% |
| 231 | Jim Hogg County | 33,745 | +6.8% |
| 232 | Zavala County | 33,678 | +8.9% |
| 233 | Hale County | 33,429 | +4.5% |
| 234 | Garza County | 32,797 | +11.1% |
| 235 | Mitchell County | 32,616 | +7.9% |
| 236 | Webb County | 32,589 | +4.5% |
| 237 | Motley County | 32,567 | +7.7% |
| 238 | Coryell County | 32,509 | +2.3% |
| 239 | Caldwell County | 32,386 | +2.4% |
| 240 | Hall County | 32,301 | -3.5% |
| 240 | Madison County | 32,301 | +3.5% |
| 242 | Frio County | 31,728 | +3.7% |
| 243 | Hudspeth County | 31,386 | -30.1% |
| 244 | Childress County | 31,335 | +2.9% |
| 245 | Jones County | 31,207 | +6.8% |
| 246 | Maverick County | 30,901 | +6.4% |
| 247 | Bee County | 29,897 | +5.1% |
| 248 | Concho County | 29,366 | +5.5% |
| 249 | Zapata County | 29,129 | +6.3% |
| 250 | Cameron County | 28,931 | +4.3% |
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About this ranking
Personal income of the residents of a place divided by its resident population at mid-year, in current US dollars.
More on how it is measured
- Personal income is income from work, own businesses, property and government benefits, before income taxes.
- United States: Bureau of Economic Analysis regional accounts, tables SAINC1 for the nation and states and CAINC1 for counties.
An average, not a median: high incomes pull it up. It includes employer contributions to pensions and health insurance and government benefits, so it is higher than wages or household cash income. For the typical household use median_household_income. Not the same as gdp_per_capita_usd.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.
How to cite
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, per capita personal income, current dollars, individual counties and county equivalents. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC1.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-11.Citation styles
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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. (2026). CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, per capita personal income, current dollars, individual counties and county equivalents (Counties in Texas by per capita personal income, 2018) [Data set]. Retrieved October 11, 2026, from https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC1.zip
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CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, per capita personal income, current dollars, individual counties and county equivalents, Counties in Texas by per capita personal income, 2018. U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 5 Feb. 2026, https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC1.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/per-capita-personal-income/texas-counties?period=2018. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.
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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. 2026. CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, per capita personal income, current dollars, individual counties and county equivalents. Counties in Texas by per capita personal income, 2018. Dataset. Accessed October 11, 2026. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC1.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/per-capita-personal-income/texas-counties?period=2018.
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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (2026) CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, per capita personal income, current dollars, individual counties and county equivalents, Counties in Texas by per capita personal income, 2018 [Dataset]. Available at: https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC1.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/per-capita-personal-income/texas-counties?period=2018 (Accessed: 11 October 2026).
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Which county has the highest per capita personal income?
Loving County, with $139,117 in 2018, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Which county has the lowest per capita personal income?
Starr County, with $26,343 in 2018.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, per capita personal income, current dollars, individual counties and county equivalents. Retrieved 2026-10-11.