The information contained in this report was obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau's Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) Program. However, the changes since the prior year are from calculations by the County Information Program, Texas Association of Counties. For more information, contact the CIP at (512) 478-8753.

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Bar chart showing county poverty and median household income by year.
  1. Recent data for this county is available from the U.S. Census Bureau's SAIPE Interactive Tool.
  2. Lack of a visible bar can occur when a bar is less than one pixel in height.c
  3. There was a change in the U.S. Census Bureau's methodolgy from 2004 to 2005. This makes comparability across those years problematic. Therefore, data shown on this webpage begins with 2006.
  4. Median houshold income data for this county is available from the Median Household Income History Chart.
Data for the Matagorda County Income and Poverty Chart
Calendar YearEstimate of People of All Ages in PovertyChange from Prior Year90% Confidence Interval Lower Bound90% Confidence Interval Upper Bound
20068,696N/A7,25510,136
20078,188-5.8%6,6669,711
20086,614-19.2%5,3507,879
20097,73516.9%6,3889,081
20107,211-6.8%5,7898,633
20117,3922.5%5,9518,833
20127,099-4.0%5,8478,351
20137,3793.9%6,0048,754
20147,9507.7%6,7529,148
20157,467-6.1%6,2918,643
20166,392-14.4%5,1267,658
20176,5402.3%5,2657,815
20186,6391.5%5,3737,905
20196,335-4.6%5,0817,589
20206,286-0.8%4,9407,632
20218,26731.5%7,1289,406
20227,106-14.0%5,8738,339