Polk County Poverty and Median Household Income

Compiled by
The County Information Program, Texas Association of Counties

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 income and poverty 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 Polk 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
20069,939N/A8,41411,464
20077,485-24.7%6,0578,913
20086,621-11.5%5,4607,783
20099,73647.0%8,38911,084
20108,041-17.4%6,5449,538
20118,2943.1%6,7519,837
20127,371-11.1%6,0298,713
20137,5502.4%6,1568,944
20147,6871.8%6,2079,167
20157,304-5.0%6,0138,595
20168,84521.1%7,6999,991
20178,060-8.9%6,6679,453
20186,834-15.2%5,4058,263
20197,83914.7%6,3929,286
20207,282-7.1%5,6118,953
20218,11711.5%6,8009,434
20229,20413.4%7,72110,687