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Outcomes

13.4% of people in Texas live below the poverty line.

Children below the poverty line, 2024
17.9%
Country: 15.5%
Median household income, 2024
$79,723
Country: $81,604
real output grew over five years
27.7%
bills traced into law in 24 months
0
Real output, year by year.
1997: $860Bchained 2017 dollars, adjusted for inflation2025: $2.3T

What became law

Enacted bills traced to their place on the books, latest first.

No enacted bill has been traced to its statute for Texas.

Coverage is partial, and nothing here says a law moved a number.

Counties by poverty rate: 8 counties
Counties by poverty rate
Starr County$37,3759.5%35.4%
Zapata County$43,5177.1%30.9%
Brooks County$39,4094.2%30.6%
Hudspeth County$48,3554.1%30.2%
Dimmit County$49,1276.9%28.5%
La Salle County$52,0754.7%27.3%
Frio County$51,8256.2%27.0%
Zavala County$41,5546.1%25.7%