State

Texas

Texas has a quality-of-life score of 14 out of 100 (very low), ranking #44 of 51 US states. It ranks best on injury deaths (low), new homes permitted (high) and comfortable days (high). It ranks worst on hot days (high), uninsured residents (under 65) (high) and high school diploma or higher (low).

14Very low

Quality-of-life score: #44 of 51 states
Population: 31,709,821 (2025)
Land area: 261,260 mi²
Density: 121.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 48

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 77 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US states.

Safety36#33/51
Economy40#31/51
Housing32#35/51
Health44#29/51
Healthcare10#46/51
Environment6#46/49
Education26#38/51
Infrastructure22#40/51
Community0#51/51
Leisure & amenities6#48/51

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Texas ranks highest and lowest among US states (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Injury deaths · low69 /100k
90/100United States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
New homes permitted · high6.3 /1k
88/100United States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Comfortable days · high30.7%
88/100United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
Job growth · high0.6%
85/100United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional data
Drug overdose deaths · low13.4 /100k
85/100United States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Child care cost burden · low24.5%
82/100United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

Hot days · high111 days
0/100United States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high19.1%
0/100United States 9.8%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
High school diploma or higher · low86.0%
2/100United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Mental health providers · low181 /100k
2/100United States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Public libraries · low0.3 /10k
4/100United States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesAggregated from counties
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high8.9 µg/m³
4/100United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyAggregated from counties

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
29,237,895 (2020) → 31,709,821 (2025)
+8.5%5 yearsUS 331,578,104 → 341,784,857
Drought exposureWorsening
33% (2021) → 57% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+24 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
81.9% (2015-2019) → 91.4% (2020-2024)
+9.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Mental health providersImproving
132 /100k (2021) → 181 /100k (2025)
+37%4 yearsUS 282 /100k → 348 /100k
Homicide rateImproving
8.1 /100k (2021) → 5.1 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−37%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
Income adjusted for local pricesImproving
$54,078 (2019) → $71,940 (2024)
+33%5 yearsUS $55,567 → $73,204

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Texas improved on 14 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 8. 6 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among states: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved14

High school++2.3 points83.7% → 86.0%
Bachelor's++3.9 points29.9% → 33.8%
Broadband+9.5 points81.9% → 91.4%
Uninsured−1.6 points20.7% → 19.1%
Gyms+16%1.0 /10k → 1.2 /10k

Declined8

Rent / income+1.8 points29.1% → 30.9%
Rent burden+3.9 points47.8% → 51.7%
Libraries−7.7%0.3 /10k → 0.3 /10k
Price / income+0.8×2.8× → 3.6×
Pharmacies−10%1.7 /10k → 1.5 /10k

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.0 /10k2020	3.4 /10k2025	+16%	Improved	50%
Average commute time	26.6 min2015-2019	26.7 min2020-2024	+0.0 min	Within the margin of error	54%
Average weekly wage	$1,2092020	$1,4992025	+24%	Improved	62%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.9%2015-2019	33.8%2020-2024	+3.9 points	Improved	83%
Broadband subscriptions	81.9%2015-2019	91.4%2020-2024	+9.5 points	Improved	75%
Child poverty rate	19.2%2019	17.9%2024	−1.3 points	Improved	51%
Distance to an airport	34 mi2020	33 mi2025	−1 mi	Little change	91%
Drug overdose deaths	13.2 /100k2020	13.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+1.5%	Within the margin of error	21%
Effective property tax rate	1.68%2015-2019	1.40%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Little change	87%
Firearm deaths	14.2 /100k2020	13.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−3.5%	Within the margin of error	36%
Grocery stores	1.0 /10k2020	1.1 /10k2025	+3.8%	Within the margin of error	75%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.0 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	+16%	Improved	66%
High school diploma or higher	83.7%2015-2019	86.0%2020-2024	+2.3 points	Improved	83%
Home price to income ratio	2.8×2015-2019	3.6×2020-2024	+0.8×	Declined	23%
Homicide rate	7.6 /100k2020	5.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−33%	Improved	48%
Income adjusted for local prices	$54,0782019	$71,9402024	+33%	Improved	58%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4792015-2019	0.4782020-2024	−0.001	Within the margin of error	74%
Median household income	$64,0442019	$79,7232024	+24%	Improved	48%
New business applications	13.2 /1k2020	17.2 /1k2025	+30%	Improved	54%
Pharmacies	1.7 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	−10%	Declined	26%
Poverty rate	13.6%2019	13.4%2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	49%
Public libraries	0.3 /10k2019	0.3 /10k2024	−7.7%	Declined	11%
Public transit commuters	1.4%2015-2019	0.9%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Declined	50%
Rent as share of income	29.1%2015-2019	30.9%2020-2024	+1.8 points	Declined	5%
Rent-burdened households	47.8%2015-2019	51.7%2020-2024	+3.9 points	Declined	3%
Restaurants and bars	7.5 /10k2020	7.7 /10k2025	+3.4%	Improved	68%
Students per teacher	15.1×2019	15.0×2024	−0.1×	Little change	17%
Suicide rate	13.4 /100k2020	14.4 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+7.5%	Declined	36%
Traffic deaths	13.0 /100k2015-2019	14.1 /100k2020-2024	+8.2%	Declined	46%
Unemployment rate	7.7%2020	4.2%2025	−3.5 points	Improved	52%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	20.7%2019	19.1%2024	−1.6 points	Improved	70%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 51 states that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 51 states that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

States like Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Texas in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Texas itself moved −2.2 points in standing on average over the same 31 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

30,188,424 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under 10 women (−0.5 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

30,188,424 residents

Texas
United States share

White39%11,809,426
Black12%3,595,595
Hispanic or Latino40%11,991,467
Asian5.5%1,657,423
American Indian and Alaska Native0.1%42,886
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.1%24,129
Other or two or more races3.5%1,067,498

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: White (−2.8 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

19,717,474 residents (±2,981)

Texas
United States share

No high school diploma14%2,766,197
High school or GED24%4,788,131
Some college20%3,966,788
Associate degree7.7%1,527,251
Bachelor's degree21%4,236,147
Graduate degree12%2,432,960

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: No high school diploma (−2.3 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

10,992,816 households (±15,813)

Texas
United States share

Under $25k15%1,605,708
$25k–50k17%1,900,197
$50k–75k16%1,770,304
$75k–100k13%1,405,088
$100k–150k17%1,899,632
$150k–200k9.5%1,039,536
$200k or more12%1,372,351

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+5.1 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

10,992,816 households (±15,813)

Texas
United States share

Own63%6,879,255
Rent37%4,113,561

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+0.6 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

3,935,670 households (±20,381)

Texas
United States share

Under $7508.9%352,024
$750–1,00012%488,516
$1,000–1,50035%1,392,706
$1,500–2,000

Home values

6,879,255 homes (±32,101)

Texas
United States share

Under $150k21%1,445,723
$150k–250k22%1,520,071
$250k–400k27%1,872,619
$400k–750k

Age of homes

12,128,515 homes (±1,574)

Texas
United States share

2010 or later21%2,595,464
2000–200918%2,167,391
1980–199928%3,335,980
1960–1979

Size of homes

12,128,515 homes (±1,574)

Texas
United States share

Studio3.0%365,717
1 bedroom13%1,542,898
2 bedrooms21%2,541,063
3 bedrooms

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

14,280,889 workers (±22,971)

Texas
United States share

Drive alone71%10,200,815
Carpool10%1,430,593
Public transit0.9%125,840
Walk1.5%210,892
Bike0.2%29,792
Work from home14%2,051,250
Other1.6%231,707

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+9.3 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

12,229,639 workers (±24,635)

Texas
United States share

Under 15 min25%3,017,923
15–29 min36%4,424,732
30–44 min22%2,722,128

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The 10 largest occupations in Texas employ 3,175,500 people. 10 pay a median below the US median.

Above the US median
Below the US median

The largest occupations in Texas by employment, with median annual pay and how it compares with the United States
Occupation	Jobs	Median pay	vs USCompared with the US	Concentration
Fast Food and Counter Workers460,530 jobs	460,530	$27,740US $31,200	−11%	1.32×
General and Operations Managers431,310 jobs	431,310	$103,230US $105,770	−2%	1.36×
Retail Salespersons341,640 jobs	341,640	$30,800US $35,410	−13%	0.97×
Customer Service Representatives337,170 jobs	337,170	$40,420US $44,770	−10%	1.44×
Home Health and Personal Care Aides329,590 jobs	329,590	$24,230US $35,800	−32%	0.85×
Stockers and Order Fillers322,710 jobs	322,710	$36,840US $37,330	−1%	1.26×
Registered Nurses271,380 jobs	271,380	$95,970US $97,550	−2%	0.89×
Cashiers245,730 jobs	245,730	$29,230US $32,880	−11%	0.88×
Office Clerks, General218,470 jobs	218,470	$39,000US $45,010	−13%	0.98×
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand216,970 jobs	216,970	$37,540US $40,240	−7%	0.81×

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Search more than 800 occupations and see what they pay in Texas.

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025-05 (all industries and ownerships) bls.gov/oes

Reference period: 2025-05. BLS publishes metro areas, states and the nation (not counties or cities), so a county or city page shows its metro area.
Pay is not adjusted for the cost of living, so a higher median does not mean more purchasing power.
BLS caps the highest wages it publishes: where a figure is shown as “or more”, the real value is at least that much.
Some occupations (teachers, performers) are published by the hour or school year and shown here as an annual figure.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Texas has 670,878 employer establishments, 218 for every 10,000 residents (0.88× the US rate of 248), with 12,012,629 paid employees at an average annual pay of $67,014. The Census Bureau also counts 3,318,535 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 670,878; 3,318,535 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 218; US 248
Paid employees: 12,012,629
Average annual pay: $67,014; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Texas by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	62,312	20.3	0.97×About typical	779,487	$64,038	132,260
Restaurants and other eating places	53,191	17.3	0.94×About typical	1,126,293	$22,659	22,203
Specialty trade contractors	35,485	11.6	0.75×Fewer than typical	479,699	$67,883	270,132
Lessors of real estate	32,915	10.7	0.87×About typical	162,423	$75,397	257,665
Limited-service restaurants	24,360	7.9	0.99×About typical	545,407	$20,019	6,869
Offices of physicians	22,601	7.4	1.14×About typical	222,179	$104,773	24,202
Full-service restaurants	20,819	6.8	0.88×About typical	493,197	$26,056	10,076
Management, scientific and technical consulting	19,967	6.5	0.97×About typical	149,335	$104,238	108,932
Construction of buildings	16,334	5.3	0.70×Fewer than typical	133,451	$94,361	124,803
Building equipment contractors	15,820	5.1	0.86×About typical	223,843	$71,708	56,828
Legal services	15,206	4.9	0.92×About typical	98,453	$120,771	25,610
Computer systems design and related services	14,905	4.9	1.12×About typical	192,176	$120,677	32,934

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County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 30,719,247 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $92.6B on contracts performed in Texas: $2,920 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $92.6B; +7.2% vs FY2025
Per resident: $2,920; US $1,994
Sole-source: 40%; US 30%
Single offer: 4.4%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

U.S. Customs and Border Protection$20.2B22%
Department of Veterans Affairs$17.8B19%
Department of the Army$17B18%
Department of the Navy$9.8B11%
Department of the Air Force$8.2B8.9%
U.S. Coast Guard$3.9B4.3%
Defense Logistics Agency$3.3B3.6%
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement$3.2B3.5%

Top recipients

LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$13.3B14%
MCKESSON CORPORATION$12.2B13%
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$9.7B10%
BARNARD CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INCORPORATED$4.6B5.0%
FISHER SAND & GRAVEL CO$4.6B5.0%

Spending by fiscal year

51.1BFY2017
46.9BFY2018
50.7BFY2019
80.9BFY2020
55.1BFY2021
67.6BFY2022
81.9BFY2023
59.3B

Top industries (NAICS)

Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$30.3B33%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$18.8B20%
Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing · 3254$12.2B13%
Ship and boat building · 3366$4B4.3%
Offices of physicians · 6211$3.6B3.9%
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416

Largest awards

LRIP LOT 12 ADVANCE ACQUISITION CONTRACT$34.8B
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION· Tarrant County, TX· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Apr 28, 2017 – Apr 15, 2026· N0001917C0001
THE PURPOSE OF THIS MODIFICATION IS TO AWARD F-35A LRIP 15 USAF AIRCRAFT* LONG LEAD FUNDING$30.2B
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION· Tarrant County, TX· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Nov 26, 2019 – Jun 9, 2026· N0001920C0009
THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO AWARD LONG LEAD FUNDING FOR F-35A, F-35B, AND F-35C AIRCRAFT FOR U.S. SERVICES, NON-DOD PARTNERS, AND FMS CUSTOMERS$24.6B
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION· Tarrant County, TX· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Dec 23, 2022 – May 14, 2026· N0001923C0003

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $231.8B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Texas: $7,310 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $231.8B; +3% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,310; US $12,955
Loan face value: $26.9B; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.7%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$86.8B37%
93.778 · Grants to States for Medicaid$36.9B16%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$23.3B10%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$9.2B4.0%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$9.1B3.9%
97.159 · State Border Security Reinforcement Fund$7.5B3.2%
10.551 · Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program$6B2.6%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$4.7B2.0%

Top recipients (organizations)

HEALTH & HUMAN SVC COMMN TX$46.1B20%
AUSTIN, TX
TEXAS OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR$7.6B3.3%
AUSTIN, TX
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$6.2B2.7%
AUSTIN, TX
TX EDUCATION AGENCY$4B1.7%
AUSTIN, TX
AGRICULTURE, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF$3.6B1.6%
AUSTIN, TX
TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION$2.2B1.0%
AUSTIN, TX
TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT$1.1B0.5%
DEL VALLE, TX
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN$634.2M0.3%
AUSTIN, TX

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$109.9B47%
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$41.5B18%
Department of Health and Human Services
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$26.5B11%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Food and Nutrition Service$10.6B4.6%
Department of Agriculture
Federal Emergency Management Agency$9B3.9%
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Education$8.5B3.7%
Federal Highway Administration$6B2.6%
Department of Transportation
Administration for Children and Families$4.5B2.0%
Department of Health and Human Services

By type

Direct payments$155B67%
Grants$75.8B33%
Other assistance$774.4M0.3%
Insurance$154.9M0.1%
Loans$00.0%
$26.9B lent or guaranteed

Assistance by fiscal year

272.9BFY2021
209.9BFY2022
212BFY2023
212.5BFY2024
225BFY2025
231.8BFY2026

County aggregates

61%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

Federal money per resident in Texas, and how its outcomes moved, each next to the United States. Counties whose money jumped are compared on their own pages.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Texas
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Texas	United States
FY2017	$1,808	$1,436
FY2018	$1,639	$1,552
FY2019	$1,749	$1,654
FY2020	$2,765	$1,880
FY2021	$1,863	$1,810
FY2022	$2,244	$1,917
FY2023	$2,665	$2,079
FY2024	$1,892	$2,047
FY2025	$2,725	$2,165
FY2026	$2,920 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Texas	United States
FY2017	$59.83	$93.28
FY2018	$95.11	$105
FY2019	$119	$128
FY2020	$142	$145
FY2021	$60.00	$117
FY2022	$58.15	$138
FY2023	$104	$159
FY2024	$125	$157
FY2025	$158	$149
FY2026	$627 (partial year)	$211

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Texas	United States
FY2021	$5,686	$5,748
FY2022	$4,663	$5,221
FY2023	$4,947	$5,364
FY2024	$3,992	$5,501
FY2025	$4,839	$5,732
FY2026	$5,311 (partial year)	$5,446

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Texas	United States
FY2021	$263	$298
FY2022	$236	$357
FY2023	$223	$301
FY2024	$233	$319
FY2025	$254	$360
FY2026	$254 (partial year)	$349

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Texas	United States
FY2021	$286	$239
FY2022	$97.60	$185
FY2023	$114	$229
FY2024	$128	$229
FY2025	$134	$249
FY2026	$117 (partial year)	$201

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Texas	United States
FY2021	$1,818	$2,304
FY2022	$1,592	$2,197
FY2023	$1,560	$2,274
FY2024	$1,325	$2,267
FY2025	$1,240	$2,397
FY2026	$1,434 (partial year)	$2,597

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Texas	United States
FY2021	$1,119	$1,186
FY2022	$454	$465
FY2023	$83.37	$76.52
FY2024	$129	$120
FY2025	$158	$148
FY2026	$120 (partial year)	$108

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

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Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Texas and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Texas	United States
2014	3.1%	2.0%
2015	2.4%	2.1%
2016	1.3%	1.7%
2017	1.8%	1.4%
2018	2.4%	1.6%
2019	2.3%	1.4%
2020	−4.1%	−6.1%
2021	3.8%	3.4%
2022	5.8%	4.3%
2023	3.4%	2.1%
2024	1.7%	1.2%
2025	1.2%	0.5%

Average weekly wageChange since 2016, %

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Average weekly wage, Texas and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Texas	United States
2014	−2.1%	−4.2%
2015	−0.1%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.7%	+3.3%
2018	+6.3%	+6.8%
2019	+10.0%

Unemployment ratepercent

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Unemployment rate, Texas and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Texas	United States
2014	5.2%	6.2%
2015	4.5%	5.3%
2016	4.6%	4.9%
2017	4.4%	4.4%
2018	3.9%	3.9%
2019	3.5%

Personal income per capitaChange since 2016, %

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Personal income per capita, Texas and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Texas	United States
2014	+1.9%	−5.5%
2015	+2.0%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+5.8%	+4.1%
2018	+11.9%	+8.9%
2019	+16.1%

New homes permittedper 1,000 people

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New homes permitted, Texas and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Texas	United States
2014	6.2/1k	3.3/1k
2015	6.4/1k	3.7/1k
2016	5.9/1k	3.7/1k
2017	6.2/1k	3.9/1k
2018	6.7/1k	4.1/1k
2019	7.2/1k

Median household incomeChange since 2016, %

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Median household income, Texas and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Texas	United States
2014	−6.2%	−6.9%
2015	−1.6%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.6%	+4.7%
2018	+7.2%	+7.5%
2019	+13.2%

Poverty ratepercent

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Poverty rate, Texas and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Texas	United States
2014	17.2%	15.5%
2015	15.9%	14.7%
2016	15.6%	14.0%
2017	14.7%	13.4%
2018	14.9%	13.1%
2019	13.6%	12.3%

Typical home valueChange since 2016, %

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Typical home value, Texas and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Texas	United States
2014	−14.0% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−6.4% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+6.2%

Uninsured residents (under 65)percent

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Uninsured residents (under 65), Texas and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Texas	United States
2014	21.4%	13.5%
2015	19.2%	10.9%
2016	18.6%	10.0%
2017	19.4%	10.2%
2018	19.9%	10.4%
2019	20.7%

New business applicationsper 1,000 people

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New business applications, Texas and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Texas	United States
2014	8.3/1k	8.5/1k
2015	8.6/1k	8.7/1k
2016	9.3/1k	9.1/1k
2017	9.7/1k	9.8/1k
2018	10.4/1k	10.7/1k
2019	10.5/1k

Calendar years

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Counties of Texas whose money per resident jumped. Open a county for its comparison with similar counties.

Cooke County, TXContracts and grants · FY2024$5,060 (3.4×)
Cooke County, TXTransportation grants · FY2024$4,140 (4.4×)
Jefferson County, TXContracts and grants · FY2024$3,637 (2.8×)
Brazos County, TXFederal contracts · FY2024$2,447 (6.3×)
Webb County, TXFederal contracts · FY2024$1,942 (3.6×)
Falls County, TXContracts and grants · FY2024$1,386 (4×)
Wharton County, TXTransportation grants · FY2024$1,257 (3.8×)
Waller County, TXFederal contracts · FY2024$1,121 (2.3×)
Houston County, TXHHS grants · FY2024$643 (9.5×)
Fannin County, TXFederal contracts · FY2024$795 (3.6×)
Lavaca County, TXTransportation grants · FY2024$672 (3.5×)
Wood County, TXSBA lending volume · FY2024$751 (2.7×)
Starr County, TXTransportation grants · FY2024$580 (4.3×)
Willacy County, TXTransportation grants · FY2024$417 (—)
Howard County, TXConstruction contracts · FY2024$523 (2.7×)

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Gregg County, TXHHS grants · FY2024$211 (7.6×)
Kaufman County, TXHHS grants · FY2024$173 (12×)
Aransas County, TXHHS grants · FY2024$132 (—)
Bowie County, TXFederal contracts · FY2023$4,883 (3.1×)
Starr County, TXContracts and grants · FY2023$1,782 (—)
Zapata County, TXContracts and grants · FY2023$2,710 (15×)
Webb County, TX

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/48

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Texas is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

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Counties of Texas

All 254 counties, best quality-of-life score first.

Neighboring states

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar states

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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