Presidio County, Texas

County Distress Index: Elevated · 63.6 | 5,795 people · 86th most distressed in Texas

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Presidio County, TX registers elevated household financial distress with a score of 63.6 — 589th nationally out of 3144 counties. The primary driver is Income & Poverty, where poverty rates are high and household incomes lag well behind state and national medians. Within Texas, it ranks 86th of 254 counties. Among its 3 neighboring counties, 2 show more distress.

The Numbers Behind the Score

The CDI measures five domains of financial distress. Presidio County's primary driver is Income & Poverty at 94.1 — worse than roughly 94% of U.S. counties.

Income & Poverty Primary driver 94.1
Poverty Rate 92
Income vs. State Median 95
Child Poverty Rate 95
Community Vulnerability 90.5
Uninsured Rate 95
Disability Rate 86
Employment & Wages 49.2
Unemployment Rate 89
Wage-to-Rent Ratio 17
Business Formation Rate 41
Debt & Delinquency 44.0
Debt in Collections 46
Medical Debt 71
Student Loan Delinquency 80
Auto Loan Delinquency 28
Credit Card Delinquency 34
Bankruptcy Filing Rate 5
Housing Cost Burden 40.1
Rent-Burdened (30%+) 26
Severely Rent-Burdened (50%+) 16
Mortgage-Burdened (30%+) 16
Homeownership Rate 50
Rent-to-Income Ratio 93

Scores are percentile-based: 50 = national median, higher = more distressed. The median line is shown on each bar.

Neighbors and Peers

How Presidio County compares to its 3 neighboring counties and population peers.

Neighboring Counties

County Score Zone vs. Presidio County
Presidio County, TX 63.6 Elevated
Hudspeth County, TX 67.3 Serious +3.7
Jeff Davis County, TX 65.7 Serious +2.1
Brewster County, TX 47.3 Normal -16.3

Population Peers

County Score Zone vs. Presidio County
Ozark County, MO 63.5 Elevated -0.1
Miller County, GA 63.7 Elevated +0.1
Wheeler County, GA 63.4 Elevated -0.2
Caldwell Parish, LA 63.4 Elevated -0.2
Hidalgo County, NM 63.9 Elevated +0.3

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