Where does Texas rank for food access among U.S. states?

According to USDA FARA (2019), Texas ranks #23 of 50 by population-weighted low-access share.

What share of Texas has low food access?

25.0% of Texas residents live in low-access areas (population-weighted) (+2.9 pts vs U.S.), per USDA FARA 2019.

How many food deserts are in Texas?

1,022 census tracts in Texas are USDA food deserts (~2.1M low-income low-access residents); ~4.02 tracts per county.

What is the SNAP participation rate in Texas?

Across Texas, 11.6% of households receive SNAP (ACS 2024) (-0.5 pts vs U.S.) - mid tercile among states.

Which county in Texas has the worst food access?

Borden County has the highest low-access share at 100.0% (~0.0% of statewide low-access residents), with N/A SNAP.

Signature · 254 counties in the atlas book

Food access in Texas

How far Texas residents live from a supermarket (25.0% low-access), where LILA tracts sit, and SNAP/vehicle context from USDA FARA 2019 + Census ACS 2024.

Compiled by Plainfoodaccess, Food Access Editorial Process · December 31, 2024

25.0%
low-access pop.: 1,022
food-desert tracts: 11.6%
on SNAP: 254
counties

USDA FARA state access plate

State TX · Texas

LA-ELEVATED · ABOVE-NATIONAL · LILA-CLUSTER · SNAP-TYPICAL · VEH-OK · BOOK-MEGA

LA-ELEVATED 25.0% low-access
ABOVE-NATIONAL +2.9 pts vs US
LILA-CLUSTER 1022 food-desert tracts
SNAP-TYPICAL 11.6% SNAP
VEH-OK 5.4% no vehicle
BOOK-MEGA 254 counties

Nearest low-access peer: Arkansas ( -0.1 pts)

Texas's thick county book (254)

Texas covers 254 counties among 51 states and DC (atlas inventory, not a food-access quality ranking). Orthogonal to the low-access / SNAP charts below.

Texas vs all states by county count

Where this state's county inventory sits among every tracked jurisdiction

254 1st of 51 the highest of 51 states

Jurisdictions, banded by county inventory

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more states. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USDA Food Access Research Atlas / Census county inventory · 2026-06-23

Mid-band statewide picture

About 6.3M Texas residents (25.0%) live low-access - #23 of 50, with 1,022 USDA food-desert tracts.

#23
among states by low-access: 6.3M
low-access residents: 2.1M
food-desert residents: 5.4%
households, no vehicle

Population-weighted tract shares. Low access = >1 mile urban / >10 miles rural from a supermarket.

Where Texas sits on low-access

Texas ringed at #23 of 50 by population-weighted low-access. Click any state to compare.

USDA Economic Research Service, Food Access Research Atlas (2019), population-weighted · Census ACS 2024 context

Signature read: 254 counties in the atlas book .

Texas is in the middle third nationally on low-access (25.0% , #23 of 50). SNAP averages 11.6% of households and 5.4% have no vehicle , with 1,022 LILA tracts. County pressure peaks in Borden County at 100.0%.

Nationwide peers for Texas's low-access or SNAP share

Two USDA/ACS-derived peer sets for Texas. Neighbourhood chart below is local poles; these panels are full-corpus nearest neighbours excluding this state.

Similar low-access share

Nearest population-weighted low-access rates (25.0% here).

Arkansas · 24.9% low-access
Florida · 25.1% low-access
Missouri · 24.9% low-access
Ohio · 25.1% low-access

Similar SNAP participation

Nearest household SNAP rates (11.6% here), deduped against the low-access panel.

Washington · 11.6% SNAP
Hawaii · 11.4% SNAP
Connecticut · 11.8% SNAP
Maine · 12.0% SNAP

Source: USDA Food Access Research Atlas (2019) + Census ACS 2024 SNAP. Floor county_count ≥ 5.

NM

31.7
FL

25.1
OH

25.1
TX

25
AR

24.9
MO

24.9
DC

4.6

Borden

100
Briscoe

100
Coke

100
Cottle

100
Foard

100
Irion

100
King

100
Loving

100

All counties in Texas

County	Population	Low-access	SNAP	No vehicle	Poverty
Borden County	713	100.0%	N/A	1.2%	7.4%
Briscoe County	1K	100.0%	6.5%	1.4%	16.8%
Coke County	3K	100.0%	14.7%	3.6%	22.9%
Cottle County	1K	100.0%	29.8%	2.8%	17.1%
Foard County	991	100.0%	1.8%	6.4%	5.6%
Irion County	1K	100.0%	3.9%	1.2%	10.8%
King County	211	100.0%	N/A	6.3%	23.7%
Loving County	33	100.0%	7.4%	7.4%	6.1%
Oldham County	2K	100.0%	1.3%	1.3%	20.7%
Real County	3K	100.0%	14.5%	4.4%	17.9%
Sterling County	1K	100.0%	12.0%	N/A	4.3%
Terrell County	835	100.0%	3.5%	5.3%	7.7%
Throckmorton County	2K	100.0%	10.6%	1.8%	24.2%
Armstrong County	2K	99.7%	3.4%	0.5%	5.2%
Hudspeth County	3K	99.6%	20.5%	5.2%	17.3%
Lipscomb County	3K	99.6%	6.0%	2.1%	11.5%
Glasscock County	1K	98.4%	9.8%	7.0%	8.9%
Kenedy County	145	97.4%	1.8%	16.4%	15.3%
Kent County	734	97.2%	17.2%	4.9%	9.9%
McMullen County	700	96.4%	3.9%	3.4%	12.3%
Roberts County	832	91.4%	3.4%	3.4%	5.6%
Franklin County	11K	74.2%	6.2%	1.9%	11.7%
Calhoun County	20K	68.5%	15.7%	5.1%	7.7%
Palo Pinto County	29K	68.1%	14.9%	4.1%	16.7%
Red River County	12K	65.6%	18.8%	2.6%	15.6%
Coryell County	85K	63.7%	12.7%	5.6%	11.2%
Clay County	10K	57.8%	6.4%	2.4%	8.4%
Dimmit County	8K	53.9%	25.8%	16.5%	41.1%
Val Verde County	48K	50.9%	21.8%	5.9%	16.6%
Bee County	31K	48.7%	13.6%	5.9%	17.6%
Dallam County	7K	48.1%	11.6%	2.2%	11.5%
Williamson County	673K	47.8%	4.4%	3.0%	6.4%
Jack County	9K	47.1%	10.6%	11.6%	13.0%
Kinney County	3K	46.5%	15.1%	5.1%	8.4%
Uvalde County	25K	45.2%	24.2%	5.6%	22.2%
Tyler County	20K	45.1%	16.4%	5.1%	17.9%
Anderson County	58K	43.8%	18.0%	5.8%	17.4%
Mitchell County	9K	43.5%	12.9%	3.0%	13.8%
Willacy County	20K	43.2%	31.9%	5.7%	24.0%
Childress County	7K	42.8%	8.8%	4.7%	15.3%
Terry County	12K	42.8%	26.7%	5.2%	18.3%
Gonzales County	20K	42.5%	16.3%	7.6%	15.8%
Erath County	44K	42.4%	6.8%	4.8%	16.6%
Runnels County	10K	41.5%	10.9%	3.2%	11.0%
Pecos County	15K	41.4%	13.5%	7.1%	21.6%
Guadalupe County	184K	41.3%	9.0%	3.2%	9.3%
McCulloch County	8K	40.9%	12.3%	4.3%	15.3%
Hockley County	21K	39.7%	12.0%	4.2%	13.1%
Houston County	22K	39.2%	17.9%	8.8%	15.0%
Wilbarger County	13K	38.7%	14.1%	5.2%	17.5%
Brewster County	10K	38.6%	6.8%	5.7%	8.9%
Dawson County	12K	37.5%	19.6%	5.0%	19.6%
San Saba County	6K	37.3%	9.5%	2.0%	10.7%
Fannin County	37K	36.9%	10.3%	3.4%	13.7%
Goliad County	7K	36.8%	10.4%	7.6%	13.0%
McLennan County	266K	36.8%	12.1%	5.3%	16.6%
Bandera County	22K	35.6%	7.2%	2.2%	13.5%
Brown County	38K	35.1%	11.9%	6.5%	15.3%
Jim Hogg County	5K	34.9%	30.8%	7.5%	31.4%
Montgomery County	684K	34.9%	6.6%	3.4%	9.4%
Hidalgo County	892K	34.7%	27.8%	5.6%	26.7%
Matagorda County	36K	34.7%	17.0%	6.0%	20.7%
Ellis County	213K	34.6%	6.8%	3.7%	6.9%
Wichita County	130K	34.6%	12.2%	7.1%	16.5%
Galveston County	359K	34.5%	10.5%	5.4%	11.7%
Llano County	22K	34.5%	7.5%	4.2%	12.0%
Starr County	66K	33.9%	42.5%	10.4%	33.5%
Cherokee County	52K	33.7%	14.7%	6.5%	18.2%
Kleberg County	31K	33.7%	21.4%	5.9%	28.1%
Lynn County	6K	33.7%	12.2%	3.7%	15.2%
Upton County	3K	33.4%	7.6%	2.8%	16.0%
Nueces County	353K	33.2%	17.5%	6.9%	17.4%
Howard County	32K	32.6%	12.4%	6.3%	13.8%
Newton County	12K	32.5%	14.2%	6.9%	19.0%
Titus County	31K	32.3%	19.4%	4.8%	17.1%
Cameron County	426K	32.2%	24.8%	6.6%	24.8%
Orange County	85K	32.0%	13.7%	4.7%	12.5%
Edwards County	1K	31.9%	22.5%	7.9%	31.9%
Swisher County	7K	31.8%	13.8%	6.1%	30.1%
Aransas County	25K	31.7%	8.6%	6.4%	14.2%
Zavala County	9K	31.6%	40.6%	8.0%	33.9%
Bell County	387K	31.3%	13.0%	5.3%	14.5%
Grimes County	31K	31.3%	13.8%	4.8%	14.6%
Lamar County	51K	31.3%	12.5%	7.1%	19.0%
Van Zandt County	63K	31.3%	11.0%	3.2%	11.1%
Hamilton County	8K	31.0%	12.9%	4.2%	16.5%
Madison County	14K	30.9%	10.6%	3.7%	10.9%
Maverick County	58K	30.8%	28.7%	6.6%	22.8%
San Patricio County	70K	30.7%	14.3%	6.4%	14.8%
Hardin County	58K	30.6%	12.9%	3.9%	12.1%
Tom Green County	120K	30.6%	9.6%	5.0%	11.1%
Hutchinson County	20K	30.3%	6.8%	3.9%	13.3%
Jeff Davis County	2K	30.1%	5.5%	2.5%	23.9%
Tarrant County	2.2M	30.1%	9.6%	4.6%	11.1%
Young County	18K	30.1%	11.3%	6.8%	16.5%
Brazoria County	391K	29.8%	8.1%	3.1%	7.4%
Fort Bend County	894K	29.5%	6.8%	3.2%	7.6%
Jones County	20K	29.4%	14.7%	5.3%	14.1%
La Salle County	7K	29.1%	13.9%	7.0%	21.4%
Bowie County	92K	28.9%	14.6%	6.9%	16.2%
Hopkins County	38K	28.8%	7.4%	3.6%	11.9%
Brazos County	242K	28.5%	8.6%	6.0%	24.3%
Callahan County	14K	28.5%	10.6%	2.7%	9.6%
Bexar County	2.1M	28.4%	13.8%	6.4%	14.6%
Stephens County	9K	27.6%	10.3%	8.4%	14.6%
Sherman County	2K	27.4%	4.4%	N/A	10.4%
Coleman County	8K	27.3%	13.1%	8.4%	19.6%
Haskell County	5K	27.1%	15.4%	3.3%	16.6%
Robertson County	17K	27.0%	15.6%	8.9%	13.5%
Rusk County	53K	26.9%	11.2%	4.5%	14.4%
Andrews County	19K	26.8%	13.0%	4.5%	15.6%
Ector County	165K	26.8%	12.5%	6.1%	16.5%
Concho County	3K	26.7%	6.9%	4.5%	11.4%
Duval County	10K	26.7%	24.9%	10.8%	33.3%
San Augustine County	8K	26.6%	23.4%	8.0%	27.1%
Travis County	1.3M	26.4%	5.6%	5.9%	10.9%
Eastland County	18K	26.3%	11.8%	5.0%	16.2%
Milam County	26K	26.1%	11.2%	5.5%	12.9%
Angelina County	87K	26.0%	16.7%	6.3%	15.8%
Hardeman County	4K	25.8%	13.7%	2.0%	10.7%
Yoakum County	8K	25.8%	3.3%	3.7%	16.8%
Bosque County	19K	25.6%	10.4%	2.3%	9.3%
Midland County	175K	25.1%	7.0%	4.4%	11.3%
Taylor County	146K	24.9%	11.1%	3.8%	14.7%
Mills County	5K	24.7%	13.2%	2.2%	7.2%
Hall County	3K	24.5%	13.9%	4.3%	16.3%
Potter County	116K	24.5%	14.6%	7.7%	20.8%
Jefferson County	254K	24.4%	16.9%	8.1%	19.5%
Presidio County	6K	24.4%	17.6%	5.7%	32.0%
Gregg County	125K	24.2%	13.5%	4.6%	16.1%
Burnet County	53K	24.1%	7.3%	3.7%	8.0%
Kimble County	4K	24.1%	11.4%	5.1%	11.7%
Hartley County	5K	23.9%	8.0%	2.7%	9.4%
Hood County	66K	23.9%	4.6%	2.6%	7.7%
Victoria County	91K	23.8%	14.2%	6.2%	16.2%
Frio County	19K	23.5%	23.6%	10.4%	19.5%
Hale County	32K	23.5%	23.0%	6.5%	20.5%
Nolan County	14K	23.5%	19.7%	8.5%	22.5%
Panola County	23K	23.1%	10.9%	5.2%	11.2%
Lamb County	13K	23.0%	14.2%	3.2%	15.0%
Denton County	980K	22.9%	4.4%	3.5%	7.1%
Gray County	21K	22.4%	13.9%	4.1%	15.7%
Nacogdoches County	65K	22.2%	16.6%	6.1%	21.8%
Navarro County	55K	22.2%	13.8%	4.5%	17.1%
Wood County	47K	21.8%	11.1%	5.1%	12.5%
Martin County	5K	21.4%	9.8%	N/A	8.3%
Washington County	37K	21.4%	10.7%	6.8%	13.4%
Cochran County	3K	21.2%	21.7%	5.4%	27.8%
Jim Wells County	39K	21.2%	24.0%	6.9%	24.7%
Mason County	4K	21.1%	4.7%	3.3%	7.0%
Reeves County	13K	21.1%	17.4%	6.1%	16.8%
Comanche County	14K	21.0%	10.5%	5.2%	16.2%
Colorado County	21K	20.9%	9.5%	4.7%	10.7%
Deaf Smith County	18K	20.7%	13.4%	4.6%	17.7%
Parker County	165K	20.7%	5.1%	3.1%	8.0%
Leon County	16K	20.5%	8.2%	3.0%	16.4%
El Paso County	871K	20.3%	19.3%	6.4%	18.7%
Rockwall County	124K	20.3%	4.3%	2.1%	4.0%
Jackson County	15K	20.2%	18.3%	7.0%	14.1%
Menard County	2K	20.2%	9.1%	1.1%	18.9%
Parmer County	10K	20.2%	4.9%	2.3%	10.2%
Smith County	242K	20.2%	9.1%	4.7%	11.6%
Johnson County	196K	20.1%	7.8%	2.6%	10.0%
Dickens County	2K	19.8%	14.9%	6.6%	18.0%
Garza County	5K	19.8%	11.0%	7.9%	8.4%
Collin County	1.2M	19.6%	3.1%	3.2%	6.2%
Refugio County	7K	19.2%	14.1%	10.4%	14.6%
Sutton County	3K	19.2%	6.7%	3.8%	4.5%
Harris County	4.8M	18.9%	13.4%	7.1%	16.3%
Atascosa County	51K	18.8%	16.2%	5.1%	15.8%
Freestone County	20K	18.7%	14.8%	2.5%	12.3%
Dallas County	2.6M	18.6%	10.5%	6.8%	13.9%
Fayette County	25K	18.6%	7.4%	6.1%	8.6%
Grayson County	143K	18.6%	8.3%	3.7%	11.2%
Motley County	1K	18.5%	12.6%	2.6%	16.1%
Webb County	269K	18.5%	23.7%	6.6%	21.3%
Archer County	9K	18.3%	6.5%	1.4%	9.2%
Henderson County	85K	18.3%	12.8%	4.6%	14.7%
Lubbock County	319K	18.2%	10.7%	5.8%	17.1%
Limestone County	22K	18.1%	16.6%	3.5%	17.1%
Shelby County	24K	17.9%	15.7%	6.7%	20.6%
Moore County	21K	17.8%	8.6%	6.7%	18.3%
Brooks County	7K	17.7%	35.7%	24.8%	19.4%
Carson County	6K	17.6%	4.4%	4.1%	7.4%
Waller County	62K	17.6%	12.9%	2.9%	14.6%
Caldwell County	49K	17.5%	11.4%	3.6%	13.2%
Bastrop County	107K	17.3%	7.5%	3.4%	10.2%
Fisher County	4K	17.0%	13.9%	4.3%	13.7%
Zapata County	14K	16.8%	31.3%	8.8%	38.4%
Burleson County	19K	16.5%	11.9%	4.0%	12.7%
Jasper County	33K	16.5%	15.6%	5.2%	20.7%
Cass County	29K	16.3%	16.6%	6.0%	17.5%
Lavaca County	21K	16.1%	8.3%	3.0%	11.5%
Medina County	54K	16.0%	10.7%	3.5%	9.6%
Lampasas County	23K	15.8%	8.7%	3.3%	9.1%
Karnes County	15K	15.7%	21.1%	9.8%	19.1%
Donley County	3K	15.6%	3.4%	3.2%	7.9%
Stonewall County	1K	15.4%	8.0%	4.7%	14.9%
Castro County	7K	15.3%	9.4%	1.7%	19.2%
Floyd County	5K	15.3%	12.9%	6.7%	17.9%
Sabine County	10K	15.2%	14.9%	2.7%	11.0%
Trinity County	14K	15.1%	16.5%	9.7%	17.6%
Comal County	184K	14.6%	4.4%	2.2%	6.5%
Shackelford County	3K	14.6%	8.3%	2.9%	9.5%
Montague County	21K	14.5%	9.8%	5.6%	14.2%
Hunt County	109K	14.3%	11.7%	3.7%	11.8%
Lee County	18K	14.0%	11.9%	3.2%	11.3%
Falls County	17K	13.8%	13.2%	5.8%	14.7%
Wharton County	42K	13.5%	13.9%	7.2%	13.6%
Crane County	5K	13.4%	3.9%	11.8%	10.9%
Walker County	80K	13.1%	10.5%	8.1%	18.4%
Knox County	3K	12.6%	14.0%	7.5%	15.7%
Kerr County	53K	11.8%	6.4%	6.2%	11.4%
Harrison County	70K	11.5%	12.8%	6.8%	15.6%
Ochiltree County	10K	11.5%	5.0%	5.3%	11.8%
Wheeler County	5K	11.5%	13.6%	6.0%	15.4%
Polk County	53K	11.0%	16.2%	3.8%	17.5%
Randall County	146K	10.8%	6.9%	3.3%	9.7%
Chambers County	51K	10.7%	5.8%	3.4%	11.9%
Kaufman County	173K	10.7%	9.9%	3.1%	9.7%
Camp County	13K	10.6%	16.6%	6.7%	19.9%
Hemphill County	3K	10.6%	9.1%	6.3%	6.2%
Schleicher County	2K	10.6%	7.3%	4.1%	9.9%
Gillespie County	28K	10.5%	3.6%	5.5%	9.2%
Live Oak County	12K	10.0%	16.5%	9.4%	17.1%
Scurry County	16K	10.0%	8.0%	5.7%	11.6%
Wise County	75K	9.9%	7.8%	2.6%	8.9%
Liberty County	103K	9.3%	16.6%	5.1%	18.7%
Cooke County	43K	9.0%	9.4%	3.9%	13.5%
Kendall County	49K	8.6%	4.5%	2.7%	5.0%
Hays County	269K	8.3%	5.0%	3.9%	12.1%
Ward County	11K	8.3%	9.1%	6.5%	14.9%
Marion County	10K	7.9%	20.5%	8.1%	18.3%
Culberson County	2K	7.8%	26.7%	5.2%	19.5%
Hansford County	5K	7.6%	2.8%	5.2%	8.6%
San Jacinto County	28K	7.6%	17.1%	4.2%	18.4%
Upshur County	43K	7.5%	12.3%	3.8%	12.4%
Austin County	31K	7.4%	9.2%	2.8%	12.0%
Baylor County	3K	7.4%	15.9%	7.0%	21.8%
Collingsworth County	3K	7.4%	17.3%	1.9%	21.8%
Delta County	5K	7.2%	11.0%	3.6%	11.4%
Crockett County	3K	6.7%	N/A	N/A	9.3%
Reagan County	3K	6.4%	6.0%	1.9%	11.8%
Bailey County	7K	6.3%	17.9%	10.2%	12.0%
Blanco County	12K	6.3%	4.7%	2.2%	8.4%
Winkler County	7K	5.9%	18.8%	3.1%	16.2%
Crosby County	5K	5.6%	24.2%	3.9%	20.1%
DeWitt County	20K	5.6%	11.8%	6.7%	17.6%
Wilson County	53K	5.2%	8.4%	3.2%	11.3%
Hill County	37K	5.0%	11.1%	5.2%	14.7%
Gaines County	22K	3.1%	7.8%	5.6%	6.8%
Morris County	12K	2.1%	13.6%	4.9%	19.5%
Rains County	13K	0.0%	11.2%	2.0%	10.0%
Somervell County	10K	0.0%	5.5%	2.4%	7.5%

Source: USDA ERS Food Access Research Atlas (2019) + U.S. Census Bureau ACS (2024 5-year). Sorted by low-access share, highest first.

Figures from USDA Food Access Research Atlas (2019) and Census ACS 2024 5-year. Compiled 2026-06-23. Methodology · All states.

PlainFoodAccess renders this state summary directly from the USDA Food Access Research Atlas (2019) and U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates), no number is typed in by an editor. Statewide figures for Texas are population-weighted aggregates of county Atlas and ACS records. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-06-23. Primary sources: USDA Food Access Research Atlas and Census ACS 5-year estimates.