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Counties in Texas ranked

6.2%of income goes to home energy in Foard County, the highest of 247 Texas counties

Travis County is lowest at 1.3%, a gap of 4.7 times. The median Texas county sits at 3.1%, against 3.3% for the median U.S. county. Source for Texas: DOE LEAD 2022.

Texas county map

Texas counties, shaded by quintile of the selected measureCallahan County: 3.4%Brooks County: 4.6%Duval County: 4.0%La Salle County: 3.4%Culberson County: 5.1%Potter County: 3.0%Falls County: 4.1%Yoakum County: 1.9%Lubbock County: 2.6%Hamilton County: 3.0%Floyd County: 3.6%Karnes County: 2.6%Upton County: 2.8%Reagan County: 2.7%Gray County: 3.2%Moore County: 3.2%Young County: 3.5%Hutchinson County: 2.7%Haskell County: 3.8%Cochran County: 2.8%Hansford County: 3.8%Johnson County: 2.6%Bosque County: 3.4%Dallam County: 3.5%Coryell County: 2.6%Bailey County: 2.6%Baylor County: 4.6%Schleicher County: 3.5%Stephens County: 4.0%Swisher County: 5.1%Lamb County: 3.7%Brown County: 3.5%Hall County: 3.8%King County: 3.1%McMullen County: 3.3%Terry County: 3.7%Tom Green County: 2.6%Wheeler County: 4.4%Wilson County: 2.0%Zavala County: 4.0%Armstrong County: 2.7%Navarro County: 3.5%Live Oak County: 3.0%Rains County: 2.8%Lee County: 2.8%Polk County: 3.4%Dawson County: 3.9%Borden County: 2.3%Lynn County: 2.7%Menard County: 3.2%Taylor County: 3.0%Garza County: 3.0%Shackelford County: 3.1%Stonewall County: 3.6%Ector County: 2.8%Irion County: 3.5%Bell County: 2.7%San Augustine County: 4.1%Eastland County: 3.4%Deaf Smith County: 3.2%Rockwall County: 2.0%Bastrop County: 2.3%Blanco County: 1.9%Knox County: 4.5%Dickens County: 4.0%Castro County: 3.4%Glasscock County: 1.9%Palo Pinto County: 3.0%Jeff Davis County: 3.0%Fayette County: 2.8%Coke County: 3.5%Sherman County: 4.1%Somervell County: 2.6%Hartley County: 2.5%Throckmorton County: 3.6%Uvalde County: 3.2%Scurry County: 2.9%Howard County: 3.0%Runnels County: 3.5%Hood County: 2.5%Liberty County: 3.3%Kimble County: 2.9%Midland County: 2.2%Lavaca County: 3.2%Carson County: 2.1%Mason County: 2.6%Comanche County: 3.6%Archer County: 3.5%Frio County: 3.0%Erath County: 2.9%Hemphill County: 3.1%Upshur County: 2.9%Hale County: 3.3%Jim Wells County: 3.6%Martin County: 3.0%Fisher County: 3.6%Winkler County: no page, no dataCamp County: 3.1%Oldham County: 2.4%Kent County: 3.6%Kerr County: 1.8%Sutton County: 3.3%Grimes County: 2.9%Andrews County: 2.4%Madison County: 3.0%Bowie County: 2.8%Wichita County: no page, no dataShelby County: 3.4%Austin County: 3.0%Denton County: 1.9%Wood County: 2.8%Houston County: 3.1%Webb County: 3.0%Foard County: 6.2%Panola County: 2.8%Caldwell County: 2.8%Atascosa County: 2.7%Collin County: 1.9%Cottle County: 3.7%Crockett County: 1.8%Williamson County: 1.6%Hill County: 4.0%Calhoun County: 2.6%DeWitt County: 3.5%Colorado County: 3.2%Travis County: 1.3%Nacogdoches County: 3.3%Bee County: 3.2%Parmer County: 2.4%Gonzales County: 3.1%Lipscomb County: 3.8%Motley County: 4.2%Brewster County: 3.0%Hardin County: 2.5%Comal County: 1.8%Coleman County: 3.7%Lamar County: 3.5%Aransas County: 2.8%Freestone County: 3.2%Childress County: 3.0%Kendall County: 1.6%Wise County: 2.9%Jim Hogg County: 3.5%Kinney County: 3.4%Dallas County: 2.2%Kaufman County: 2.8%Jones County: 3.9%Bexar County: 2.0%Guadalupe County: 1.8%Nueces County: 2.7%Jasper County: 3.3%Lampasas County: 2.6%Gillespie County: 2.1%Concho County: 3.3%Montague County: 3.8%Val Verde County: 3.2%Zapata County: 3.9%McCulloch County: 4.3%Waller County: 2.6%Brazos County: 2.4%Burleson County: 2.8%Hardeman County: 4.2%Tyler County: 3.4%Victoria County: 2.6%Walker County: 3.1%Washington County: 2.2%Montgomery County: 1.8%San Saba County: 2.1%Ward County: no page, no dataWilbarger County: 4.2%Wharton County: 3.2%Robertson County: 3.2%Willacy County: 4.1%Kenedy County: no page, no dataSan Patricio County: 2.8%Matagorda County: 3.0%Hudspeth County: 5.6%Kleberg County: 3.4%Mills County: 3.1%Marion County: 3.5%Pecos County: 2.3%Harrison County: 2.7%El Paso County: 2.3%Randall County: 2.2%Real County: 2.9%Van Zandt County: 3.1%Loving County: no page, no dataSabine County: 3.4%Smith County: 2.7%Hunt County: 3.0%Harris County: 2.0%McLennan County: 2.9%Jackson County: 2.5%Cameron County: 3.1%Gregg County: 2.6%Franklin County: 2.5%Anderson County: 3.4%Rusk County: 3.1%Fort Bend County: no page, no dataOrange County: 2.4%Starr County: 4.3%Terrell County: 4.4%Burnet County: 2.4%Mitchell County: 3.4%Nolan County: 3.9%Reeves County: 3.5%Clay County: 3.5%Newton County: 3.6%Brazoria County: 2.1%Cooke County: 2.9%Sterling County: 2.6%Limestone County: 3.5%Goliad County: 2.5%Presidio County: 4.2%Parker County: 2.2%San Jacinto County: 3.1%Galveston County: 2.1%Red River County: 3.5%Crosby County: 3.4%Titus County: 3.3%Gaines County: 2.6%Leon County: 2.8%Hidalgo County: 3.1%Maverick County: 3.5%Ochiltree County: 3.6%Ellis County: 2.5%Henderson County: 3.2%Cass County: 3.3%Dimmit County: 4.0%Delta County: 3.1%Medina County: 2.4%Edwards County: 3.6%Hopkins County: 3.2%Milam County: 3.3%Bandera County: 2.1%Collingsworth County: 4.3%Angelina County: 3.1%Hockley County: 2.9%Trinity County: 3.3%Refugio County: 3.7%Donley County: 3.5%Morris County: 3.7%Grayson County: 3.0%Fannin County: 3.4%Jack County: 3.8%Tarrant County: 2.3%Jefferson County: 2.7%Briscoe County: 4.2%Roberts County: 3.0%Crane County: no page, no dataHays County: 1.6%Cherokee County: 3.4%Llano County: 2.0%Chambers County: 2.2%
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Texas counties, darker = higher. Click one for its page.

Highest energy burden in Texas

Foard County leads Texas on burden at 6.2% of income and Hudspeth County follows at 5.6%. For lower-income homes the top is Foard County: 18.2% of income, against 9.6% in the median Texas county.

home energy burden, % of income, top 10 Texas counties

  • Foard County6.2
  • Hudspeth County5.6
  • Culberson County5.1
  • Swisher County5.1
  • Baylor County4.6
  • Brooks County4.6
  • Knox County4.5
  • Terrell County4.4
  • Wheeler County4.4
  • McCulloch County4.3
  • Texas median county3.1
Texas counties with the lowest home energy burden
Lowest burden in TexasShare of income (TX)Residents (TX)
Travis County1.3%1,307,625
Williamson County1.6%643,889
Hays County1.6%256,429
Kendall County1.6%46,971
Crockett County1.8%2,881

Storm reports and FEMA risk in Texas

NOAA logged 163 damaging-wind, tornado, tropical, ice, winter and heat reports in Carson County from 2015 to 2025, 2,809 for every 100,000 residents: the most in Texas. FEMA scores Harris County highest at 99.9 (very high). In Texas these are weather reports and an index, not outage counts.

Texas top 5: Storm reports per 100,000 residents
Top 5 in Texasreports 2015-2025 (TX)Residents (TX)Rank (TX)
Carson County2,8095,8021st
Hartley County2,7705,3072nd
Hansford County2,4515,1823rd
Crosby County2,0905,0724th
Swisher County1,7766,9815th
Texas top 5: FEMA risk score
Top 5 in Texasscore 0-100 (TX)Residents (TX)Rank (TX)
Harris County99.94,758,5791st
Dallas County99.72,603,8162nd
Bexar County99.42,037,3443rd
Tarrant County99.12,135,7434th
Hidalgo County99.0880,9215th

Flood claims and flood insurance in Texas

Aransas County has the most NFIP flood claims per 1,000 homes in Texas: 190.2 from 2015 to 2025, against 2.9 in the median Texas county. Galveston County has the highest share of homes with flood insurance (42.2%, median county 0.7%). Claims are a record of insured losses, not outage counts.

Texas top 5: Flood claims per 1,000 homes
Top 5 in Texasclaims 2015-2025 (TX)Residents (TX)Rank (TX)
Aransas County190.224,4491st
Orange County186.884,9932nd
Jefferson County126.6253,9393rd
Galveston County85.0354,7214th
Chambers County74.749,1785th
Texas top 5: Flood insurance penetration
Top 5 in Texas% of homes insured (TX)Residents (TX)Rank (TX)
Galveston County42.2%354,7211st
Orange County29.8%84,9932nd
Aransas County25.5%24,4493rd
Chambers County22.7%49,1784th
Brazoria County22.5%381,6505th

FEMA OpenFEMA NFIP, as of 8 Sep 2026. Flood claims by county.

Outliers: Texas counties far from the state median

10 county-measure pairs sit 3 or more scaled median-absolute-deviation units from the Texas median. Most extreme: Aransas County, flood claims per 1,000 homes 190.2 against a median of 2.9.

Texas outliers by deviation from the state median
CountyMeasureValueTexas medianDeviations
Aransas CountyFlood claims per 1,000 homes190.22.9+61.6
Orange CountyFlood claims per 1,000 homes186.82.9+60.5
Galveston CountyFlood insurance penetration42.2%0.7%+53.8
Jefferson CountyFlood claims per 1,000 homes126.62.9+40.7
Orange CountyFlood insurance penetration29.8%0.7%+37.7
Aransas CountyFlood insurance penetration25.5%0.7%+32.1
Chambers CountyFlood insurance penetration22.7%0.7%+28.4
Brazoria CountyFlood insurance penetration22.5%0.7%+28.3
Jefferson CountyFlood insurance penetration22.0%0.7%+27.6
Galveston CountyFlood claims per 1,000 homes85.02.9+27.0

Old homes, electric heat and utilities in Texas

Terrell County has the oldest stock: 91% of homes date from before 1980. Electric heat is most common in Starr County at 92% of homes, and Denton County lists 7 utilities, the most in Texas.

Texas top 5: Homes built before 1980
Top 5 in Texas% of homes (TX)Residents (TX)Rank (TX)
Terrell County91%8511st
Hall County86%2,8272nd
Foard County86%1,0793rd
Swisher County85%6,9814th
Motley County85%1,2675th
Texas top 5: Homes heated by electricity
Top 5 in Texas% of homes (TX)Residents (TX)Rank (TX)
Starr County92%65,8091st
Jim Hogg County90%4,7972nd
Dimmit County90%8,5073rd
Maverick County90%57,7704th
Hidalgo County90%880,9215th

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All 247 Texas counties, sortable

247 Texas counties, all measures
Anderson County57,8253.4%10.3%15973.642%75%30.80.2%92
Andrews County18,5182.4%9.8%1409.048%67%3no data0.0%26
Angelina County86,7913.1%9.0%17471.841%69%42.70.9%151
Aransas County24,4492.8%11.1%32761.228%73%2190.225.5%80
Archer County8,7343.5%13.4%1,1227.752%63%43.51.1%98
Armstrong County1,8832.7%9.2%under 5,000 residents20.077%43%2no datano data142
Atascosa County50,0582.7%8.9%5260.734%84%40.20.7%26
Austin County30,7123.0%9.6%9453.134%64%421.23.9%29
Bailey County7,0442.6%9.3%85242.473%28%3no data0.5%60
Bandera County21,5892.1%8.7%9366.724%83%22.32.0%20
Bastrop County102,3702.3%8.1%5281.224%74%36.41.3%53
Baylor County3,4644.6%14.0%under 5,000 residents17.573%31%4no data0.4%66
Bee County31,0003.2%9.3%12962.758%79%33.42.9%40
Bell County379,8112.7%9.1%3191.128%87%41.10.7%117
Bexar County2,037,3442.0%7.2%799.437%69%50.60.8%139
Blanco County12,0081.9%7.6%27533.028%80%25.61.4%33
Borden County7232.3%7.4%under 5,000 residents5.760%50%4no datano data57
Bosque County18,5463.4%10.3%38336.952%64%41.40.8%71
Bowie County92,3212.8%9.8%19679.042%59%32.60.7%181
Brazoria County381,6502.1%9.2%3193.629%48%354.522.5%117
Brazos County237,9802.4%8.6%4188.424%63%63.72.0%97
Brewster County9,4643.0%9.3%1,22621.149%58%2no data2.8%116
Briscoe County1,2234.2%12.5%under 5,000 residents8.785%34%3no datano data99
Brooks County6,9874.6%11.3%1,00260.864%66%4no data3.3%70
Brown County38,2943.5%9.2%14464.955%65%32.82.2%55
Burleson County18,3272.8%10.0%21329.131%76%41.50.9%39
Burnet County51,0642.4%8.1%11776.630%79%215.45.0%60
Caldwell County47,1842.8%8.0%9179.837%75%47.01.4%43
Calhoun County19,9212.6%8.1%46266.354%66%332.214.4%92
Callahan County14,0173.4%9.3%25714.756%65%3no data0.2%36
Cameron County423,1923.1%8.0%5397.330%90%319.69.7%225
Camp County12,6523.1%9.4%87739.343%68%3no datano data111
Carson County5,8022.1%7.8%2,80925.277%29%1no data0.3%163
Cass County28,5823.3%10.8%54950.849%69%4no data0.1%157
Castro County7,3283.4%9.4%1,69234.469%37%4no data0.2%124
Chambers County49,1782.2%11.1%4351.823%62%274.722.7%21
Cherokee County51,1433.4%10.1%32861.638%62%31.80.5%168
Childress County6,7723.0%9.8%1,22619.662%44%5no data0.0%83
Clay County10,4023.5%12.2%82714.356%53%32.40.8%86
Cochran County2,5202.8%7.5%under 5,000 residents12.869%37%4no data0.1%92
Coke County3,3153.5%9.6%under 5,000 residents3.757%60%4no data0.3%28
Coleman County7,7653.7%9.7%61820.667%45%3no data0.3%48
Collin County1,116,6011.9%9.3%1898.911%50%60.40.5%203
Collingsworth County2,7334.3%11.5%under 5,000 residents27.482%40%3no data1.4%75
Colorado County20,7363.2%11.3%14062.247%61%65.73.4%29
Comal County174,5521.8%8.0%3192.718%78%43.02.4%54
Comanche County13,7863.6%10.9%49351.054%62%5no data0.4%68
Concho County3,3013.3%9.8%under 5,000 residents4.560%52%4no data0.1%23
Cooke County42,4732.9%9.4%27173.346%64%61.31.0%115
Coryell County83,7722.6%6.8%8463.440%73%51.10.5%70
Cottle County1,3023.7%11.8%under 5,000 residents12.578%39%4no datano data88
Crockett County2,8811.8%6.8%under 5,000 residents5.855%39%4no data1.0%30
Crosby County5,0723.4%8.4%2,09023.778%45%3no data0.3%106
Culberson County2,1815.1%12.5%under 5,000 residents11.662%36%3no data0.5%491
Dallam County7,1803.5%9.2%1,35151.159%32%4no data0.3%97
Dallas County2,603,8162.2%8.2%1099.746%62%61.30.8%258
Dawson County12,3113.9%11.1%65038.776%35%3no data0.2%80
DeWitt County19,8533.5%11.3%9183.956%66%43.92.4%18
Deaf Smith County18,4873.2%7.7%79061.874%33%2no data0.1%146
Delta County5,3453.1%10.9%1,0668.950%65%3no datano data57
Denton County945,6441.9%8.5%2796.913%55%70.70.7%254
Dickens County1,6414.0%11.7%under 5,000 residents13.674%41%3no datano data84
Dimmit County8,5074.0%10.3%11835.944%90%3no data0.6%10
Donley County3,2763.5%10.7%under 5,000 residents26.667%33%4no data0.3%72
Duval County9,8244.0%9.9%48954.456%84%3no data0.5%48
Eastland County17,8463.4%10.3%38141.269%51%611.90.8%68
Ector County163,2062.8%10.3%6482.848%60%21.11.5%104
Edwards County1,3923.6%8.3%under 5,000 residents5.765%60%6no datano data17
El Paso County866,2752.3%6.3%1095.540%26%20.51.1%87
Ellis County203,9272.5%9.5%5881.624%75%41.20.8%118
Erath County43,2442.9%9.9%16275.038%73%30.90.4%70
Falls County17,0634.1%11.2%42226.261%57%4no data0.0%72
Fannin County36,5253.4%11.7%32368.140%58%62.81.0%118
Fayette County24,7832.8%11.3%15358.049%70%47.11.4%38
Fisher County3,6613.6%10.8%under 5,000 residents1.979%45%4no datano data52
Floyd County5,2943.6%11.2%1,26630.785%38%3no data0.0%67
Foard County1,0796.2%18.2%under 5,000 residents4.586%46%4no datano data58
Franklin County10,5222.5%8.4%1,04524.835%80%52.30.2%110
Freestone County19,8133.2%10.5%28856.538%75%40.90.3%57
Frio County18,0193.0%8.2%6155.943%80%3no data0.1%11
Gaines County21,9042.6%8.7%34757.639%70%4no data0.1%76
Galveston County354,7212.1%9.6%2795.437%51%385.042.2%97
Garza County5,4353.0%8.8%1,71120.060%53%4no data0.1%93
Gillespie County27,2022.1%7.0%14057.736%65%3no data1.2%38
Glasscock County1,0701.9%7.1%under 5,000 residents4.354%75%2no datano data49
Goliad County7,0962.5%10.2%40922.645%82%5no data1.5%29
Gonzales County19,7643.1%9.7%12685.748%79%43.21.7%25
Gray County21,1313.2%9.2%99959.978%29%3no data0.0%211
Grayson County139,9883.0%10.0%11880.344%61%62.90.5%165
Gregg County124,8602.6%8.2%12287.051%65%31.70.6%152
Grimes County30,3852.9%9.0%12857.027%69%37.02.0%39
Guadalupe County178,3681.8%7.5%4791.521%85%71.83.6%84
Hale County32,2473.3%8.4%36978.472%41%4no data0.5%119
Hall County2,8273.8%9.6%under 5,000 residents34.686%37%4no data0.1%134
Hamilton County8,3203.0%9.8%72112.870%54%4no data0.1%60
Hansford County5,1823.8%10.6%2,45142.073%39%4no data0.1%127
Hardeman County3,5294.2%11.5%under 5,000 residents8.777%30%2no datano data76
Hardin County57,1262.5%9.2%6169.636%77%251.812.2%35
Harris County4,758,5792.0%7.6%699.938%56%358.716.6%265
Harrison County69,5842.7%9.2%29777.745%70%33.90.5%207
Hartley County5,3072.5%9.2%2,77033.150%29%3no data0.1%147
Haskell County5,3903.8%10.3%1,29911.771%34%317.21.9%70
Hays County256,4291.6%6.6%2590.613%64%311.72.3%65
Hemphill County3,3113.1%8.7%under 5,000 residents16.551%37%3no datano data119
Henderson County83,6583.2%11.1%10684.535%81%21.20.6%89
Hidalgo County880,9213.1%8.3%2599.018%90%311.13.7%224
Hill County36,6644.0%12.1%25173.043%69%50.60.5%92
Hockley County21,4552.9%8.5%66251.455%45%41.00.5%142
Hood County64,1982.5%10.0%15470.520%86%42.81.7%99
Hopkins County37,3513.2%10.5%22871.244%71%40.60.4%85
Houston County22,0423.1%9.8%27260.750%65%31.50.8%60
Howard County33,1273.0%9.8%24854.871%48%20.80.4%82
Hudspeth County3,3315.6%10.4%under 5,000 residents2.343%34%2no data0.4%34
Hunt County104,9173.0%9.6%9282.237%68%60.80.4%96
Hutchinson County20,4132.7%8.9%1,09767.769%31%3no data0.1%224
Irion County1,4323.5%9.2%under 5,000 residents1.850%71%4no datano data30
Jack County8,6233.8%11.6%1,14811.458%54%4no data0.2%99
Jackson County15,0812.5%8.2%16671.757%67%511.26.5%25
Jasper County32,8073.3%9.2%23561.138%86%411.12.4%77
Jeff Davis County1,7403.0%13.6%under 5,000 residents2.927%58%2no data0.8%70
Jefferson County253,9392.7%9.6%2795.756%58%1126.622.0%68
Jim Hogg County4,7973.5%8.4%under 5,000 residents45.559%90%2no data0.6%23
Jim Wells County38,8633.6%10.9%49186.549%80%34.52.9%191
Johnson County188,8202.6%8.4%7486.727%80%41.50.8%140
Jones County19,9683.9%11.0%38137.965%53%34.61.2%76
Karnes County14,8192.6%9.5%13558.447%80%4no data0.4%20
Kaufman County160,7182.8%9.4%7376.218%66%30.90.5%118
Kendall County46,9711.6%7.5%4765.515%77%44.52.6%22
Kent County7273.6%12.7%under 5,000 residents1.163%69%4no datano data31
Kerr County53,1661.8%6.4%6877.236%78%47.02.4%36
Kimble County4,3552.9%10.3%under 5,000 residents32.250%69%33.61.8%16
King County1893.1%13.9%under 5,000 residents0.351%48%3no datano data46
Kinney County3,1403.4%8.7%under 5,000 residents2.254%83%4no data0.7%18
Kleberg County30,6293.4%11.0%73584.451%76%25.24.6%225
Knox County3,3224.5%11.6%under 5,000 residents17.877%32%2no data0.1%88
La Salle County6,9463.4%8.0%1,20922.649%82%3no data0.1%84
Lamar County50,4213.5%11.8%17179.542%60%45.00.7%86
Lamb County12,9193.7%9.9%91361.275%39%4no data0.1%118
Lampasas County22,2672.6%8.9%25129.939%76%33.21.3%56
Lavaca County20,4793.2%10.3%8378.955%62%4no data1.5%17
Lee County17,7582.8%9.6%14640.532%73%33.40.4%26
Leon County16,0672.8%9.3%51758.328%68%40.60.4%83
Liberty County97,9933.3%10.0%4579.531%73%342.45.9%44
Limestone County22,1853.5%9.8%53259.344%65%49.80.7%118
Lipscomb County2,9643.8%12.7%under 5,000 residents27.968%24%2no data0.9%75
Live Oak County11,4443.0%11.1%46333.742%84%4no data2.0%53
Llano County22,0112.0%7.3%17370.432%88%329.07.1%38
Lubbock County314,6332.6%8.8%6396.245%53%40.70.8%198
Lynn County5,6672.7%8.4%1,50023.076%46%4no data0.0%85
Madison County13,5743.0%9.9%23634.943%73%41.70.6%32
Marion County9,6313.5%9.9%1,36029.249%74%23.70.3%131
Martin County5,2303.0%9.5%74620.062%61%2no data0.4%39
Mason County3,9512.6%8.8%under 5,000 residents11.058%63%4no data0.5%21
Matagorda County36,2743.0%10.2%13580.353%65%538.715.1%49
Maverick County57,7703.5%8.4%3864.226%90%22.70.7%22
McCulloch County7,5654.3%12.3%48910.169%47%3no data0.5%37
McLennan County263,6082.9%9.6%5191.248%70%51.41.0%135
McMullen County6233.3%11.2%under 5,000 residents0.640%82%5no datano data18
Medina County52,4192.4%8.5%9568.732%74%51.21.9%50
Menard County1,9643.2%11.0%under 5,000 residents3.163%71%57.55.9%24
Midland County171,4962.2%10.0%7481.234%54%20.41.9%127
Milam County25,2683.3%9.3%33658.149%67%50.50.4%85
Mills County4,4993.1%10.9%under 5,000 residents5.655%49%3no data0.1%36
Mitchell County8,9893.4%10.4%60119.880%53%4no data0.1%54
Montague County20,5993.8%11.4%48154.952%47%42.90.8%99
Montgomery County654,7221.8%8.9%1695.714%53%531.210.7%102
Moore County21,2343.2%8.5%78261.964%35%2no data0.1%166
Morris County12,0143.7%9.8%83234.558%60%3no data0.3%100
Motley County1,2674.2%13.5%under 5,000 residents3.285%56%4no datano data94
Nacogdoches County64,8973.3%9.8%26780.741%71%41.40.6%173
Navarro County53,7353.5%9.9%20775.348%65%22.80.7%111
Newton County12,1933.6%9.6%43527.235%85%368.34.5%53
Nolan County14,5653.9%9.3%45337.877%54%53.11.0%66
Nueces County352,8292.7%9.3%10796.647%81%340.317.4%379
Ochiltree County9,8523.6%9.9%1,06634.957%27%2no datano data105
Oldham County2,0972.4%7.9%under 5,000 residents9.770%36%3no datano data175
Orange County84,9932.4%8.6%4085.946%67%2186.829.8%34
Palo Pinto County28,9203.0%10.1%38055.252%60%43.71.0%110
Panola County22,6242.8%9.5%82255.444%70%4no data0.1%186
Parker County158,0792.2%10.7%8581.121%77%41.31.0%134
Parmer County9,7522.4%6.7%95481.874%36%3no data0.0%93
Pecos County14,9832.3%7.8%81425.151%59%5no data0.2%122
Polk County51,7803.4%10.5%7375.637%76%27.12.5%38
Potter County116,6343.0%9.0%21390.571%35%20.40.4%248
Presidio County6,0434.2%11.3%1,05910.252%65%2no data0.6%64
Rains County12,5052.8%11.1%48814.123%75%4no data0.2%61
Randall County143,7912.2%8.7%16186.842%41%21.20.6%231
Reagan County3,2592.7%6.2%under 5,000 residents5.949%62%4no datano data38
Real County2,8212.9%8.5%under 5,000 residents42.642%87%5no data6.3%20
Red River County11,6213.5%9.9%1,17064.747%57%5no data0.0%136
Reeves County13,2193.5%11.8%45419.165%39%4no data0.3%60
Refugio County6,6933.7%11.5%55337.562%82%317.43.3%37
Roberts County7853.0%7.5%under 5,000 residents3.167%33%3no datano data77
Robertson County16,9733.2%10.6%41829.647%58%4no data1.8%71
Rockwall County116,9312.0%11.4%5770.78%54%20.90.5%67
Runnels County9,8803.5%10.2%41526.578%44%3no data0.2%41
Rusk County52,6133.1%10.2%58754.050%65%60.70.3%309
Sabine County9,9983.4%9.6%1,34022.135%75%2no data0.1%134
San Augustine County7,8894.1%10.1%1,43217.640%71%11.60.9%113
San Jacinto County27,9833.1%10.2%8958.933%79%29.42.3%25
San Patricio County69,5192.8%9.2%16385.449%77%221.49.0%113
San Saba County5,8022.1%6.1%2247.353%57%46.23.7%13
Schleicher County2,4263.5%11.5%under 5,000 residents3.859%54%3no data0.1%10
Scurry County16,6332.9%8.5%58330.068%58%2no data0.1%97
Shackelford County3,1693.1%9.9%under 5,000 residents1.456%60%5no data0.9%37
Shelby County24,1083.4%9.5%59355.744%67%3no data0.2%143
Sherman County2,4344.1%11.7%under 5,000 residents30.371%37%3no datano data117
Smith County238,0142.7%10.2%10984.242%58%51.30.6%259
Somervell County9,5102.6%10.9%67310.829%83%32.01.4%64
Starr County65,8094.3%9.8%10984.821%92%32.10.9%72
Stephens County9,2784.0%10.5%7989.268%59%55.22.7%74
Sterling County1,3892.6%6.4%under 5,000 residents1.138%61%3no datano data26
Stonewall County1,2443.6%11.0%under 5,000 residents3.877%76%4no datano data33
Sutton County3,3063.3%9.2%under 5,000 residents7.156%70%313.50.7%11
Swisher County6,9815.1%13.3%1,77637.485%29%2no data0.4%124
Tarrant County2,135,7432.3%8.3%1999.134%67%41.10.9%409
Taylor County144,2593.0%9.6%8383.854%56%21.23.8%120
Terrell County8514.4%15.3%under 5,000 residents0.491%35%2no datano data25
Terry County11,6993.7%11.0%39352.076%40%3no data0.1%46
Throckmorton County1,5893.6%9.7%under 5,000 residents3.381%59%3no datano data44
Titus County31,2843.3%9.0%35846.842%73%40.60.2%112
Tom Green County119,3982.6%8.5%17177.352%63%42.51.4%204
Travis County1,307,6251.3%6.9%1197.725%56%43.32.0%139
Trinity County13,8503.3%10.1%18160.635%81%44.20.5%25
Tyler County20,0843.4%10.1%21961.041%78%26.01.1%44
Upshur County41,8642.9%9.7%37566.940%78%3no data0.2%157
Upton County3,2272.8%8.7%under 5,000 residents7.762%51%3no datano data21
Uvalde County24,8103.2%8.5%11770.042%79%40.72.0%29
Val Verde County47,6473.2%8.9%16276.145%80%30.91.1%77
Van Zandt County61,3233.1%10.5%19158.835%77%61.00.5%117
Victoria County91,2812.6%8.5%11486.547%68%34.52.8%104
Walker County78,2923.1%8.9%8873.833%75%411.82.4%69
Waller County59,4552.6%9.2%6470.322%70%437.911.0%38
Washington County36,1562.2%7.6%10872.036%67%43.51.4%39
Webb County267,7313.0%8.4%3789.224%84%30.80.7%99
Wharton County41,6513.2%9.2%8283.054%61%442.210.0%34
Wheeler County4,9024.4%11.9%under 5,000 residents41.369%41%4no data0.3%70
Wilbarger County12,7124.2%11.1%1,03846.173%44%4no data0.3%132
Willacy County20,2184.1%10.4%50077.548%88%230.19.7%101
Williamson County643,8891.6%7.5%1590.110%50%60.81.1%95
Wilson County51,5012.0%8.9%5275.518%86%50.30.9%27
Wise County72,3592.9%9.4%20259.027%74%51.60.6%146
Wood County46,0942.8%10.0%33463.235%72%50.30.3%154
Yoakum County7,5891.9%5.8%83046.159%63%3no data1.0%63
Young County17,9633.5%11.9%41836.460%50%30.80.7%75
Zapata County13,8553.9%10.4%28931.428%89%2no data0.5%40
Zavala County9,5324.0%9.4%9453.654%88%31.21.4%9

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Sources

Texas sources with periods and retrieval dates
SourcePeriodRetrieved
DOE LEAD (TX)20222 Oct 2026
FEMA NRI (TX)Dec 20252 Oct 2026
NOAA Storm Events (TX)2015 to 20252 Oct 2026
Census ACS (TX)2019 to 20232 Oct 2026
EIA-861 (TX)20241 Oct 2026

Texas LEAD figures are group estimates, not bills. Methodology.

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Questions

Which Texas county has the highest home energy burden?

Foard County: 6.2% of income, against 3.1% for the median Texas county (DOE LEAD 2022).

Which Texas county has the lowest energy burden?

Travis County at 1.3% of income.

How does Texas compare with the whole country?

The median Texas county has a burden of 3.1% and the median U.S. county 3.3%, across 247 Texas counties and 3,053 U.S. counties with data.

Where do storms cause the most trouble in Texas?

Carson County has the most NOAA storm reports per 100,000 residents: 2,809 between 2015 and 2025.

Which Texas county has the highest FEMA risk score?

Harris County: 99.9, rated very high by FEMA (Dec 2025).

Where are the oldest homes in Texas?

Terrell County: 91% of homes were built before 1980; the median Texas county is at 49% (Census ACS 2023).

Which Texas county relies most on electric heat?

Starr County: 92% of homes heat with electricity, against 64% in the median county.

Which Texas county has the most flood claims per home?

Aransas County: 190.2 NFIP claims per 1,000 homes from 2015 to 2025; the median Texas county has 2.9 (FEMA OpenFEMA).

Are storm reports the same as power outages in Texas?

No: in Texas they are weather reports, not outage counts.

Where can Texas households get help with bills?

See the Texas help page. Highest burden: Foard County.

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6.2% of income goes to home energy in Foard County, the highest of 247 Texas counties