Medicaid
Provider spending, utilization patterns, and anomaly detection for Texas.
SNAP / HR1 Compliance
Updated Feb 22, 20268.32%
Payment Error Rate
5.77%
Overpayment
2.55%
Underpayment
3.5M
Participants
State vs National PER
State
8.32%
National
10.93%
Projected Annual State Cost Share (effective FY2028)
$636.0M
10% of SNAP benefits
PER 8%–9.99% — 10% state cost share
Based on FY2024 SNAP Payment Error Rates. Cost sharing enacted under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (P.L. 119-94, signed July 4, 2025), effective October 2027.
Public Lands
22.2K
Parcels
8.6M
Acres
--
Est. Value
2
Agencies
Parcel Size Distribution (acres)
Top Agencies by Acreage
Permanent School Fund
8,384,888
State Agency Lands
211,186
Housing Affordability
Updated Mar 30, 2026$1,413
Median Gross Rent
31.6%
Rent BurdenCost-Burdened
62.6%
Homeownership(-5.2% vs nat'l)
$297K
Median Home Value
Contract rent: $1,221
Housing units: 12,394,809
Broadband Access
Updated Mar 30, 202692.5%
Broadband Adoption
+0.5% vs national
4.9%
No Internet
96.9%
Computer Ownership
Subscription Types
Cable/Fiber/DSL 75.3%Cellular 8.2%Satellite 1.1%Other 2.5%
Drinking Water Quality
Updated Mar 30, 20264,587
Community Systems
7,131
Total Systems
N/A
Violating Systems
N/A
Violation Rate
Violation Rate vs National Avg (3.6%)
0% Natl avg9%
$136.3B
Total Funding
$4,814
Per Capita
187,608
Awards
Quarterly Grant Spending (FY2021-FY2025)
Top Agencies
Department of Health and Human Services$39.3B
Department of Transportation$8.1B
Department of Education$4.8B
Department of Agriculture$4.5B
Department of Commerce$3.4B
Department of Energy$2.2B
Top Programs (CFDA)
Grants to States for Medicaid
31,197,141,409
Highway Planning and Construction
5,717,684,349
Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program
3,307,616,455
National School Lunch Program
3,211,476,551
Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies
1,835,848,822
Special Education Grants to States
1,204,637,957
Budget & Fiscal Health
FY2022Updated Mar 30, 2026$346.9B
Revenue
$329.3B
Expenditure
$92.8B
Debt
$3,043
Debt/Capita
Credit Ratings (GO Bonds)
S&P
AAAMoody's
AaaFitch
AAARevenue/capita: $11,374
Tax burden/capita: $1,610
Workforce & Employment
Updated Mar 30, 20264.4%
Unemployment
vs 4.4% national
15.6M
Employed
15.7M
Labor Force
%
LFPR
vs 62.4% national
Fastest Growing Sectors
+6.6%Utilities
+3.6%Construction
+3.5%Other Services
Shrinking Sectors
-3.3%Information
-1.7%Management
-0.8%Wholesale Trade
Employment data from Census ACS 1-year estimates (BLS LAUS unavailable). Trend data not available.
Public Health Outcomes
Updated Mar 30, 2026Life Expectancy
76.7 yrs#30 of 51
Overdose Death Rate
16.5/100k#4 of 51
Uninsured Rate
18.8%#51 of 51
Obesity Rate
35.7%#33 of 51
Mental Distress Days
5.1/mo#27 of 51
Infant Mortality
5.6/1k#23 of 51
Premature Death Rate
8,233.1/100k#23 of 51
Better than national avgWorse than national avg
Education
Updated Mar 30, 2026NAEP Scores (2024 Nation's Report Card)
240.5
4th Math
vs 237.3 nat'l
269.4
8th Math
vs 272.2 nat'l
211.9
4th Reading
vs 214.3 nat'l
252.3
8th Reading
vs 256.7 nat'l
Infrastructure
Grade: AUpdated Mar 30, 2026Bridges (FHWA NBI 2025)
56,951
Total Bridges
51.7%
Good
47.1%
Fair
1.2%
Poor
Campaign Finance
$5.8B
Contributions
$6.2B
Expenditures
300
Committees
1994-2023
Coverage
Contributions by Party
Other: $5.8B
Top Donors
TEXANS FOR LAWSUIT REFORM PAC$75,943,963.31
ANTONIO R. SANCHEZ$59,167,238.73
BOB PERRY$32,380,563.55
CHARLES BUTT$22,703,971.1
TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS$21,568,313.48
Top Recipients
TEXANS FOR GREG ABBOTT$400,979,474.67
TEXANS FOR RICK PERRY$185,122,385.15
ACTBLUE TEXAS$143,561,994.73
BETO FOR TEXAS$98,595,762.69
TEXANS FOR LAWSUIT REFORM PAC$96,944,721.37
Regulatory Reform Ideas
100 candidates9 admin-only13 bipartisan67 moderate5 contested6 heavy-lift
Top Easy Wins
- 1.Unified Employer Portal — Employers Report to 3+ Agencies, 2.93M Businesses Affected, Duplicative Quarterly Data(Comptroller, TWC, TDI)
- 2.Cross-Agency Data Sharing — Register Once, Report Once — Same Data to Multiple Agencies, No Unified Portals(All Agencies (TREO))
- 3.TABC License Processing — Sequential Review Creating 90-120+ Day Timelines, No Temporary Permits, Concurrent Review Needed(TABC)
- 4.Teacher Certification Streamlining — 55%+ Uncertified, Out-of-State Rate Falling, 2-3 Year Foreign Pipeline(TEA, SBEC)
- 5.Space Launch Consolidated Permitting — 4+ Agencies Per Facility, No Single-Window, SpaceX/Blue Origin Expanding(Multiple (TCEQ, GLO, TPWD, FAA))
IT Status Report & Strategic Plan
Comprehensive IT capability assessment with 100-day and 200-day strategic initiatives.
FEMA Disasters
35 Active47
Declarations (10yr)
35
Active
$18.0B
PA Funding
1,374,379
IA Approved
Declarations by Year
Incident Types
Fire 25Flood 10Hurricane 5Biological 3Severe Ice Storm 2Winter Storm 1
Recent Declarations
2026-03-15CORNER POCKET FIREFM
2026-02-188 BALL FIREFM
2025-07-06SEVERE STORMS, STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS, AND FLOODINGDR$94.9M
2025-05-21SEVERE STORMS AND FLOODINGDR
2025-03-20PAULINE ROAD FIREFM