Anchorage municipality: Poverty Rate Trend
How Anchorage municipality's poverty rate changed from 2017 to 2023, based on U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates. The 2019 vintage reflects the pre-COVID peak; 2021 captures the immediate COVID-era disruption; 2022–2023 show the recovery.
2017
5.2%
2023
5.8%
Total change
+0.6 pp
% change
+11.5%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5.2% | — |
| 2019 | 5.9% | +0.7 pp (13.5%) |
| 2020 | 5.6% | -0.3 pp (-5.1%) |
| 2021 | 5.8% | +0.2 pp (3.6%) |
| 2022 | 6.3% | +0.5 pp (8.6%) |
| 2023 | 5.8% | -0.5 pp (-7.9%) |