Anchorage city: Poverty Rate Trend
How Anchorage city'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
1.7%
Total change
-3.5 pp
% change
-67.3%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5.2% | — |
| 2019 | 3.6% | -1.6 pp (-30.8%) |
| 2020 | 2.2% | -1.4 pp (-38.9%) |
| 2021 | 1.5% | -0.7 pp (-31.8%) |
| 2022 | 1.1% | -0.4 pp (-26.7%) |
| 2023 | 1.7% | +0.6 pp (54.5%) |