Baltimore city: Poverty Rate Trend
How Baltimore 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
17.2%
2023
15.3%
Total change
-1.9 pp
% change
-11%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 17.2% | — |
| 2019 | 16.0% | -1.2 pp (-7%) |
| 2020 | 15.0% | -1.0 pp (-6.3%) |
| 2021 | 15.3% | +0.3 pp (2%) |
| 2022 | 14.5% | -0.8 pp (-5.2%) |
| 2023 | 15.3% | +0.8 pp (5.5%) |