Baton Rouge city: Poverty Rate Trend
How Baton Rouge 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
17.4%
2023
18.6%
Total change
+1.2 pp
% change
+6.9%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 17.4% | — |
| 2019 | 17.0% | -0.4 pp (-2.3%) |
| 2020 | 17.5% | +0.5 pp (2.9%) |
| 2021 | 18.0% | +0.5 pp (2.9%) |
| 2022 | 17.4% | -0.6 pp (-3.3%) |
| 2023 | 18.6% | +1.2 pp (6.9%) |