Bowling Green city: Poverty Rate Trend
How Bowling Green 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
17.5%
2023
19.8%
Total change
+2.3 pp
% change
+13.1%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 17.5% | — |
| 2019 | 10.5% | -7.0 pp (-40%) |
| 2020 | 19.2% | +8.7 pp (82.9%) |
| 2021 | 23.2% | +4.0 pp (20.8%) |
| 2022 | 19.7% | -3.5 pp (-15.1%) |
| 2023 | 19.8% | +0.1 pp (0.5%) |