Brooklyn city: Poverty Rate Trend
How Brooklyn 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
10.1%
2023
8.4%
Total change
-1.7 pp
% change
-16.8%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 10.1% | — |
| 2019 | 6.3% | -3.8 pp (-37.6%) |
| 2020 | 13.3% | +7.0 pp (111.1%) |
| 2021 | 11.6% | -1.7 pp (-12.8%) |
| 2022 | 12.1% | +0.5 pp (4.3%) |
| 2023 | 8.4% | -3.7 pp (-30.6%) |