Canton city: Poverty Rate Trend
How Canton 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
15.4%
2023
6.7%
Total change
-8.7 pp
% change
-56.5%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 15.4% | — |
| 2019 | 12.3% | -3.1 pp (-20.1%) |
| 2020 | 11.0% | -1.3 pp (-10.6%) |
| 2021 | 11.5% | +0.5 pp (4.5%) |
| 2022 | 9.1% | -2.4 pp (-20.9%) |
| 2023 | 6.7% | -2.4 pp (-26.4%) |