Columbia city: Poverty Rate Trend
How Columbia 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
6.4%
2023
3.9%
Total change
-2.5 pp
% change
-39.1%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6.4% | — |
| 2019 | 5.3% | -1.1 pp (-17.2%) |
| 2020 | 3.5% | -1.8 pp (-34%) |
| 2021 | 3.4% | -0.1 pp (-2.9%) |
| 2022 | 2.4% | -1.0 pp (-29.4%) |
| 2023 | 3.9% | +1.5 pp (62.5%) |