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
10.8%
2023
7.9%
Total change
-2.9 pp
% change
-26.9%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 10.8% | — |
| 2019 | 9.5% | -1.3 pp (-12%) |
| 2020 | 8.5% | -1.0 pp (-10.5%) |
| 2021 | 7.3% | -1.2 pp (-14.1%) |
| 2022 | 8.4% | +1.1 pp (15.1%) |
| 2023 | 7.9% | -0.5 pp (-6%) |