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
35.0%
2023
19.6%
Total change
-15.4 pp
% change
-44%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 35.0% | — |
| 2019 | 29.5% | -5.5 pp (-15.7%) |
| 2020 | 32.8% | +3.3 pp (11.2%) |
| 2021 | 30.7% | -2.1 pp (-6.4%) |
| 2022 | 22.0% | -8.7 pp (-28.3%) |
| 2023 | 19.6% | -2.4 pp (-10.9%) |