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
15.2%
2023
15.0%
Total change
-0.2 pp
% change
-1.3%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 15.2% | — |
| 2019 | 13.9% | -1.3 pp (-8.6%) |
| 2020 | 13.9% | +0.0 pp (0%) |
| 2021 | 16.2% | +2.3 pp (16.5%) |
| 2022 | 15.7% | -0.5 pp (-3.1%) |
| 2023 | 15.0% | -0.7 pp (-4.5%) |