Columbus city: Poverty Rate Trend
How Columbus 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
8.5%
2023
9.4%
Total change
+0.9 pp
% change
+10.6%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 8.5% | — |
| 2019 | 10.2% | +1.7 pp (20%) |
| 2020 | 8.7% | -1.5 pp (-14.7%) |
| 2021 | 7.9% | -0.8 pp (-9.2%) |
| 2022 | 8.7% | +0.8 pp (10.1%) |
| 2023 | 9.4% | +0.7 pp (8%) |