Cookeville city: Poverty Rate Trend
How Cookeville 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
16.6%
2023
15.6%
Total change
-1.0 pp
% change
-6%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 16.6% | — |
| 2019 | 13.9% | -2.7 pp (-16.3%) |
| 2020 | 12.8% | -1.1 pp (-7.9%) |
| 2021 | 13.0% | +0.2 pp (1.6%) |
| 2022 | 13.9% | +0.9 pp (6.9%) |
| 2023 | 15.6% | +1.7 pp (12.2%) |