Dubuque city: Poverty Rate Trend
How Dubuque 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
10.4%
2023
6.9%
Total change
-3.5 pp
% change
-33.7%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 10.4% | — |
| 2019 | 10.0% | -0.4 pp (-3.8%) |
| 2020 | 7.7% | -2.3 pp (-23%) |
| 2021 | 7.3% | -0.4 pp (-5.2%) |
| 2022 | 7.4% | +0.1 pp (1.4%) |
| 2023 | 6.9% | -0.5 pp (-6.8%) |