Lafayette city: Poverty Rate Trend
How Lafayette 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
10.2%
2023
2.8%
Total change
-7.4 pp
% change
-72.5%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 10.2% | — |
| 2019 | 4.4% | -5.8 pp (-56.9%) |
| 2020 | 6.1% | +1.7 pp (38.6%) |
| 2021 | 2.8% | -3.3 pp (-54.1%) |
| 2022 | 2.9% | +0.1 pp (3.6%) |
| 2023 | 2.8% | -0.1 pp (-3.4%) |