Mena city: Poverty Rate Trend
How Mena 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
32.3%
2023
16.7%
Total change
-15.6 pp
% change
-48.3%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 32.3% | — |
| 2019 | 35.6% | +3.3 pp (10.2%) |
| 2020 | 27.6% | -8.0 pp (-22.5%) |
| 2021 | 22.2% | -5.4 pp (-19.6%) |
| 2022 | 14.8% | -7.4 pp (-33.3%) |
| 2023 | 16.7% | +1.9 pp (12.8%) |