Milwaukee city: Poverty Rate Trend
How Milwaukee 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
23.0%
2023
18.6%
Total change
-4.4 pp
% change
-19.1%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 23.0% | — |
| 2019 | 20.6% | -2.4 pp (-10.4%) |
| 2020 | 19.6% | -1.0 pp (-4.9%) |
| 2021 | 19.4% | -0.2 pp (-1%) |
| 2022 | 19.1% | -0.3 pp (-1.5%) |
| 2023 | 18.6% | -0.5 pp (-2.6%) |