Mobile city: Poverty Rate Trend
How Mobile 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
17.8%
2023
14.4%
Total change
-3.4 pp
% change
-19.1%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 17.8% | — |
| 2019 | 15.5% | -2.3 pp (-12.9%) |
| 2020 | 14.9% | -0.6 pp (-3.9%) |
| 2021 | 14.6% | -0.3 pp (-2%) |
| 2022 | 15.4% | +0.8 pp (5.5%) |
| 2023 | 14.4% | -1.0 pp (-6.5%) |