Nashville city: Poverty Rate Trend
How Nashville 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
26.8%
2023
14.8%
Total change
-12.0 pp
% change
-44.8%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 26.8% | — |
| 2019 | 19.8% | -7.0 pp (-26.1%) |
| 2020 | 18.7% | -1.1 pp (-5.6%) |
| 2021 | 14.7% | -4.0 pp (-21.4%) |
| 2022 | 17.9% | +3.2 pp (21.8%) |
| 2023 | 14.8% | -3.1 pp (-17.3%) |