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
13.8%
2023
6.4%
Total change
-7.4 pp
% change
-53.6%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 13.8% | — |
| 2019 | 5.4% | -8.4 pp (-60.9%) |
| 2020 | 6.6% | +1.2 pp (22.2%) |
| 2021 | 2.7% | -3.9 pp (-59.1%) |
| 2022 | 4.1% | +1.4 pp (51.9%) |
| 2023 | 6.4% | +2.3 pp (56.1%) |