New Orleans city: Poverty Rate Trend
How New Orleans 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
19.3%
2023
16.3%
Total change
-3.0 pp
% change
-15.5%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 19.3% | — |
| 2019 | 16.8% | -2.5 pp (-13%) |
| 2020 | 17.0% | +0.2 pp (1.2%) |
| 2021 | 17.1% | +0.1 pp (0.6%) |
| 2022 | 16.5% | -0.6 pp (-3.5%) |
| 2023 | 16.3% | -0.2 pp (-1.2%) |