Orangeburg city: Poverty Rate Trend
How Orangeburg 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
24.1%
2023
23.6%
Total change
-0.5 pp
% change
-2.1%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 24.1% | — |
| 2019 | 23.7% | -0.4 pp (-1.7%) |
| 2020 | 25.2% | +1.5 pp (6.3%) |
| 2021 | 27.7% | +2.5 pp (9.9%) |
| 2022 | 28.0% | +0.3 pp (1.1%) |
| 2023 | 23.6% | -4.4 pp (-15.7%) |