Phoenix city: Poverty Rate Trend
How Phoenix 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
16.3%
2023
10.4%
Total change
-5.9 pp
% change
-36.2%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 16.3% | — |
| 2019 | 14.0% | -2.3 pp (-14.1%) |
| 2020 | 12.1% | -1.9 pp (-13.6%) |
| 2021 | 11.5% | -0.6 pp (-5%) |
| 2022 | 10.9% | -0.6 pp (-5.2%) |
| 2023 | 10.4% | -0.5 pp (-4.6%) |