Portales city: Poverty Rate Trend
How Portales 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
26.0%
2023
20.2%
Total change
-5.8 pp
% change
-22.3%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 26.0% | — |
| 2019 | 22.1% | -3.9 pp (-15%) |
| 2020 | 24.6% | +2.5 pp (11.3%) |
| 2021 | 18.5% | -6.1 pp (-24.8%) |
| 2022 | 14.5% | -4.0 pp (-21.6%) |
| 2023 | 20.2% | +5.7 pp (39.3%) |