Santa Cruz city: Poverty Rate Trend
How Santa Cruz 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
11.1%
2023
5.5%
Total change
-5.6 pp
% change
-50.5%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 11.1% | — |
| 2019 | 8.0% | -3.1 pp (-27.9%) |
| 2020 | 6.2% | -1.8 pp (-22.5%) |
| 2021 | 5.9% | -0.3 pp (-4.8%) |
| 2022 | 5.3% | -0.6 pp (-10.2%) |
| 2023 | 5.5% | +0.2 pp (3.8%) |