Shafter city: Poverty Rate Trend
How Shafter 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
22.5%
2023
18.1%
Total change
-4.4 pp
% change
-19.6%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 22.5% | — |
| 2019 | 20.5% | -2.0 pp (-8.9%) |
| 2020 | 21.2% | +0.7 pp (3.4%) |
| 2021 | 20.6% | -0.6 pp (-2.8%) |
| 2022 | 20.0% | -0.6 pp (-2.9%) |
| 2023 | 18.1% | -1.9 pp (-9.5%) |