Sweetwater city: Poverty Rate Trend
How Sweetwater 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
12.0%
2023
13.6%
Total change
+1.6 pp
% change
+13.3%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 12.0% | — |
| 2019 | 15.1% | +3.1 pp (25.8%) |
| 2020 | 14.0% | -1.1 pp (-7.3%) |
| 2021 | 18.0% | +4.0 pp (28.6%) |
| 2022 | 14.0% | -4.0 pp (-22.2%) |
| 2023 | 13.6% | -0.4 pp (-2.9%) |