Taft city: Poverty Rate Trend
How Taft 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
20.9%
2023
20.0%
Total change
-0.9 pp
% change
-4.3%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 20.9% | — |
| 2019 | 23.6% | +2.7 pp (12.9%) |
| 2020 | 24.4% | +0.8 pp (3.4%) |
| 2021 | 26.9% | +2.5 pp (10.2%) |
| 2022 | 27.0% | +0.1 pp (0.4%) |
| 2023 | 20.0% | -7.0 pp (-25.9%) |