Tahlequah city: Poverty Rate Trend
How Tahlequah 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
19.5%
2023
13.0%
Total change
-6.5 pp
% change
-33.3%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 19.5% | — |
| 2019 | 15.8% | -3.7 pp (-19%) |
| 2020 | 13.1% | -2.7 pp (-17.1%) |
| 2021 | 11.7% | -1.4 pp (-10.7%) |
| 2022 | 12.9% | +1.2 pp (10.3%) |
| 2023 | 13.0% | +0.1 pp (0.8%) |