Brown County: Poverty Rate Trend
How Brown County'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
16.3%
2023
15.4%
Total change
-0.9 pp
% change
-5.5%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 16.3% | — |
| 2019 | 12.8% | -3.5 pp (-21.5%) |
| 2020 | — | — |
| 2021 | 13.5% | — |
| 2022 | 13.8% | +0.3 pp (2.2%) |
| 2023 | 15.4% | +1.6 pp (11.6%) |