Columbia County: Poverty Rate Trend
How Columbia 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
10.3%
2023
2.9%
Total change
-7.4 pp
% change
-71.8%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 10.3% | — |
| 2019 | 6.0% | -4.3 pp (-41.7%) |
| 2020 | — | — |
| 2021 | 4.8% | — |
| 2022 | 5.3% | +0.5 pp (10.4%) |
| 2023 | 2.9% | -2.4 pp (-45.3%) |