Dallas County: Poverty Rate Trend
How Dallas 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
20.4%
2023
19.5%
Total change
-0.9 pp
% change
-4.4%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 20.4% | — |
| 2019 | 16.2% | -4.2 pp (-20.6%) |
| 2020 | — | — |
| 2021 | 14.3% | — |
| 2022 | 16.7% | +2.4 pp (16.8%) |
| 2023 | 19.5% | +2.8 pp (16.8%) |