Echols County: Poverty Rate Trend
How Echols 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
5.0%
2023
12.7%
Total change
+7.7 pp
% change
+154%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5.0% | — |
| 2019 | 10.7% | +5.7 pp (114%) |
| 2020 | — | — |
| 2021 | 13.3% | — |
| 2022 | 12.8% | -0.5 pp (-3.8%) |
| 2023 | 12.7% | -0.1 pp (-0.8%) |