Johnston County: Poverty Rate Trend
How Johnston 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
16.8%
2023
6.2%
Total change
-10.6 pp
% change
-63.1%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 16.8% | — |
| 2019 | 14.3% | -2.5 pp (-14.9%) |
| 2020 | — | — |
| 2021 | 3.7% | — |
| 2022 | 5.9% | +2.2 pp (59.5%) |
| 2023 | 6.2% | +0.3 pp (5.1%) |