Lee County: Poverty Rate Trend
How Lee 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
13.9%
Total change
-2.4 pp
% change
-14.7%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 16.3% | — |
| 2019 | 13.6% | -2.7 pp (-16.6%) |
| 2020 | — | — |
| 2021 | 14.2% | — |
| 2022 | 14.4% | +0.2 pp (1.4%) |
| 2023 | 13.9% | -0.5 pp (-3.5%) |