Muscatine County: Poverty Rate Trend
How Muscatine 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
32.2%
2023
26.0%
Total change
-6.2 pp
% change
-19.3%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 32.2% | — |
| 2019 | 30.9% | -1.3 pp (-4%) |
| 2020 | — | — |
| 2021 | 25.2% | — |
| 2022 | 24.8% | -0.4 pp (-1.6%) |
| 2023 | 26.0% | +1.2 pp (4.8%) |