Orange County: Poverty Rate Trend
How Orange 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
10.5%
2023
9.6%
Total change
-0.9 pp
% change
-8.6%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 10.5% | — |
| 2019 | 9.3% | -1.2 pp (-11.4%) |
| 2020 | — | — |
| 2021 | 8.8% | — |
| 2022 | 9.1% | +0.3 pp (3.4%) |
| 2023 | 9.6% | +0.5 pp (5.5%) |