Plaquemines Parish: Poverty Rate Trend
How Plaquemines Parish'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
16.1%
2023
10.2%
Total change
-5.9 pp
% change
-36.6%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 16.1% | — |
| 2019 | 15.9% | -0.2 pp (-1.2%) |
| 2020 | — | — |
| 2021 | 14.3% | — |
| 2022 | 11.4% | -2.9 pp (-20.3%) |
| 2023 | 10.2% | -1.2 pp (-10.5%) |