Whitfield County: Poverty Rate Trend
How Whitfield 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
20.0%
2023
19.5%
Total change
-0.5 pp
% change
-2.5%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 20.0% | — |
| 2019 | 19.0% | -1.0 pp (-5%) |
| 2020 | — | — |
| 2021 | 13.8% | — |
| 2022 | 16.1% | +2.3 pp (16.7%) |
| 2023 | 19.5% | +3.4 pp (21.1%) |