Yancey County: Poverty Rate Trend
How Yancey 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
16.2%
2023
8.5%
Total change
-7.7 pp
% change
-47.5%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 16.2% | — |
| 2019 | 10.9% | -5.3 pp (-32.7%) |
| 2020 | — | — |
| 2021 | 9.3% | — |
| 2022 | 9.0% | -0.3 pp (-3.2%) |
| 2023 | 8.5% | -0.5 pp (-5.6%) |