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42020: Poverty Rate Trend

How 42020'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
2.2%
2023
7.6%
Total change
+5.4 pp
% change
+245.5%
Year Poverty Rate Change
2017 2.2%
2019 0.0% -2.2 pp (-100%)
2020 5.3% +5.3 pp (0%)
2021 9.1% +3.8 pp (71.7%)
2022 7.9% -1.2 pp (-13.2%)
2023 7.6% -0.3 pp (-3.8%)

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