Amarillo, TX Metro Area: Poverty Rate Trend
How Amarillo, TX Metro Area'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
11.4%
2023
10.7%
Total change
-0.7 pp
% change
-6.1%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 11.4% | — |
| 2019 | 10.6% | -0.8 pp (-7%) |
| 2020 | 10.9% | +0.3 pp (2.8%) |
| 2021 | 10.9% | +0.0 pp (0%) |
| 2022 | 10.7% | -0.2 pp (-1.8%) |
| 2023 | 10.7% | +0.0 pp (0%) |