Bowling Green, KY Metro Area: Poverty Rate Trend
How Bowling Green, KY 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
13.3%
2023
11.0%
Total change
-2.3 pp
% change
-17.3%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 13.3% | — |
| 2019 | 12.3% | -1.0 pp (-7.5%) |
| 2020 | 13.0% | +0.7 pp (5.7%) |
| 2021 | 12.4% | -0.6 pp (-4.6%) |
| 2022 | 11.9% | -0.5 pp (-4%) |
| 2023 | 11.0% | -0.9 pp (-7.6%) |