Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: Poverty Rate Trend
How Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN 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
9.7%
2023
8.0%
Total change
-1.7 pp
% change
-17.5%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 9.7% | — |
| 2019 | 8.6% | -1.1 pp (-11.3%) |
| 2020 | 8.2% | -0.4 pp (-4.7%) |
| 2021 | 8.0% | -0.2 pp (-2.4%) |
| 2022 | 7.9% | -0.1 pp (-1.2%) |
| 2023 | 8.0% | +0.1 pp (1.3%) |