Cookeville, TN Micro Area: Poverty Rate Trend
How Cookeville, TN Micro 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
15.1%
2023
12.3%
Total change
-2.8 pp
% change
-18.5%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 15.1% | — |
| 2019 | 12.2% | -2.9 pp (-19.2%) |
| 2020 | 12.4% | +0.2 pp (1.6%) |
| 2021 | 11.3% | -1.1 pp (-8.9%) |
| 2022 | 11.6% | +0.3 pp (2.7%) |
| 2023 | 12.3% | +0.7 pp (6%) |