El Centro, CA Metro Area: Poverty Rate Trend
How El Centro, CA 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
20.6%
2023
17.0%
Total change
-3.6 pp
% change
-17.5%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 20.6% | — |
| 2019 | 20.5% | -0.1 pp (-0.5%) |
| 2020 | 19.4% | -1.1 pp (-5.4%) |
| 2021 | 18.0% | -1.4 pp (-7.2%) |
| 2022 | 18.1% | +0.1 pp (0.6%) |
| 2023 | 17.0% | -1.1 pp (-6.1%) |