El Paso, TX Metro Area: Poverty Rate Trend
How El Paso, 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
18.7%
2023
16.3%
Total change
-2.4 pp
% change
-12.8%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 18.7% | — |
| 2019 | 17.1% | -1.6 pp (-8.6%) |
| 2020 | 16.9% | -0.2 pp (-1.2%) |
| 2021 | 16.6% | -0.3 pp (-1.8%) |
| 2022 | 17.0% | +0.4 pp (2.4%) |
| 2023 | 16.3% | -0.7 pp (-4.1%) |