Elizabeth City, NC Micro Area: Poverty Rate Trend
How Elizabeth City, NC 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
12.2%
2023
6.5%
Total change
-5.7 pp
% change
-46.7%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 12.2% | — |
| 2019 | 11.1% | -1.1 pp (-9%) |
| 2020 | 8.7% | -2.4 pp (-21.6%) |
| 2021 | 9.7% | +1.0 pp (11.5%) |
| 2022 | 9.2% | -0.5 pp (-5.2%) |
| 2023 | 6.5% | -2.7 pp (-29.3%) |