Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area: Poverty Rate Trend
How Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA 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
13.5%
2023
13.4%
Total change
-0.1 pp
% change
-0.7%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 13.5% | — |
| 2019 | 14.2% | +0.7 pp (5.2%) |
| 2020 | 14.0% | -0.2 pp (-1.4%) |
| 2021 | 13.1% | -0.9 pp (-6.4%) |
| 2022 | 12.9% | -0.2 pp (-1.5%) |
| 2023 | 13.4% | +0.5 pp (3.9%) |