Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: Poverty Rate Trend
How Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, 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
12.0%
2023
9.1%
Total change
-2.9 pp
% change
-24.2%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 12.0% | — |
| 2019 | 10.3% | -1.7 pp (-14.2%) |
| 2020 | 9.6% | -0.7 pp (-6.8%) |
| 2021 | 9.4% | -0.2 pp (-2.1%) |
| 2022 | 9.2% | -0.2 pp (-2.1%) |
| 2023 | 9.1% | -0.1 pp (-1.1%) |