Mobile, AL Metro Area: Poverty Rate Trend
How Mobile, AL 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
15.3%
2023
11.9%
Total change
-3.4 pp
% change
-22.2%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 15.3% | — |
| 2019 | 14.2% | -1.1 pp (-7.2%) |
| 2020 | 13.1% | -1.1 pp (-7.7%) |
| 2021 | 12.7% | -0.4 pp (-3.1%) |
| 2022 | 12.7% | +0.0 pp (0%) |
| 2023 | 11.9% | -0.8 pp (-6.3%) |