Mount Sterling, KY Micro Area: Poverty Rate Trend
How Mount Sterling, KY 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
17.0%
2023
14.4%
Total change
-2.6 pp
% change
-15.3%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 17.0% | — |
| 2019 | 14.4% | -2.6 pp (-15.3%) |
| 2020 | 15.6% | +1.2 pp (8.3%) |
| 2021 | 16.1% | +0.5 pp (3.2%) |
| 2022 | 15.2% | -0.9 pp (-5.6%) |
| 2023 | 14.4% | -0.8 pp (-5.3%) |