Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: Poverty Rate Trend
How Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 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
8.0%
2023
6.0%
Total change
-2.0 pp
% change
-25%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 8.0% | — |
| 2019 | 6.6% | -1.4 pp (-17.5%) |
| 2020 | 6.4% | -0.2 pp (-3%) |
| 2021 | 6.2% | -0.2 pp (-3.1%) |
| 2022 | 6.0% | -0.2 pp (-3.2%) |
| 2023 | 6.0% | +0.0 pp (0%) |