Salinas, CA Metro Area: Poverty Rate Trend
How Salinas, 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
11.1%
2023
9.2%
Total change
-1.9 pp
% change
-17.1%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 11.1% | — |
| 2019 | 9.6% | -1.5 pp (-13.5%) |
| 2020 | 8.8% | -0.8 pp (-8.3%) |
| 2021 | 8.9% | +0.1 pp (1.1%) |
| 2022 | 9.0% | +0.1 pp (1.1%) |
| 2023 | 9.2% | +0.2 pp (2.2%) |