Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: Poverty Rate Trend
How Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, 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
9.4%
2023
7.6%
Total change
-1.8 pp
% change
-19.1%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 9.4% | — |
| 2019 | 7.8% | -1.6 pp (-17%) |
| 2020 | 7.1% | -0.7 pp (-9%) |
| 2021 | 7.4% | +0.3 pp (4.2%) |
| 2022 | 7.3% | -0.1 pp (-1.4%) |
| 2023 | 7.6% | +0.3 pp (4.1%) |