Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: Poverty Rate Trend
How Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, 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
6.7%
2023
5.3%
Total change
-1.4 pp
% change
-20.9%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6.7% | — |
| 2019 | 5.7% | -1.0 pp (-14.9%) |
| 2020 | 5.3% | -0.4 pp (-7%) |
| 2021 | 5.2% | -0.1 pp (-1.9%) |
| 2022 | 5.2% | +0.0 pp (0%) |
| 2023 | 5.3% | +0.1 pp (1.9%) |