Sweetwater, TX Micro Area: Poverty Rate Trend
How Sweetwater, TX 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
12.8%
2023
11.8%
Total change
-1.0 pp
% change
-7.8%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 12.8% | — |
| 2019 | 12.1% | -0.7 pp (-5.5%) |
| 2020 | 11.7% | -0.4 pp (-3.3%) |
| 2021 | 12.6% | +0.9 pp (7.7%) |
| 2022 | 10.7% | -1.9 pp (-15.1%) |
| 2023 | 11.8% | +1.1 pp (10.3%) |