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Nebraska: Poverty Rate Trend

How Nebraska'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
6.7%
Total change
-1.3 pp
% change
-16.2%
Year Poverty Rate Change
2017 8.0%
2019 7.2% -0.8 pp (-10%)
2020
2021 6.6%
2022 6.7% +0.1 pp (1.5%)
2023 6.7% +0.0 pp (0%)

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