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Economy & jobs Statistics · City estimate

Below the poverty line in Belle Glade

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 14 of 391 · Towns of Florida Updated Nov 2, 2026

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2013 – 2024

Below the poverty line, 2013 – 2024 percent · Belle Glade · Palm Beach County · Florida · United States
−6.1 pp since 2014
Belle Glade Palm Beach County Florida United States

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2013 – 2024

Compared with Below the poverty line · percent
Belle Glade
27.3%
Florida
12.6%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates

The series at a glance Belle Glade · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 27.3% · 2024
First value 36.3% · 2013
Highest 42.1% · 2018
Lowest 27.3% · 2024
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearBelle GladeChange Palm Beach CountyFloridaUnited States
2024estimate 27.3% −1.1 pp 11.3% 12.6% 12.5%
2023estimate 28.4% −4.1 pp 11.1% 12.6% 12.4%
2022estimate 32.5% −2.1 pp 11.4% 12.9% 12.5%
2021estimate 34.6% −5.5 pp 11.6% 13.1% 12.6%
2020estimate 40.2% −0.9 pp 11.6% 13.3% —
2019estimate 41.1% −1.0 pp 12.2% 14.0% —
2018estimate 42.1% +3.0 pp 12.8% 14.8% —
2017estimate 39.1% +1.6 pp 13.4% 15.5% —
2016estimate 37.4% +1.6 pp 13.9% 16.1% —
2015estimate 35.9% +2.5 pp 14.5% 16.5% —
2014estimate 33.4% −2.9 pp 14.6% 16.7% —
2013estimate 36.3% 14.5% 16.3% —

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2013 – 2024

Ranking · Towns of Florida

2022 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryBelow the poverty line
319 Alva 6.3%
381 Anna Maria 2.4%
74 Apalachicola 18.0%
367 Apollo Beach 3.9%
320 Atlantic Beach 6.3%
347 Atlantis 4.9%
115 Ave Maria 14.7%
162 Aventura 12.4%
377 Bagdad 3.0%
49 Bal Harbour 20.7%
173 Baldwin 12.0%
247 Bay Harbor Islands 8.8%
242 Bay Pines 9.0%
75 Bayonet Point 17.9%
122 Bayshore Gardens 14.4%
121 Bell 14.5%
10 Belle Glade 32.5%
345 Belleair 5.0%
310 Belleair Beach 6.4%
256 Belleair Bluffs 8.6%
128 Bellview 14.0%
36 Beverly Hills 23.2%
148 Big Pine Key 13.2%
15 Biscayne Park 31.1%
322 Bloomingdale 6.2%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2022

What it means

The share of residents living in households below the official poverty threshold.

How it is calculated

Residents in households whose income is below the federal poverty threshold for their size, from the survey.