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Economy & jobs Statistics · Area estimate

Below the poverty line in Broward County

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 40 of 67 · Regions of Florida Updated Oct 25, 2026

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

Below the poverty line, 2013 – 2024 percent · Broward County · Florida · United States
−2.4 pp since 2014
Broward County Florida United States

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

Compared with Below the poverty line · percent
Broward County
12.2%
Florida
12.6%

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

The series at a glance Broward County · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 12.2% · 2024
First value 14.3% · 2013
Highest 14.6% · 2014
Lowest 12.2% · 2023
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearBroward CountyChange FloridaUnited States
2024estimate 12.2% +0.0 pp 12.6% 12.5%
2023estimate 12.2% −0.2 pp 12.6% 12.4%
2022estimate 12.4% +0.0 pp 12.9% 12.5%
2021estimate 12.4% −0.3 pp 13.1% 12.6%
2020estimate 12.7% −0.4 pp 13.3% —
2019estimate 13.1% −0.4 pp 14.0% —
2018estimate 13.5% −0.5 pp 14.8% —
2017estimate 14.0% −0.4 pp 15.5% —
2016estimate 14.4% −0.2 pp 16.1% —
2015estimate 14.5% −0.1 pp 16.5% —
2014estimate 14.6% +0.4 pp 16.7% —
2013estimate 14.3% 16.3% —

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

Ranking · Regions of Florida

2016 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryBelow the poverty line
1 DeSoto County 29.9%
2 Madison County 28.5%
3 Putnam County 27.0%
4 Hamilton County 27.0%
5 Hardee County 26.4%
6 Hendry County 26.3%
7 Holmes County 26.0%
8 Gadsden County 25.6%
9 Okeechobee County 25.3%
10 Alachua County 24.2%
11 Gilchrist County 23.8%
12 Jackson County 22.9%
13 Suwannee County 22.7%
14 Union County 22.4%
15 Levy County 22.2%
16 Dixie County 21.5%
17 Leon County 21.3%
18 Franklin County 20.7%
19 Glades County 20.7%
20 Washington County 20.5%
21 Miami-Dade County 19.9%
22 Osceola County 19.5%
23 Highlands County 19.4%
24 Columbia County 19.4%
25 Bradford County 19.3%
…
42 Gulf County 15.3%
43 Taylor County 14.8%
44 Escambia County 14.7%
45 Broward County 14.4%
46 Manatee County 14.3%
47 Wakulla County 14.3%
48 Pinellas County 14.1%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2016

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.