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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 26, 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

2023 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryBelow the poverty line
1 Gadsden County 27.7%
2 Hamilton County 27.4%
3 Hardee County 24.3%
4 Putnam County 23.9%
5 DeSoto County 23.1%
6 Hendry County 21.6%
7 Calhoun County 21.2%
8 Glades County 21.2%
9 Madison County 20.9%
10 Liberty County 20.8%
11 Jefferson County 20.3%
12 Alachua County 19.7%
13 Dixie County 19.3%
14 Bradford County 19.0%
15 Okeechobee County 19.0%
16 Washington County 18.9%
17 Jackson County 18.8%
18 Union County 18.7%
19 Leon County 18.5%
20 Lafayette County 17.8%
21 Taylor County 17.3%
22 Franklin County 17.3%
23 Levy County 17.2%
24 Columbia County 17.0%
25 Citrus County 15.5%
…
36 Orange County 13.0%
37 Osceola County 12.5%
38 Volusia County 12.2%
39 Broward County 12.2%
40 Hernando County 12.0%
41 Lee County 11.7%
42 Bay County 11.7%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2023

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.