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Economy & jobs Statistics · Area estimate

Below the poverty line in Duval County

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 32 of 67 · Regions of Florida Updated Oct 24, 2026

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

Below the poverty line, 2013 – 2024 percent · Duval County · Florida · United States
−3.3 pp since 2014
Duval County Florida United States

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

Compared with Below the poverty line · percent
Duval County
14.1%
Florida
12.6%

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

The series at a glance Duval County · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 14.1% · 2024
First value 16.9% · 2013
Highest 17.4% · 2014
Lowest 14.1% · 2024
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearDuval CountyChange FloridaUnited States
2024estimate 14.1% −0.5 pp 12.6% 12.5%
2023estimate 14.6% +0.3 pp 12.6% 12.4%
2022estimate 14.3% −0.1 pp 12.9% 12.5%
2021estimate 14.5% −0.1 pp 13.1% 12.6%
2020estimate 14.5% +0.1 pp 13.3% —
2019estimate 14.5% −1.0 pp 14.0% —
2018estimate 15.5% −0.6 pp 14.8% —
2017estimate 16.0% −0.6 pp 15.5% —
2016estimate 16.6% −0.7 pp 16.1% —
2015estimate 17.3% −0.1 pp 16.5% —
2014estimate 17.4% +0.5 pp 16.7% —
2013estimate 16.9% 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%
…
33 Orange County 17.3%
34 Liberty County 16.9%
35 Volusia County 16.7%
36 Duval County 16.6%
37 Hillsborough County 16.4%
38 Jefferson County 15.8%
39 Hernando County 15.6%
…

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.