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Economy & jobs Statistics · City estimate

Below the poverty line in Sweetwater

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 79 of 391 · Towns of Florida Updated Oct 28, 2026

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

Below the poverty line, 2013 – 2024 percent · Sweetwater · Miami-Dade County · Florida · United States
−10.0 pp since 2014
Sweetwater Miami-Dade County Florida United States

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

Compared with Below the poverty line · percent
Sweetwater
16.3%
Florida
12.6%

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

The series at a glance Sweetwater · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 16.3% · 2024
First value 25.5% · 2013
Highest 27.7% · 2015
Lowest 15.7% · 2022
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearSweetwaterChange Miami-Dade CountyFloridaUnited States
2024estimate 16.3% +0.0 pp 14.7% 12.6% 12.5%
2023estimate 16.2% +0.5 pp 14.9% 12.6% 12.4%
2022estimate 15.7% −1.3 pp 15.3% 12.9% 12.5%
2021estimate 17.0% −0.6 pp 15.7% 13.1% 12.6%
2020estimate 17.7% −1.7 pp 16.0% 13.3% —
2019estimate 19.4% −4.3 pp 17.1% 14.0% —
2018estimate 23.7% +1.6 pp 18.0% 14.8% —
2017estimate 22.0% −3.1 pp 19.0% 15.5% —
2016estimate 25.2% −2.5 pp 19.9% 16.1% —
2015estimate 27.7% +1.4 pp 20.4% 16.5% —
2014estimate 26.3% +0.8 pp 20.5% 16.7% —
2013estimate 25.5% 19.9% 16.3% —

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

Ranking · Towns of Florida

2023 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryBelow the poverty line
1 Captiva 57.4%
2 Hastings 40.0%
3 Goulding 35.8%
4 University 35.7%
5 Dover 35.5%
6 Jay 33.5%
7 South Bay 32.2%
8 Florida City 31.0%
9 Canal Point 30.7%
10 Opa-locka 29.9%
11 Biscayne Park 29.6%
12 Gladeview 29.4%
13 Hilliard 29.4%
14 Naranja 29.2%
15 Century 28.9%
16 Belle Glade 28.4%
17 Indiantown 28.3%
18 Pahokee 27.4%
19 Fort Pierce 26.2%
20 Warrington 25.9%
21 Brownsville 25.8%
22 Wimauma 25.6%
23 Pierson 25.3%
24 Yankeetown 25.0%
25 Immokalee 24.9%
…
79 Perry 16.6%
80 Bayonet Point 16.3%
81 Williston 16.3%
82 Sweetwater 16.2%
83 Inglis 16.1%
84 Stuart 16.1%
85 Tavernier 16.0%
…

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.