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Economy & jobs Statistics · City estimate

Below the poverty line in Jacksonville

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 113 of 391 · Towns of Florida Updated Oct 23, 2026

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

Below the poverty line, 2013 – 2024 percent · Jacksonville · Duval County · Florida · United States
−3.2 pp since 2014
Jacksonville 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
Jacksonville
14.5%
Duval County
14.1%
Florida
12.6%

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

The series at a glance Jacksonville · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 14.5% · 2024
First value 17.3% · 2013
Highest 17.8% · 2014
Lowest 14.5% · 2024
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearJacksonvilleChange Duval CountyFloridaUnited States
2024estimate 14.5% −0.5 pp 14.1% 12.6% 12.5%
2023estimate 15.0% +0.3 pp 14.6% 12.6% 12.4%
2022estimate 14.8% −0.1 pp 14.3% 12.9% 12.5%
2021estimate 14.9% −0.1 pp 14.5% 13.1% 12.6%
2020estimate 15.0% +0.1 pp 14.5% 13.3% —
2019estimate 14.9% −1.0 pp 14.5% 14.0% —
2018estimate 15.9% −0.5 pp 15.5% 14.8% —
2017estimate 16.4% −0.6 pp 16.0% 15.5% —
2016estimate 17.0% −0.7 pp 16.6% 16.1% —
2015estimate 17.7% −0.1 pp 17.3% 16.5% —
2014estimate 17.8% +0.5 pp 17.4% 16.7% —
2013estimate 17.3% 16.9% 16.3% —

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

Ranking · Towns of Florida

2024 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryBelow the poverty line
347 Alva 5.4%
327 Anna Maria 6.0%
85 Apalachicola 15.7%
365 Apollo Beach 4.6%
278 Atlantic Beach 7.7%
374 Atlantis 3.6%
184 Ave Maria 11.0%
170 Aventura 11.4%
367 Bagdad 4.4%
42 Bal Harbour 20.1%
80 Baldwin 16.3%
348 Bay Harbor Islands 5.4%
168 Bay Pines 11.5%
54 Bayonet Point 19.0%
99 Bayshore Gardens 15.0%
131 Bell 13.1%
14 Belle Glade 27.3%
337 Belleair 5.7%
331 Belleair Beach 5.9%
238 Belleair Bluffs 9.5%
91 Bellview 15.4%
46 Beverly Hills 19.8%
189 Big Pine Key 10.7%
11 Biscayne Park 29.5%
248 Bloomingdale 8.9%
…
108 Inglis 14.7%
100 Inverness 15.0%
306 Islamorada 6.9%
113 Jacksonville 14.5%
360 Jacksonville Beach 4.8%
17 Jay 26.6%
75 Jensen Beach 16.7%
…

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

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.