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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

2013 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryBelow the poverty line
367 Alva 5.0%
356 Anna Maria 5.3%
78 Apalachicola 22.9%
283 Apollo Beach 9.0%
308 Atlantic Beach 8.0%
381 Atlantis 3.2%
217 Aventura 12.4%
85 Bagdad 22.2%
190 Bal Harbour 14.1%
46 Baldwin 27.6%
176 Bay Harbor Islands 14.8%
293 Bay Pines 8.5%
172 Bayonet Point 15.2%
62 Bayshore Gardens 25.8%
207 Bell 12.9%
21 Belle Glade 36.3%
380 Belleair 3.6%
343 Belleair Beach 6.1%
118 Belleair Bluffs 19.2%
249 Bellview 10.4%
65 Beverly Hills 25.3%
256 Big Pine Key 10.0%
273 Biscayne Park 9.4%
350 Bloomingdale 5.9%
240 Boca Raton 11.1%
…
30 Inglis 32.9%
92 Inverness 21.5%
231 Islamorada 11.5%
142 Jacksonville 17.3%
220 Jacksonville Beach 12.1%
140 Jay 17.3%
222 Jensen Beach 12.0%
…

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

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.