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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

2016 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryBelow the poverty line
303 Alva 8.1%
362 Anna Maria 5.3%
232 Apalachicola 11.7%
263 Apollo Beach 10.1%
294 Atlantic Beach 8.6%
356 Atlantis 5.8%
246 Aventura 11.1%
81 Bagdad 21.9%
233 Bal Harbour 11.7%
105 Baldwin 19.8%
196 Bay Harbor Islands 13.1%
269 Bay Pines 9.6%
103 Bayonet Point 20.0%
126 Bayshore Gardens 18.0%
108 Bell 19.6%
15 Belle Glade 37.4%
379 Belleair 3.0%
365 Belleair Beach 5.2%
235 Belleair Bluffs 11.6%
271 Bellview 9.6%
34 Beverly Hills 29.4%
306 Big Pine Key 8.0%
73 Biscayne Park 22.4%
328 Bloomingdale 7.0%
277 Boca Raton 9.3%
…
29 Inglis 30.3%
31 Inverness 30.2%
268 Islamorada 9.7%
140 Jacksonville 17.0%
302 Jacksonville Beach 8.2%
163 Jay 15.5%
167 Jensen Beach 15.0%
…

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.