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Economy & jobs Statistics · City estimate

Below the poverty line in Lecanto

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 334 of 391 · Towns of Florida Updated Oct 27, 2026
Economy & jobs · Lecanto Citrus County Florida United States

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

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Latest value · 2024 5.8% −0.9 pp since 2023
Towns of Florida · 2024 334 of 391 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2014 −11.8 pp
vs Citrus County −9.8 pp Citrus County: 15.6% · 2024
Below the poverty line, 2013 – 2024 percent · Lecanto · Citrus County · Florida · United States
−11.8 pp since 2014
Lecanto Citrus County Florida United States

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

Compared with Below the poverty line · percent
Lecanto
5.8%
Citrus County
15.6%
Florida
12.6%
United States
12.5%

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

The series at a glance Lecanto · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 5.8% · 2024
First value 10.9% · 2013
Highest 21.8% · 2016
Lowest 5.8% · 2024
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearLecantoChange Citrus CountyFloridaUnited States
2024estimate 5.8% −0.9 pp 15.6% 12.6% 12.5%
2023estimate 6.7% −1.7 pp 15.5% 12.6% 12.4%
2022estimate 8.4% +1.7 pp 15.0% 12.9% 12.5%
2021estimate 6.7% −3.4 pp 14.9% 13.1% 12.6%
2020estimate 10.1% −5.4 pp 15.0% 13.3% —
2019estimate 15.5% −4.0 pp 15.7% 14.0% —
2018estimate 19.5% +0.3 pp 16.7% 14.8% —
2017estimate 19.1% −2.7 pp 17.4% 15.5% —
2016estimate 21.8% +4.2 pp 17.7% 16.1% —
2015estimate 17.6% −0.0 pp 17.4% 16.5% —
2014estimate 17.6% +6.7 pp 17.3% 16.7% —
2013estimate 10.9% 16.8% 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.

Year: 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Highest first Lowest first A–Z
#TerritoryBelow the poverty line
327 Alva 6.0%
334 Anna Maria 5.8%
225 Apalachicola 9.5%
355 Apollo Beach 4.7%
254 Atlantic Beach 8.6%
337 Atlantis 5.6%
149 Ave Maria 12.4%
168 Aventura 11.6%
366 Bagdad 4.2%
63 Bal Harbour 18.0%
233 Baldwin 9.3%
302 Bay Harbor Islands 7.1%
159 Bay Pines 12.0%
80 Bayonet Point 16.3%
93 Bayshore Gardens 15.4%
98 Bell 15.2%
16 Belle Glade 28.4%
331 Belleair 5.9%
263 Belleair Beach 8.4%
241 Belleair Bluffs 9.0%
122 Bellview 14.1%
41 Beverly Hills 21.0%
229 Big Pine Key 9.4%
11 Biscayne Park 29.6%
271 Bloomingdale 8.0%
…
57 Lauderhill 19.0%
202 Laurel Hill 10.3%
311 Layton 6.7%
312 Lecanto 6.7%
74 Lehigh Acres 17.2%
297 Lely Resort 7.3%
325 Lighthouse Point 6.2%
…

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.