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Economy & jobs Statistics · Area estimate

Below the poverty line in Bay County

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 42 of 67 · Regions of Florida Updated Oct 23, 2026
Economy & jobs · Bay County Florida United States

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

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Latest value · 2024 11.9% +0.2 pp since 2023
Regions of Florida · 2024 42 of 67 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2014 −2.9 pp
vs Florida −0.7 pp Florida: 12.6% · 2024
Below the poverty line, 2013 – 2024 percent · Bay County · Florida · United States
−2.9 pp since 2014
Bay County Florida United States

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

Compared with Below the poverty line · percent
Bay County
11.9%
Florida
12.6%
United States
12.5%

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

The series at a glance Bay County · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 11.9% · 2024
First value 14.7% · 2013
Highest 15.6% · 2016
Lowest 11.7% · 2023
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearBay CountyChange FloridaUnited States
2024estimate 11.9% +0.2 pp 12.6% 12.5%
2023estimate 11.7% −0.5 pp 12.6% 12.4%
2022estimate 12.2% −0.7 pp 12.9% 12.5%
2021estimate 12.9% −0.1 pp 13.1% 12.6%
2020estimate 13.0% −1.6 pp 13.3% —
2019estimate 14.6% −0.1 pp 14.0% —
2018estimate 14.7% −0.7 pp 14.8% —
2017estimate 15.4% −0.2 pp 15.5% —
2016estimate 15.6% +0.4 pp 16.1% —
2015estimate 15.2% +0.5 pp 16.5% —
2014estimate 14.8% +0.0 pp 16.7% —
2013estimate 14.7% 16.3% —

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

Ranking · Regions of Florida

2016 · 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
1 DeSoto County 29.9%
2 Madison County 28.5%
3 Putnam County 27.0%
4 Hamilton County 27.0%
5 Hardee County 26.4%
6 Hendry County 26.3%
7 Holmes County 26.0%
8 Gadsden County 25.6%
9 Okeechobee County 25.3%
10 Alachua County 24.2%
11 Gilchrist County 23.8%
12 Jackson County 22.9%
13 Suwannee County 22.7%
14 Union County 22.4%
15 Levy County 22.2%
16 Dixie County 21.5%
17 Leon County 21.3%
18 Franklin County 20.7%
19 Glades County 20.7%
20 Washington County 20.5%
21 Miami-Dade County 19.9%
22 Osceola County 19.5%
23 Highlands County 19.4%
24 Columbia County 19.4%
25 Bradford County 19.3%
…
37 Hillsborough County 16.4%
38 Jefferson County 15.8%
39 Hernando County 15.6%
40 Bay County 15.6%
41 Lee County 15.5%
42 Gulf County 15.3%
43 Taylor County 14.8%
…

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.