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Economy & jobs Statistics · Area estimate

Below the poverty line in Broward County

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 40 of 67 · Regions of Florida Updated Oct 26, 2026

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

Below the poverty line, 2013 – 2024 percent · Broward County · Florida · United States
−2.4 pp since 2014
Broward County Florida United States

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

Compared with Below the poverty line · percent
Broward County
12.2%
Florida
12.6%

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

The series at a glance Broward County · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 12.2% · 2024
First value 14.3% · 2013
Highest 14.6% · 2014
Lowest 12.2% · 2023
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearBroward CountyChange FloridaUnited States
2024estimate 12.2% +0.0 pp 12.6% 12.5%
2023estimate 12.2% −0.2 pp 12.6% 12.4%
2022estimate 12.4% +0.0 pp 12.9% 12.5%
2021estimate 12.4% −0.3 pp 13.1% 12.6%
2020estimate 12.7% −0.4 pp 13.3% —
2019estimate 13.1% −0.4 pp 14.0% —
2018estimate 13.5% −0.5 pp 14.8% —
2017estimate 14.0% −0.4 pp 15.5% —
2016estimate 14.4% −0.2 pp 16.1% —
2015estimate 14.5% −0.1 pp 16.5% —
2014estimate 14.6% +0.4 pp 16.7% —
2013estimate 14.3% 16.3% —

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

Ranking · Regions of Florida

2017 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryBelow the poverty line
1 Madison County 31.9%
2 DeSoto County 29.9%
3 Putnam County 27.6%
4 Holmes County 26.6%
5 Hamilton County 26.6%
6 Hendry County 25.5%
7 Hardee County 24.5%
8 Gadsden County 24.4%
9 Dixie County 23.7%
10 Alachua County 23.3%
11 Okeechobee County 22.3%
12 Levy County 21.9%
13 Jackson County 21.6%
14 Union County 21.4%
15 Washington County 21.0%
16 Leon County 20.5%
17 Suwannee County 20.4%
18 Franklin County 20.1%
19 Gilchrist County 19.8%
20 Miami-Dade County 19.0%
21 Bradford County 18.8%
22 Highlands County 18.7%
23 Glades County 18.0%
24 Liberty County 17.8%
25 Osceola County 17.8%
…
41 Lee County 14.9%
42 Escambia County 14.6%
43 Hernando County 14.4%
44 Broward County 14.0%
45 Jefferson County 13.9%
46 Pinellas County 13.7%
47 Pasco County 13.6%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2017

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.