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Economy & jobs Statistics · Area estimate

Below the poverty line in Dixie County

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 9 of 67 · Regions of Florida Updated Oct 23, 2026
Economy & jobs · Dixie County Florida United States

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

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Latest value · 2024 20.9% +1.6 pp since 2023
Regions of Florida · 2024 9 of 67 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2014 +2.0 pp
vs Florida +8.3 pp Florida: 12.6% · 2024
Below the poverty line, 2013 – 2024 percent · Dixie County · Florida · United States
+2.0 pp since 2014
Dixie County Florida United States

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

Compared with Below the poverty line · percent
Dixie County
20.9%
Florida
12.6%
United States
12.5%

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

The series at a glance Dixie County · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 20.9% · 2024
First value 17.4% · 2013
Highest 23.7% · 2017
Lowest 15.7% · 2021
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearDixie CountyChange FloridaUnited States
2024estimate 20.9% +1.6 pp 12.6% 12.5%
2023estimate 19.3% +3.1 pp 12.6% 12.4%
2022estimate 16.1% +0.4 pp 12.9% 12.5%
2021estimate 15.7% −1.1 pp 13.1% 12.6%
2020estimate 16.8% −4.4 pp 13.3% —
2019estimate 21.2% −1.8 pp 14.0% —
2018estimate 23.1% −0.6 pp 14.8% —
2017estimate 23.7% +2.1 pp 15.5% —
2016estimate 21.5% +0.4 pp 16.1% —
2015estimate 21.1% +2.2 pp 16.5% —
2014estimate 18.9% +1.5 pp 16.7% —
2013estimate 17.4% 16.3% —

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

Ranking · Regions of Florida

2013 · 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 29.6%
2 Hardee County 29.6%
3 Okeechobee County 26.9%
4 Hendry County 26.7%
5 Gadsden County 26.5%
6 Putnam County 26.4%
7 Alachua County 24.9%
8 Glades County 24.5%
9 Liberty County 24.1%
10 Gilchrist County 24.1%
11 Holmes County 23.8%
12 Levy County 23.7%
13 Suwannee County 23.6%
14 Hamilton County 23.6%
15 Calhoun County 23.5%
16 Leon County 23.2%
17 Madison County 22.5%
18 Franklin County 20.6%
19 Lafayette County 20.2%
20 Highlands County 20.1%
21 Washington County 20.1%
22 Jackson County 19.9%
23 Miami-Dade County 19.9%
24 Columbia County 19.8%
25 Union County 19.6%
…
30 Marion County 18.1%
31 Osceola County 17.9%
32 Walton County 17.9%
33 Dixie County 17.4%
34 Baker County 17.3%
35 Jefferson County 17.2%
36 Orange County 17.0%
…

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.