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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

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

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

2014 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryBelow the poverty line
1 Hardee County 30.8%
2 DeSoto County 30.5%
3 Hamilton County 28.6%
4 Okeechobee County 27.9%
5 Gadsden County 27.2%
6 Hendry County 26.8%
7 Holmes County 26.6%
8 Putnam County 26.5%
9 Alachua County 25.4%
10 Gilchrist County 24.9%
11 Glades County 24.3%
12 Suwannee County 24.1%
13 Levy County 24.0%
14 Leon County 23.7%
15 Lafayette County 23.5%
16 Franklin County 23.0%
17 Calhoun County 22.5%
18 Madison County 22.2%
19 Jackson County 21.3%
20 Miami-Dade County 20.5%
21 Liberty County 20.1%
22 Columbia County 20.0%
23 Washington County 19.5%
24 Bradford County 19.3%
25 Highlands County 19.2%
26 Union County 19.0%
27 Dixie County 18.9%
28 Baker County 18.6%
29 Polk County 18.4%
30 St. Lucie County 18.4%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2014

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.