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Economy & jobs Statistics · Region estimate

Below the poverty line in Florida

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points Updated Oct 21, 2026
Economy & jobs · Florida United States

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

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Latest value · 2024 12.6% −0.0 pp since 2023
First value · 2013 16.3%
since 2014 −4.1 pp
vs United States +0.1 pp United States: 12.5% · 2024
Below the poverty line, 2013 – 2024 percent · Florida · United States
−4.1 pp since 2014
Florida United States

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

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

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

The series at a glance Florida · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 12.6% · 2024
First value 16.3% · 2013
Highest 16.7% · 2014
Lowest 12.6% · 2024
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearFloridaChange United States
2024estimate 12.6% −0.0 pp 12.5%
2023estimate 12.6% −0.3 pp 12.4%
2022estimate 12.9% −0.2 pp 12.5%
2021estimate 13.1% −0.2 pp 12.6%
2020estimate 13.3% −0.7 pp —
2019estimate 14.0% −0.8 pp —
2018estimate 14.8% −0.7 pp —
2017estimate 15.5% −0.6 pp —
2016estimate 16.1% −0.5 pp —
2015estimate 16.5% −0.1 pp —
2014estimate 16.7% +0.3 pp —
2013estimate 16.3% —

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

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.