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Economy & jobs Statistics · Area estimate

Below the poverty line in Taylor County

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 19 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 · Taylor County · Florida · United States
+3.6 pp since 2014
Taylor County Florida United States

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

Compared with Below the poverty line · percent
Taylor County
17.3%
Florida
12.6%

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

The series at a glance Taylor County · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 17.3% · 2024
First value 16.7% · 2013
Highest 21.2% · 2019
Lowest 13.8% · 2014
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearTaylor CountyChange FloridaUnited States
2024estimate 17.3% +0.0 pp 12.6% 12.5%
2023estimate 17.3% +2.2 pp 12.6% 12.4%
2022estimate 15.1% −3.1 pp 12.9% 12.5%
2021estimate 18.2% −2.5 pp 13.1% 12.6%
2020estimate 20.8% −0.4 pp 13.3% —
2019estimate 21.2% +1.4 pp 14.0% —
2018estimate 19.8% +3.3 pp 14.8% —
2017estimate 16.4% +1.6 pp 15.5% —
2016estimate 14.8% +0.1 pp 16.1% —
2015estimate 14.7% +0.9 pp 16.5% —
2014estimate 13.8% −2.9 pp 16.7% —
2013estimate 16.7% 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%
…
32 Columbia County 16.8%
33 Orange County 16.7%
34 St. Lucie County 16.6%
35 Taylor County 16.4%
36 Volusia County 16.1%
37 Duval County 16.0%
38 Hillsborough County 15.6%
…

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.