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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

2022 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryBelow the poverty line
1 Hardee County 28.5%
2 Hamilton County 26.4%
3 DeSoto County 26.4%
4 Gadsden County 25.5%
5 Putnam County 22.8%
6 Washington County 22.7%
7 Madison County 22.4%
8 Hendry County 22.3%
9 Glades County 21.9%
10 Liberty County 21.8%
11 Franklin County 21.7%
12 Alachua County 20.2%
13 Calhoun County 19.9%
14 Leon County 19.4%
15 Lafayette County 19.3%
16 Jackson County 19.2%
17 Okeechobee County 19.2%
18 Jefferson County 18.3%
19 Bradford County 18.2%
20 Holmes County 16.6%
21 Dixie County 16.1%
22 Union County 15.9%
23 Columbia County 15.7%
24 Levy County 15.7%
25 Highlands County 15.6%
26 Miami-Dade County 15.3%
27 Taylor County 15.1%
28 Citrus County 15.0%
29 Escambia County 14.9%
30 Polk County 14.8%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2022

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.