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Economy & jobs Statistics · City estimate

Below the poverty line in Sweetwater

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 79 of 391 · Towns of Florida Updated Oct 23, 2026
Economy & jobs · Sweetwater Miami-Dade County Florida United States

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

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Latest value · 2024 16.3% +0.0 pp since 2023
Towns of Florida · 2024 79 of 391 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2014 −10.0 pp
vs Miami-Dade County +1.5 pp Miami-Dade County: 14.7% · 2024
Below the poverty line, 2013 – 2024 percent · Sweetwater · Miami-Dade County · Florida · United States
−10.0 pp since 2014
Sweetwater Miami-Dade County Florida United States

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

Compared with Below the poverty line · percent
Sweetwater
16.3%
Miami-Dade County
14.7%
Florida
12.6%
United States
12.5%

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

The series at a glance Sweetwater · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 16.3% · 2024
First value 25.5% · 2013
Highest 27.7% · 2015
Lowest 15.7% · 2022
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearSweetwaterChange Miami-Dade CountyFloridaUnited States
2024estimate 16.3% +0.0 pp 14.7% 12.6% 12.5%
2023estimate 16.2% +0.5 pp 14.9% 12.6% 12.4%
2022estimate 15.7% −1.3 pp 15.3% 12.9% 12.5%
2021estimate 17.0% −0.6 pp 15.7% 13.1% 12.6%
2020estimate 17.7% −1.7 pp 16.0% 13.3% —
2019estimate 19.4% −4.3 pp 17.1% 14.0% —
2018estimate 23.7% +1.6 pp 18.0% 14.8% —
2017estimate 22.0% −3.1 pp 19.0% 15.5% —
2016estimate 25.2% −2.5 pp 19.9% 16.1% —
2015estimate 27.7% +1.4 pp 20.4% 16.5% —
2014estimate 26.3% +0.8 pp 20.5% 16.7% —
2013estimate 25.5% 19.9% 16.3% —

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

Ranking · Towns of Florida

2024 · 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
391 Chokoloskee 0.0%
390 Goodland 0.0%
389 Hurlburt Field 1.3%
388 Tierra Verde 2.2%
387 Highland Beach 2.3%
386 Manasota Key 2.4%
385 Sewall's Point 2.5%
384 Eglin AFB 2.7%
383 Fruit Cove 2.7%
382 Jupiter Farms 2.8%
381 Malabar 3.0%
380 Neptune Beach 3.1%
379 Sea Ranch Lakes 3.2%
378 Westlake 3.2%
377 Valparaiso 3.4%
376 Pineland 3.5%
375 Navarre Beach 3.5%
374 Atlantis 3.6%
373 Southwest Ranches 3.8%
372 Odessa 3.9%
371 Satellite Beach 4.1%
370 Parkland 4.3%
369 Pinecrest 4.3%
368 Redington Shores 4.4%
367 Bagdad 4.4%
…
82 Hypoluxo 16.0%
81 Vero Beach 16.1%
80 Baldwin 16.3%
79 Sweetwater 16.3%
78 Fort Myers 16.3%
77 Goulds 16.4%
76 Homosassa 16.6%
…

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