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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 Nov 2, 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

2022 · 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
319 Alva 6.3%
381 Anna Maria 2.4%
74 Apalachicola 18.0%
367 Apollo Beach 3.9%
320 Atlantic Beach 6.3%
347 Atlantis 4.9%
115 Ave Maria 14.7%
162 Aventura 12.4%
377 Bagdad 3.0%
49 Bal Harbour 20.7%
173 Baldwin 12.0%
247 Bay Harbor Islands 8.8%
242 Bay Pines 9.0%
75 Bayonet Point 17.9%
122 Bayshore Gardens 14.4%
121 Bell 14.5%
10 Belle Glade 32.5%
345 Belleair 5.0%
310 Belleair Beach 6.4%
256 Belleair Bluffs 8.6%
128 Bellview 14.0%
36 Beverly Hills 23.2%
148 Big Pine Key 13.2%
15 Biscayne Park 31.1%
322 Bloomingdale 6.2%
…
193 Sunrise 11.1%
176 Sunset 11.9%
127 Surfside 14.0%
99 Sweetwater 15.7%
156 Tamarac 12.7%
86 Tampa 16.8%
203 Tarpon Springs 10.6%
…

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.