Graph and download economic data for Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Pierce County, WA (S1701ACS053053) from 2012 to 2023 about Pierce County, WA; Seattle; WA; percent; poverty; 5-year; population; and USA.

Table from the American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year series on poverty and employment status related topics for City of Seattle Council Districts, Comprehensive Plan Growth Areas and Community Reporting Areas. Table includes B23025 Employment Status for the Population 16 years and over, B23024 Poverty Status by Disability Status by Employment Status for the Population 20 to 64 years, B17010 Poverty Status of Families by Family Type by Presence of Related Children under 18 years, C17002 Ratio of Income to Poverty Level in the Past 12 Months. Data is pulled from block group tables for the most recent ACS vintage and summarized to the neighborhoods based on block group assignment.

In 2023, 10.3 percent of Washington's population lived below the poverty line. This was a slight increase from the previous year, when about ten percent of the state's population lived below the poverty line. The poverty rate of the United States since 1990 can be accessed here.

Graph and download economic data for Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in King County, WA (S1701ACS053033) from 2012 to 2023 about King County, WA; Seattle; WA; percent; poverty; 5-year; population; and USA.

Table from the American Community Survey (ACS) B17004 of poverty status in the past 12 months of individuals by sex by work experience. These are multiple, nonoverlapping vintages of the 5-year ACS estimates of population and housing attributes starting in 2010 shown by the corresponding census tract vintage. Also includes the most recent release annually.

Table from the American Community Survey (ACS) B17001 poverty status of the population. These are multiple, nonoverlapping vintages of the 5-year ACS estimates of population and housing attributes starting in 2010 shown by the corresponding census tract vintage. Also includes the most recent release annually.

Table from the American Community Survey (ACS) B17010 poverty status of families by family type. These are multiple, nonoverlapping vintages of the 5-year ACS estimates of population and housing attributes starting in 2010 shown by the corresponding census tract vintage. Also includes the most recent release annually.

Design Review Equity Areas are areas of Seattle where applicants for development projects going through the City’s Design Review program are required to work with staff from the Department of Neighborhoods (DON) to customize their community outreach plan to the needs of historically underrepresented communities. Equity Areas are identified based on local demographic and socioeconomic characteristics from the US Census Bureau. Equity Areas are census tracts having a census-tract average greater than the city-as-a-whole average for at least two of the following characteristics: 1. Limited English proficiency, identified as percentage of households that are linguistically isolated households. 2. People of Color, identified as percentage of the population that is not non-Hispanic white; and 3. Income, identified as percentage of population with income below 200% of the federal poverty level. For more information please see Director’s Rule for Early Community Outreach for Design Review. Additional resources and FAQs are available on DON’s Early Community Outreach webpage. Data Source: US Census Bureau’s American Community Survey 2016 Five-Year Estimates. This map will be evaluated and updated every three years.<span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii

Design Review Equity Areas are areas of Seattle where applicants for development projects going through the City’s Design Review program are required to work with staff from the Department of Neighborhoods (DON) to customize their community outreach plan to the needs of historically underrepresented communities.

Equity Areas are identified based on local demographic and socioeconomic characteristics from the US Census Bureau. Equity Areas are census tracts having a census-tract average greater than the city-as-a-whole average for at least two of the following characteristics:

1. Limited English proficiency, identified as percentage of households that

are linguistically isolated households.

2. People of Color, identified as percentage of the population that is not non-Hispanic white; and

3. Income, identified as percentage of population with income below 200% of the federal poverty level.

For more information please see Director’s Rule for Early Community Outreach for Design Review. Additional resources and FAQs are available on DON’s Early Community Outreach webpage.

Data Source: US Census Bureau’s American Community Survey 2016 Five-Year Estimates.

This map will be evaluated and updated every three years.This layer is used in the SDCI Web Map.

Analysis of ‘Design Review Equity Areas’ provided by Analyst-2 (analyst-2.ai), based on source dataset retrieved from https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/089df353-bbe6-4256-ad9a-03263e375631 on 27 January 2022.

--- Dataset description provided by original source is as follows ---

Design Review Equity Areas are areas of Seattle where applicants for development projects going through the City’s Design Review program are required to work with staff from the Department of Neighborhoods (DON) to customize their community outreach plan to the needs of historically underrepresented communities.

Equity Areas are identified based on local demographic and socioeconomic characteristics from the US Census Bureau. Equity Areas are census tracts having a census-tract average greater than the city-as-a-whole average for at least two of the following characteristics:

1. Limited English proficiency, identified as percentage of households that

are linguistically isolated households.

2. People of Color, identified as percentage of the population that is not non-Hispanic white; and

3. Income, identified as percentage of population with income below 200% of the federal poverty level.

For more information please see 'http://www.seattle.gov/dpd/codes/dr/DR2018-4.pdf'>Director’s Rule for Early Community Outreach for Design Review. Additional resources and FAQs are available on 'https://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/outreach-and-engagement/design-review-for-early-outreach/dr_faq_don'>DON’s Early Community Outreach webpage.

Data Source: US Census Bureau’s 'https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/'>American Community Survey 2016 Five-Year Estimates.

Analysis of ‘Racial and Social Equity Composite Index’ provided by Analyst-2 (analyst-2.ai), based on source dataset retrieved from https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/42acb6e8-d61a-4349-a916-e072d62ceced on 27 January 2022.

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Persons of color (weight: 1.0)
English language learner (weight: 0.5)
Foreign born (weight: 0.5)

Income below 200% of poverty level

Educational attainment less than a bachelor’s degree

No leisure-time physical activity

Diagnosed diabetes

Obesity

Mental health not good

Asthma

Low life expectancy at birth

Disability

!!PLEASE NOTE!! When downloading the data, please select "File Geodatabase" to preserve long field names. Shapefile will truncate field names to 10 characters.Version: CurrentThe Racial and Social Equity Index combines information on race, ethnicity, and related demographics with data on socioeconomic and health disadvantages to identify where priority populations make up relatively large proportions of neighborhood residents. Click here for a User Guide.See the layer in action in the Racial and Social Equity ViewerClick here for an 11x17 printable pdf version of the map.The Composite Index includes sub-indices of: Race, English Language Learners, and Origins Index ranks census tracts by an index of three measures weighted as follows: Persons of color (weight: 1.0) English language learner (weight: 0.5) Foreign born (weight: 0.5)Socioeconomic Disadvantage Index ranks census tracts by an index of two equally weighted measures:Income below 200% of poverty level Educational attainment less than a bachelor’s degreeHealth Disadvantage Index ranks census tracts by an index of seven equally weighted measures:No leisure-time physical activityDiagnosed diabetes ObesityMental health not good AsthmaLow life expectancy at birthDisabilityThe index does not reflect population densities, nor does it show variation within census tracts which can be important considerations at a local level.Sources are as indicated below.Produced by City of Seattle Office of Planning & Community Development. For more information on the indices, including guidance for use, contact Diana Canzoneri (diana.canzoneri@seattle.gov).Sources: 2017-2021 Five-Year American Community Survey Estimates, U.S. Census Bureau; 2020 Decennial Census, U.S. Census Bureau; estimates from the Centers for Disease Control’ Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) published in the “The 500 Cities Project,”; Washington State Department of Health’s Washington Tracking Network (WTN);, and estimates from the Public Health – Seattle & King County (based on the Community Health Assessment Tool).Language is for population age 5 and older. Educational attainment is for the population age 25 and over.Life expectancy is life expectancy at birth.Other health measures based on percentages of the adult population.