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May 30, 2024 · These interactive maps show average poverty rates from the first quarter of 2023 for counties, congressional districts, state senate districts, and state assembly districts, according to the California Poverty Measure (CPM).
See Poverty in the United States: 2021 (census.gov) California Counties. Percent below poverty level. Alameda County. 9.4. Alpine County. 15.8. Amador County.
See. https://www.census.gov/population/socdemo/statbriefs/povarea.html. California Counties. Percent below poverty level. Alameda County, California 12 Alpine County, California 18.9 Amador County, California 11.2 Butte County, California 21.3 Calaveras County, California 12.7 Colusa County, California 13.5 Contra Costa County, California 10.2 ...
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Between 2011 and 2019, poverty in California declined by a total of 5.4 percentage points, a relative drop of nearly one-quarter (see Figure 1). The deep poverty rate similarly saw a relative total decline of more than one-quarter from 2011 to 2019, (from 6.3% to 4.6%).
3.6% of Los Alamos, CA residents had an income below the poverty level in 2022, which was 238.9% less than the poverty level of 12.2% across the entire state of California. 3.7% of high school graduates and 7.3% of non high school graduates live in poverty.
How Children Are Faring. In 2016-2020, an estimated 17% of California children lived below the federal poverty threshold ($26,246 annually for a family of two adults and two children in 2020). Across counties with data, official child poverty rates ranged from 6% in San Mateo to more than 30% in Imperial.
Figure 1. Poverty in California Under the CPM, 2011–2018 Note: Deep poverty is defined as net resources less than 50% of the poverty threshold. Poverty is defined as net resources less than 100% of the poverty threshold (so includes individuals in deep poverty). Near poverty is defined as net resources less than 150% of
