Who’s in Poverty in California?

This interactive shows fall 2021 poverty rates across demographic groups in California, according to the California Poverty Measure (CPM). It shows poverty rates by age, education, employment, family composition, immigrant status, and race/ethnicity. The CPM is a joint research effort between PPIC and the Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality that, unlike the official poverty measure, takes into account the cost of living and resources from social safety net programs. See Poverty in California: Technical Appendix A for adapted methods used in the fall 2021 CPM as compared to earlier years.

For more information or questions, please contact Caroline Danielson, Patricia Malagon, and Sarah Bohn.

This research was supported with funding from Sunlight Giving.

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