California County Poverty Rate

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California county People below the poverty level estimates. Select sortable headings to reorder; select a county name for detail.

	9.2% ±0.3%
	10.0% ±3.3%
	8.2% ±1.6%
	19.2% ±0.9%
	13.0% ±1.8%
	11.4% ±3.0%
	8.4% ±0.4%
	12.9% ±2.4%
	8.0% ±0.9%
	18.3% ±0.7%
	16.0% ±3.1%
	18.7% ±1.2%
	19.5% ±1.4%
	10.9% ±2.3%
	19.1% ±0.8%
	16.0% ±1.6%
	17.0% ±1.6%
	14.0% ±2.2%
	13.7% ±0.2%
	19.2% ±1.7%
	8.3% ±0.7%
	14.0% ±3.1%
	15.4% ±1.7%
	19.1% ±1.2%
	17.9% ±5.4%
	8.6% ±2.7%
	12.7% ±0.8%
	8.5% ±1.0%
	11.0% ±1.1%
	9.5% ±0.3%
	6.8% ±0.4%
	10.6% ±2.8%
	10.6% ±0.3%
	12.5% ±0.4%
	6.7% ±1.3%
	13.3% ±0.4%
	10.3% ±0.2%
	11.2% ±0.4%
	12.4% ±0.7%
	12.9% ±0.8%
	6.7% ±0.4%
	14.7% ±0.8%
	7.1% ±0.3%
	11.6% ±0.8%
	13.3% ±1.2%
	4.4% ±3.8%
	16.4% ±1.8%
	10.0% ±0.6%
	8.9% ±0.6%
	13.5% ±0.7%
	14.4% ±1.8%
	15.6% ±1.7%
	20.7% ±4.8%
	17.9% ±1.0%
	10.4% ±1.6%
	9.3% ±0.4%
	16.7% ±1.0%
	14.2% ±1.7%

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Method and limitations

The displayed percentage is the ACS Data Profile DP03_0128PE direct estimate of people below the poverty level.

This is a five-year ACS survey estimate, not an administrative count. DP03_0128PM is the ACS 90-percent-confidence MOE for the published percentage. null estimate with source state valid, missing, suppressed, or invalid; zero remains valid. Five equal-width color bands span the valid values in this state; colors are not comparable across states.

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