California
State Government
Governor
Gavin Newsom (D)
State Senate
32
Democrats,
8
Republicans
State House
62
Democrats,
17
Republicans
California
Economic well-being - California
Extreme poverty rate
0.1
Food insecurity
0.1
Minimum wage
16.5
Percent of working families under 200% of the poverty line
0.3
Poverty rate
11.8%
Unemployment rate
5.5
Number of Black or African American children living in families where no parent has full-time, year-round employment
Number of Hispanic or Latino children living in families where no parent has full-time, year-round employment
Percent of individuals who are uninsured
5.9
Housing - California
Home foreclosure rate
1 in 3407
People experiencing homelessness
187,084.0
Households paying more than 50% of income on housing
1,633,600.0
Percent renters
0.4
Poverty by demographic - California
Child poverty rate
0.2
Number of Asian and Pacific Islander children below 200% poverty
251000
Number of Black or African American children below 200% poverty
192000
Number of Hispanic or Latino children below 200% poverty
1981000
Senior poverty rate
12.0 %
Women in poverty
19,461,027
March 8, 2018
Low-income or black? You may be paying more for auto insurance in the Bay Area
February 20, 2018
Sacramento Trying Not To Leave Low-Income Drivers Behind In Push For 70,000 More Electric Vehicles
January 30, 2018
California moves to make family leave easier to get and better paying
January 16, 2018
Highest number of Bay Area low-income bikeshare users are in SF
January 9, 2018
Gov. Jerry Brown's signature plan for low-income schools gets full funding in his new state budget
December 6, 2017