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
August 17, 2016
The Desert Sun, August 17, 2016: High Poverty Rates and Large Percentages of English Learners Often Place Coachella Valley Students at an Academic Disadvantage
August 8, 2016
The Hechinger Report, August 8, 2016: Pop-ups bring preschool to low-income communities
July 13, 2016
Bay Area groups get $725,000 from the Hearst Foundations
June 25, 2016
Los Angeles Times, June 25, 2016: (Editorial) In the search for better graduation rates, schools are fudging the numbers
June 3, 2016
The Brookings Institute, June 3, 2016: In Vergara, low-income students pay...one way or another
April 10, 2016