California
State Government
Governor
Gavin Newsom (D)
State Senate
32
Democrats,
8
Republicans
State House
62
Democrats,
17
Republicans
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
Los Angeles Times, May 20, 2013: Funding to L.A. magnet school restored
"In L.A. Unified, schools with as few as 40% low-income students had been receiving dollars, although at a lower funding level. Last year, with relatively little notice, L.A. Unified raised the minimum to 50%, which added to shortfalls at schools already enduring recession-related cuts. LACES was one such campus, with 46% low-income students last year."
Merced Sun-Star, May 13, 2013: Medicare program penalizing hospitals for readmissions
"The penalties worry some health care experts who say facilities serving low-income communities will be hit the hardest by the new program, part of the 2010 federal health care reform law. Confirming their fears, most of the eight hospitals in California paying the stiffest penalties this year are located in low-income areas, according to the latest numbers released by Medicare in March."
Los Angeles Times, May 13, 2013: (Op-Ed) Closing California's education gap
"Despite the clear benefits of increasing the state's higher education attainment rate, the two major pathways for adult education in California the K-12 school districts and the California community colleges do not have a strategy to increase the rates of the adult enrollment and completion of some higher education."
U-T San Diego, May 10, 2013: More money doesn't quell battle over school funding
"Billions of dollars and the education of millions of low-income students are on the line for generations to come. The goal of both is the same: deploy revenues in a manner that targets the most needy students who are lagging behind in test scores and are at greater risk of dropping out."
Los Angeles Times, May 08, 2013: State working poor lack education opportunities, report says
"The report, Working Hard, Left Behind, found that the state has the largest number of adults without a high school diploma or equivalent and ranks last among states in the percentage of low-income working families in which neither parent has a college education."
Press-Telegram, May 08, 2013: Lack of learning among low-income families could hamper California's economic recovery, report says
"A new report released Wednesday cautions that the lack of higher education among California's low-income families could further hurt the state's economy over the next decade."