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Poverty Rate in California, by County

Poverty Rate for every county in California, ranked. The highest is Trinity County at 20.7% and the lowest is Sierra County at 4.4%.

California: 12.0% · United States: 12.5% · median county in California: 12.7%

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#County Poverty Rate
1Trinity County20.7%
2Imperial County19.5%
3Butte County19.2%
4Madera County19.2%
5Kern County19.1%
6Merced County19.1%
7Humboldt County18.7%
8Fresno County18.3%
9Modoc County17.9%
10Tulare County17.9%
11Lake County17.0%
12Yolo County16.7%
13Siskiyou County16.4%
14Glenn County16.0%
15Kings County16.0%
16Tehama County15.6%
17Mendocino County15.4%
18Santa Barbara County14.7%
19Sutter County14.4%
20Yuba County14.2%
21Lassen County14.0%
22Mariposa County14.0%
23Los Angeles County13.7%
24Stanislaus County13.5%
25San Bernardino County13.3%
26Shasta County13.3%
27Calaveras County13.0%
28Del Norte County12.9%
29San Luis Obispo County12.9%
30Monterey County12.7%
31Sacramento County12.5%
32San Joaquin County12.4%
33Santa Cruz County11.6%
34Colusa County11.4%
35San Francisco County11.2%
36Nevada County11.0%
37Inyo County10.9%
38Plumas County10.6%
39Riverside County10.6%
40Tuolumne County10.4%
41San Diego County10.3%
42Alpine County10.0%
43Solano County10.0%
44Orange County9.5%
45Ventura County9.3%
46Alameda County9.2%
47Sonoma County8.9%
48Mono County8.6%
49Napa County8.5%
50Contra Costa County8.4%
51Marin County8.3%
52Amador County8.2%
53El Dorado County8.0%
54Santa Clara County7.1%
55Placer County6.8%
56San Benito County6.7%
57San Mateo County6.7%
58Sierra County4.4%

Small populations produce wide margins: Sierra County is 4.4% with a margin of error of ±3.6%. An estimate with a margin that wide should be read as a range rather than a rank.

Share of people living below the federal poverty line.

Source: ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, 2024.

California ranks 24th of 52 states for poverty rate.

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