Poverty In California 2024. California’s poverty rate increased to 18.9% in 2023, up from 16.4% in 2022 and 11.0% in 2021, according to new census data. Of all california residents were poor or near poor in early 2023.
Poverty increased from 11.7% in 2021 to 13.2%, the institute said, with 5 million. California’s poverty rate is dramatically higher when accounting for the high cost of living in many parts of the state, with immigrants, latinx, black, and american indian californians especially likely to be living in poverty.
