Definition: Estimated percentage of children ages 0-17 living in families with resources below their California Poverty Measure (CPM) threshold (e.g., in fall 2021, among California children in families, 9% lived in poverty, according to the CPM).
Data Source: Public Policy Institute of California & Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality, California Poverty Measure (Jun. 2023).
Footnote: Due to changes in methodology, caution should be taken when comparing data for fall 2021 with 2017-2019 and earlier; see technical appendices for fall 2021 and earlier years for detailed information. The California Poverty Measure (CPM) is an approach to gauging poverty in California that accounts for geographic differences in the cost of living, factors in tax credits and in-kind assistance that augment family resources, and subtracts medical, commuting, and child care expenses. In CPM estimates, a family consists of a householder residing with their spouse, children, and other relatives, along with their unmarried partner, unmarried partner's children, foster children, and other unrelated children. The notation S refers to data that have been suppressed because the sample size was lower than 2,000. N/A means that data are not available.
