Definition: Level of income as a percentage of federal poverty threshold, for children ages 0-17 (e.g., in 2024, an estimated 38.2% of California children lived at or above 400% of their federal poverty threshold).
Data Source: Population Reference Bureau, analysis of U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey summary files and public use microdata (Aug. 2026).
Footnote: The federal poverty threshold was $31,812 for a family of two adults and two children in 2024. Income level relative to poverty is not determined for children in some living situations; for details, see How the Census Bureau Measures Poverty. These estimates are based on a survey of the population and are subject to both sampling and nonsampling error. Data for 2020 are not available due to disruptions in data collection. The notation S refers to estimates that have been suppressed because the margin of error was greater than 5 percentage points. N/A means that data are not available.
