Definition: Estimated percentage of children ages 0-17 living in families with incomes below 200% of their federal poverty threshold and with at least one resident parent who worked at least 50 weeks in the 12 months prior to survey (e.g., in 2024, 20.4% of California children lived in low-income working families).
Data Source: Population Reference Bureau, analysis of U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey public use microdata (Aug. 2026).
Footnote: Data presented are for families with children by birth, marriage, or adoption. The federal poverty threshold was $31,812 for a family of two adults and two children in 2024. 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.
