Nearly a third of workers in LA County live in or near poverty

Source: Estimates from the 2018-2019 California Poverty Measure (CPM). NOTES: Counties were grouped into 13 regions according to CERF program definitions. Because of data limitations, Colusa and Del Norte Counties are included in the North State estimate and Sierra County is included in the Sacramento estimate. Map shows the percentage of workers age 25-64 who were poor or near poor, defined as up to 150% of the California Poverty Measure threshold. Estimates for smaller regions, like Eastern Sierra and Redwood Coast, may have more variability because they are based on samples of 2,000 workers or less. Get the data Embed