Ranking of California Cities and Places By the Poverty Rate of the Non-Hispanic White Alone Ethnicity Group in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on December 13, 2023.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the Poverty Rate for the Non-Hispanic White Alone ethnicity group in California was 8.69%. Among all California cities and places with a population of at least 10K, the Non-Hispanic White Alone ethnicity group had the highest poverty rate in Mendota city (93.57%), followed by Isla Vista CDP (74.08%), and East Bakersfield CDP (71.89%). On the other hand, the Non-Hispanic White Alone ethnicity group had the lowest poverty rate in the following 3 cities: Mountain House CDP (0%), Parlier city (0%), and El Sobrante CDP (Riverside County) (0.74%).

The chart below shows the top 10 California cities and places with a population of 10K+, where the Non-Hispanic White Alone ethnicity group had high poverty rate, and the table below shows all California cities and places with a population of 10K+.

You can see similar ranking for other racial and ethnicity groups in California.

You can also see similar ranking of cities and places for other states as well as for the whole United States.

Ranking of California Cities and Places By the Poverty Rate of the Non-Hispanic White Alone Ethnicity Group in 2021
Mendota city
Isla Vista CDP
East Bakersfield CDP
Willowbrook CDP
McFarland city
Cudahy city
Bell city
East Rancho Dominguez CDP
Kerman city
Lindsay city
Ranking of California Cities and Places By the Poverty Rate of the Non-Hispanic White Alone Ethnicity Group in 2021
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Rank City Poverty Rate (%)
1 Mendota city 93.57
2 Isla Vista CDP 74.08
3 East Bakersfield CDP 71.89
4 Willowbrook CDP 59.63
5 McFarland city 45.54
6 Cudahy city 45.36
7 Bell city 39.97
8 East Rancho Dominguez CDP 39.50
9 Kerman city 38.66
10 Lindsay city 36.96
11 Lynwood city 36.40
12 Arvin city 32.31
13 Westmont CDP 31.83
14 Clearlake city 30.81
15 Oildale CDP 29.00
16 Bell Gardens city 28.84
17 San Luis Obispo city 28.54
18 East Los Angeles CDP 28.52
19 Florence-Graham CDP 28.41
20 Arcata city 28.27
21 East Niles CDP 28.14
22 Muscoy CDP 27.88
23 West Rancho Dominguez CDP 27.08
24 Desert Hot Springs city 25.81
25 Garden Acres CDP 25.78
26 Huntington Park city 25.00
27 Calexico city 23.10
28 Soledad city 22.70
29 Mead Valley CDP 22.20
30 Lake Los Angeles CDP 22.05
31 Lemon Hill CDP 21.58
32 Farmersville city 21.44
33 West Whittier-Los Nietos CDP 21.38
34 Adelanto city 21.36
35 Corcoran city 21.27
36 Compton city 21.10
37 North Highlands CDP 20.89
38 Sun Village CDP 20.85
39 El Cajon city 20.59
40 South Gate city 20.42
41 Merced city 20.20
42 Red Bluff city 19.72
43 Linda CDP 19.69
44 Anderson city 19.31
45 Selma city 19.30
46 Big Bear City CDP 18.99
47 Oroville city 18.70
48 Chico city 18.69
48 East Hemet CDP 18.69
49 Davis city 18.61
50 Madera city 18.50
51 Ceres city 18.35
52 Eureka city 18.18
53 Pico Rivera city 17.93
54 San Bernardino city 17.80
55 Yucca Valley town 16.92
56 Paramount city 16.64
57 Susanville city 16.62
58 Porterville city 16.45
59 Lamont CDP 16.41
60 Pomona city 16.31
61 Shasta Lake city 16.29
62 Phelan CDP 16.12
63 Walnut Park CDP 16.03
64 Bellflower city 15.86
65 Glendale city 15.80
66 Inglewood city 15.77
67 Grass Valley city 15.65
68 Twentynine Palms city 15.50
69 Shafter city 15.15
70 Bostonia CDP 15.14
71 Magalia CDP 15.07
72 Barstow city 14.92
72 McKinleyville CDP 14.92
73 Santa Cruz city 14.89
74 Citrus CDP 14.82
75 South Whittier CDP 14.78
76 California City city 14.63
77 Marysville city 14.48
78 San Fernando city 14.08
79 Florin CDP 14.00
80 Lathrop city 13.99
81 Hemet city 13.95
82 Redding city 13.83
83 Turlock city 13.77
84 Ashland CDP 13.76
85 Rio Linda CDP 13.68
86 Hillcrest CDP 13.58
87 Blythe city 13.51
88 Lancaster city 13.50
88 Stanford CDP 13.50
89 San Pablo city 13.36
90 Atwater city 13.31
91 Fresno city 13.30
92 Gardena city 13.14
93 Watsonville city 13.04
94 Union City city 12.94
95 Madera Acres CDP 12.88
96 El Monte city 12.85
97 El Centro city 12.72
98 Riverbank city 12.61
99 Valle Vista CDP 12.60
100 Tulare city 12.51
101 West Hollywood city 12.50
102 Winton CDP 12.40
103 Ukiah city 12.34
104 Coachella city 12.27
105 Chowchilla city 12.24
106 Yuba City city 12.22
107 Stockton city 12.20
108 East San Gabriel CDP 12.19
108 Rosemont CDP 12.19
109 Carson city 12.18
109 Loma Linda city 12.18
109 Santa Fe Springs city 12.18
109 Tehachapi city 12.18
110 San Leandro city 12.14
111 Commerce city 12.09
112 National City city 12.08
113 Baldwin Park city 12.07
114 Olivehurst CDP 12.05
115 Healdsburg city 12.02
116 Burbank city 11.88
117 Berkeley city 11.84
118 Apple Valley town 11.83
119 Palm Springs city 11.79
120 Cathedral City city 11.73
121 Rialto city 11.67
122 San Jacinto city 11.60
123 La Presa CDP 11.55
124 Garden Grove city 11.51
125 Exeter city 11.47
126 Hacienda Heights CDP 11.41
127 Cherryland CDP 11.34
127 Rosamond CDP 11.34
128 Fortuna city 11.30
129 Foothill Farms CDP 11.23
130 West Covina city 11.22
131 Lakeland Village CDP 11.15
132 Lemoore city 11.10
133 Imperial Beach city 11.06
134 Azusa city 11.05
135 Bakersfield city 11.00
135 Hesperia city 11.00
136 Lompoc city 10.98
137 Arden-Arcade CDP 10.92
138 Sacramento city 10.91
139 Vallejo city 10.89
140 Buena Park city 10.88
140 Delano city 10.88
141 Oakdale city 10.84
142 Maywood city 10.83
143 Capitola city 10.75
143 South El Monte city 10.75
144 Downey city 10.66
144 Victorville city 10.66
145 Wasco city 10.65
146 Port Hueneme city 10.59
147 Antelope CDP 10.58
147 Avocado Heights CDP 10.58
148 Anaheim city 10.56
149 Montebello city 10.54
150 South Lake Tahoe city 10.50
151 Dinuba city 10.38
152 Modesto city 10.36
153 Escondido city 10.35
153 Parkway CDP 10.35
153 Placerville city 10.35
154 Alhambra city 10.32
155 Banning city 10.27
156 Los Angeles city 10.26
157 Perris city 10.24
158 Colton city 10.23
158 Santa Monica city 10.23
159 Hawthorne city 10.21
159 Spring Valley CDP (San Diego County) 10.21
160 Hayward city 10.19
160 Norwalk city 10.19
160 Rancho Cordova city 10.19
161 Auburn city 10.17
162 Delhi CDP 10.16
162 Rohnert Park city 10.16
163 Tracy city 10.12
164 Sonoma city 10.11
165 Pasadena city 10.07
166 Irvine city 9.99
167 Westminster city 9.94
168 Coalinga city 9.87
169 Santa Barbara city 9.86
170 Long Beach city 9.85
170 Sanger city 9.85
171 Riverside city 9.82
171 West Sacramento city 9.82
172 Lennox CDP 9.80
173 Ridgecrest city 9.78
174 Rancho Mirage city 9.71
175 Santa Ana city 9.64
176 Palmdale city 9.56
177 Palm Desert city 9.52
178 Pittsburg city 9.44
179 Beaumont city 9.35
179 North Fair Oaks CDP 9.35
180 Santa Maria city 9.32
181 Camp Pendleton South CDP 9.26
182 Newman city 9.20
183 Los Banos city 9.16
184 San Dimas city 9.13
185 Antioch city 9.10
186 Valley Center CDP 9.06
187 Lake Elsinore city 9.05
187 South San Jose Hills CDP 9.05
188 Indio city 9.02
189 Jurupa Valley city 9.01
190 Visalia city 8.91
191 North Auburn CDP 8.85
192 Stanton city 8.82
193 Wildomar city 8.80
194 Yucaipa city 8.76
195 West Puente Valley CDP 8.73
196 Citrus Heights city 8.72
197 Suisun City city 8.69
197 Temple City city 8.69
198 Discovery Bay CDP 8.68
199 Cypress city 8.63
199 San Buenaventura (Ventura) city 8.63
200 Highland city 8.62
201 Beverly Hills city 8.59
201 Covina city 8.59
202 Santee city 8.47
203 Fountain Valley city 8.46
204 Santa Clara city 8.44
205 Salinas city 8.43
206 Orange city 8.41
207 Emeryville city 8.37
208 Larkspur city 8.36
208 Upland city 8.36
209 Carmichael CDP 8.30
210 Lodi city 8.28
211 Monterey Park city 8.27
212 El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) city 8.26
213 Winter Gardens CDP 8.23
214 Moreno Valley city 8.22
215 Live Oak CDP 8.21
216 Imperial city 8.18
217 La Mesa city 8.17
217 Lemon Grove city 8.17
217 Oxnard city 8.17
218 Golden Hills CDP 8.15
218 Laguna Woods city 8.15
219 Marina city 8.14
220 Whittier city 8.13
221 San Diego city 8.12
222 San Lorenzo CDP 8.08
223 Lakeside CDP (San Diego County) 8.06
224 San Marcos city 8.02
225 Quartz Hill CDP 8.01
226 Morro Bay city 7.99
226 Rosemead city 7.99
227 Hanford city 7.98
228 El Sobrante CDP (Contra Costa County) 7.93
229 Diamond Bar city 7.91
230 Montclair city 7.90
231 Richmond city 7.88
232 Orangevale CDP 7.85
233 Reedley city 7.80
234 Rowland Heights CDP 7.75
235 Fullerton city 7.74
236 Grover Beach city 7.68
236 Home Gardens CDP 7.68
237 West Carson CDP 7.64
238 Santa Rosa city 7.61
239 Patterson city 7.57
240 Los Osos CDP 7.54
240 Nipomo CDP 7.54
241 Duarte city 7.49
242 Woodland city 7.46
243 Monterey city 7.42
244 Redlands city 7.39
244 Santa Paula city 7.39
245 Valinda CDP 7.38
246 Lomita city 7.35
247 Fairfield city 7.34
248 Hollister city 7.33
249 Manteca city 7.31
250 Glendora city 7.30
251 Monrovia city 7.23
251 San Francisco city 7.23
252 Cameron Park CDP 7.22
253 Vista city 7.21
254 Chula Vista city 7.20
255 Menifee city 7.16
256 Calimesa city 7.15
257 Goleta city 7.14
257 Oceanside city 7.14
258 Fontana city 7.10
259 Fallbrook CDP 7.05
260 Costa Mesa city 7.03
261 Laguna Hills city 7.02
262 Oakland city 6.99
263 Atascadero city 6.94
263 Fair Oaks CDP 6.94
264 American Canyon city 6.85
265 Corona city 6.80
266 Chino city 6.74
266 Seaside city 6.74
267 Soquel CDP 6.70
268 Concord city 6.67
268 Galt city 6.67
269 Lawndale city 6.65
270 Huntington Beach city 6.62
271 Alpine CDP 6.58
271 Murrieta city 6.58
272 Newport Beach city 6.57
273 La Riviera CDP 6.38
274 San Juan Capistrano city 6.37
275 Clovis city 6.36
276 Carpinteria city 6.35
277 Malibu city 6.34
278 Ontario city 6.33
278 Thousand Oaks city 6.33
279 San Gabriel city 6.32
280 Bloomington CDP 6.30
280 Temescal Valley CDP 6.30
281 La Quinta city 6.29
282 Elk Grove city 6.28
283 Ramona CDP 6.27
284 Roseville city 6.22
285 Martinez city 6.20
286 Daly City city 6.19
287 Artesia city 6.15
287 Los Alamitos city 6.15
288 Fillmore city 6.12
289 Carlsbad city 6.09
290 Alum Rock CDP 6.08
291 Bonita CDP 6.06
292 Grand Terrace city 6.05
293 Hercules city 6.03
294 Calabasas city 6.02
295 Gilroy city 5.99
296 Greenfield city 5.98
297 Torrance city 5.97
298 San Rafael city 5.96
299 La Verne city 5.90
300 La Mirada city 5.87
301 Rancho Cucamonga city 5.86
301 Temecula city 5.86
302 Brentwood city 5.84
303 South San Francisco city 5.79
304 Rancho San Diego CDP 5.75
305 East Palo Alto city 5.73
305 Pacific Grove city 5.73
306 Kingsburg city 5.72
307 Santa Clarita city 5.71
308 Placentia city 5.60
309 Napa city 5.59
309 Petaluma city 5.59
310 Woodcrest CDP 5.57
311 Pinole city 5.55
312 Half Moon Bay city 5.54
312 San Jose city 5.54
313 Cerritos city 5.53
313 Redwood City city 5.53
313 Tustin city 5.53
314 Simi Valley city 5.52
315 Brea city 5.50
316 Camarillo city 5.46
317 Granite Bay CDP 5.40
318 Norco city 5.38
319 La Habra city 5.35
320 Fremont city 5.34
321 French Valley CDP 5.31
321 Livingston city 5.31
322 Culver City city 5.30
323 La Crescenta-Montrose CDP 5.29
324 Folsom city 5.24
324 Vineyard CDP 5.24
325 Albany city 5.23
325 Laguna Niguel city 5.23
326 San Clemente city 5.21
327 Belmont city 5.15
328 Eastern Goleta Valley CDP 5.11
329 Arroyo Grande city 5.10
329 La Palma city 5.10
330 Cupertino city 5.08
331 Signal Hill city 5.06
331 Stevenson Ranch CDP 5.06
332 Oak Park CDP 5.03
332 Potomac Park CDP 5.03
333 Canyon Lake city 5.02
334 Rancho Palos Verdes city 5.01
335 Mission Viejo city 4.97
336 Lake Forest city 4.94
337 Prunedale CDP 4.92
338 San Bruno city 4.90
339 El Cerrito city 4.89
340 Bay Point CDP 4.88
340 Vacaville city 4.88
341 Truckee town 4.85
342 Benicia city 4.83
343 El Dorado Hills CDP 4.79
344 Laguna Beach city 4.76
344 South Pasadena city 4.76
345 Salida CDP 4.72
346 Pacifica city 4.69
347 Alameda city 4.68
347 Lincoln city 4.68
348 Lafayette city 4.64
349 Lakewood city 4.63
349 Rancho Santa Margarita city 4.63
350 El Segundo city 4.61
351 Millbrae city 4.59
352 Ripon city 4.58
353 Aliso Viejo city 4.53
353 La Puente city 4.53
353 Palos Verdes Estates city 4.53
353 San Mateo city 4.53
354 Castro Valley CDP 4.52
354 Rocklin city 4.52
355 Castaic CDP 4.50
356 Campbell city 4.47
357 Walnut Creek city 4.45
358 Novato city 4.42
359 Dana Point city 4.40
360 Orcutt CDP 4.36
361 Encinitas city 4.30
362 Vincent CDP 4.26
363 Danville town 4.23
363 Eastvale city 4.23
364 Casa de Oro-Mount Helix CDP 4.22
364 Dixon city 4.22
365 Redondo Beach city 4.20
366 Sierra Madre city 4.19
367 Seal Beach city 4.18
368 Brawley city 4.16
369 Diamond Springs CDP 4.08
370 Solana Beach city 4.07
371 Hermosa Beach city 4.04
372 Arcadia city 4.03
373 University of California-Santa Barbara CDP 4.02
374 Chino Hills city 4.01
374 Saratoga city 4.01
375 Oakley city 3.97
375 Scotts Valley city 3.97
376 Moorpark city 3.94
377 Foster City city 3.93
378 Sunnyvale city 3.89
379 Poway city 3.86
379 San Ramon city 3.86
380 Burlingame city 3.81
381 Moraga town 3.77
382 Palo Alto city 3.73
383 Pleasanton city 3.69
384 Menlo Park city 3.68
385 Corte Madera town 3.66
386 Rosedale CDP 3.64
387 Mill Valley city 3.57
387 Mountain View city 3.57
388 Agoura Hills city 3.56
389 Altadena CDP 3.55
389 Newark city 3.55
390 Claremont city 3.47
390 North Tustin CDP 3.47
391 Tamalpais-Homestead Valley CDP 3.44
392 Coronado city 3.43
393 San Anselmo town 3.42
394 Windsor town 3.33
395 Manhattan Beach city 3.25
396 Alamo CDP 3.23
396 Avenal city 3.23
397 Los Gatos town 3.21
398 Del Aire CDP 3.06
399 Milpitas city 3.03
400 Pleasant Hill city 3.01
401 Livermore city 2.98
402 Los Altos city 2.82
403 San Carlos city 2.75
404 La Cañada Flintridge city 2.74
405 Piedmont city 2.71
406 Hawaiian Gardens city 2.69
407 King City city 2.66
408 Dublin city 2.61
408 Yorba Linda city 2.61
409 Ladera Ranch CDP 2.55
410 Rossmoor CDP 2.45
411 Blackhawk CDP 2.31
412 Orinda city 2.11
412 Walnut city 2.11
413 Morgan Hill city 2.06
414 San Diego Country Estates CDP 1.98
415 Coto de Caza CDP 1.93
416 Hillsborough town 1.91
417 Fairview CDP 1.76
418 San Marino city 1.74
419 Clayton city 1.35
420 View Park-Windsor Hills CDP 1.07
421 El Sobrante CDP (Riverside County) 0.74
422 Mountain House CDP 0.00
422 Parlier city 0.00