Ranking of California Cities and Places By the Poverty Rate of the White Alone Racial 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 White Alone racial group in California was 10.92%. Among all California cities and places with a population of at least 10K, the White Alone racial group had the highest poverty rate in Isla Vista CDP (74.2%), followed by East Bakersfield CDP (44.43%), and Avenal city (40.99%). On the other hand, the White Alone racial group had the lowest poverty rate in the following 3 cities: Mountain House CDP (0%), Clayton city (1.32%), and Fairview CDP (1.56%).

The chart below shows the top 10 California cities and places with a population of 10K+, where the White Alone racial 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 White Alone Racial Group in 2021
Isla Vista CDP
East Bakersfield CDP
Avenal city
Lindsay city
Parlier city
McFarland city
Corcoran city
East Niles CDP
Brawley city
Mendota city
Ranking of California Cities and Places By the Poverty Rate of the White Alone Racial Group in 2021
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Rank City Poverty Rate (%)
1 Isla Vista CDP 74.20
2 East Bakersfield CDP 44.43
3 Avenal city 40.99
4 Lindsay city 32.96
5 Parlier city 32.94
6 McFarland city 32.45
7 Corcoran city 31.36
8 East Niles CDP 30.19
9 Brawley city 30.17
10 Mendota city 30.15
11 Bell Gardens city 30.14
12 Clearlake city 29.51
13 Cudahy city 29.45
14 Maywood city 29.40
15 Arvin city 29.27
16 Oildale CDP 28.99
17 Arcata city 28.96
18 Lamont CDP 28.36
19 Dinuba city 28.06
20 San Luis Obispo city 27.95
21 Desert Hot Springs city 27.56
22 Shafter city 26.18
23 Mead Valley CDP 25.75
24 Selma city 25.72
25 Farmersville city 25.69
26 Bell city 25.27
27 Florence-Graham CDP 25.26
28 Barstow city 24.92
29 Red Bluff city 24.76
30 Merced city 24.38
31 Potomac Park CDP 23.92
32 Calexico city 23.60
33 Linda CDP 23.53
34 Porterville city 22.82
35 Huntington Park city 22.80
36 Sun Village CDP 22.65
37 Willowbrook CDP 22.46
38 Hillcrest CDP 22.39
39 Madera city 21.69
40 San Bernardino city 21.43
41 Wasco city 21.36
42 Lemon Hill CDP 21.22
43 California City city 21.21
44 Muscoy CDP 20.99
45 Fresno city 20.75
46 Delano city 20.73
47 Davis city 20.64
48 East Los Angeles CDP 20.38
49 Reedley city 20.35
50 East Hemet CDP 20.33
51 Chico city 19.75
52 Winton CDP 19.72
53 Adelanto city 19.58
54 Marysville city 19.50
55 Lennox CDP 19.34
56 Santa Paula city 19.24
57 Garden Acres CDP 19.22
58 Twentynine Palms city 18.99
59 Commerce city 18.94
59 El Monte city 18.94
60 Anderson city 18.92
61 North Highlands CDP 18.81
62 Florin CDP 18.78
63 El Cajon city 18.74
64 Big Bear City CDP 18.66
65 Lancaster city 18.60
66 Hawthorne city 18.50
67 Lake Los Angeles CDP 18.45
67 San Pablo city 18.45
68 Eureka city 18.27
69 Compton city 18.17
70 Exeter city 18.15
71 South El Monte city 17.92
72 Oroville city 17.82
73 Cathedral City city 17.54
74 Atwater city 17.33
75 South Gate city 17.15
76 Phelan CDP 17.09
77 Hesperia city 17.08
78 Hemet city 17.00
78 Susanville city 17.00
79 Signal Hill city 16.89
80 Ukiah city 16.84
81 Montclair city 16.77
82 Westmont CDP 16.60
83 Kerman city 16.47
84 Colton city 16.45
85 National City city 16.43
86 San Jacinto city 16.41
87 Pomona city 16.40
88 Sanger city 16.39
89 Ceres city 16.34
89 Inglewood city 16.34
90 Rialto city 16.27
91 Shasta Lake city 16.25
92 Azusa city 16.15
93 East Palo Alto city 16.13
93 Yucca Valley town 16.13
94 Santa Cruz city 16.03
95 Paramount city 16.02
96 Grass Valley city 15.99
97 Bloomington CDP 15.88
98 Stanton city 15.74
99 Rio Linda CDP 15.72
100 Glendale city 15.51
101 Walnut Park CDP 15.41
102 Gardena city 15.30
103 Rosamond CDP 15.27
104 Stockton city 15.25
105 Tulare city 15.19
106 El Centro city 15.10
106 McKinleyville CDP 15.10
107 Home Gardens CDP 15.08
108 East Rancho Dominguez CDP 15.06
109 Lynwood city 15.05
110 Bostonia CDP 15.04
111 Lompoc city 15.01
112 Turlock city 14.92
113 Valle Vista CDP 14.81
114 Banning city 14.63
114 Loma Linda city 14.63
115 Magalia CDP 14.58
116 Victorville city 14.48
117 Yuba City city 14.33
118 Bakersfield city 14.32
119 Chowchilla city 14.22
120 Redding city 14.16
121 Lathrop city 14.09
122 Riverbank city 14.03
123 Anaheim city 13.94
124 Bellflower city 13.89
124 Los Angeles city 13.89
125 Coalinga city 13.87
126 Imperial Beach city 13.70
127 North Fair Oaks CDP 13.69
128 Capitola city 13.61
129 Apple Valley town 13.56
130 Escondido city 13.40
131 Hanford city 13.35
132 Coachella city 13.28
133 Palm Springs city 13.25
134 West Rancho Dominguez CDP 13.22
135 Fallbrook CDP 13.17
136 Long Beach city 13.14
137 Placerville city 13.12
137 Stanford CDP 13.12
138 Fortuna city 12.90
139 Lemoore city 12.84
140 Sacramento city 12.66
141 Indio city 12.63
142 Foothill Farms CDP 12.52
143 San Fernando city 12.51
144 Auburn city 12.50
145 Rosemont CDP 12.47
146 West Puente Valley CDP 12.30
146 West Sacramento city 12.30
147 Watsonville city 12.28
148 Soledad city 12.26
149 Temple City city 12.22
150 North Auburn CDP 12.21
151 West Hollywood city 12.18
152 Diamond Springs CDP 12.12
152 Parkway CDP 12.12
153 Baldwin Park city 12.10
154 Modesto city 12.09
154 Oakdale city 12.09
155 Montebello city 12.08
155 Sonoma city 12.08
156 Valley Center CDP 12.07
157 Ashland CDP 12.06
158 Santa Maria city 12.00
159 Antioch city 11.98
159 Berkeley city 11.98
160 Greenfield city 11.90
161 Arden-Arcade CDP 11.88
162 Highland city 11.77
163 Palmdale city 11.69
164 Garden Grove city 11.68
165 Santa Ana city 11.61
166 Moreno Valley city 11.59
167 Lomita city 11.56
168 Union City city 11.55
169 Citrus CDP 11.46
169 Visalia city 11.46
170 Burbank city 11.42
170 Lodi city 11.42
171 Oxnard city 11.41
172 Lake Elsinore city 11.39
173 Palm Desert city 11.31
174 East San Gabriel CDP 11.28
175 Cherryland CDP 11.16
176 Blythe city 11.09
177 Downey city 11.08
178 Pittsburg city 11.05
179 Healdsburg city 11.03
180 Lakeland Village CDP 10.99
181 Rancho Mirage city 10.94
182 Riverside city 10.82
183 La Habra city 10.80
184 Grand Terrace city 10.78
185 Ontario city 10.77
186 Vallejo city 10.73
187 South Lake Tahoe city 10.72
188 Pasadena city 10.69
189 San Diego city 10.68
190 Grover Beach city 10.67
191 Buena Park city 10.65
192 Irvine city 10.59
193 Tehachapi city 10.58
194 Santa Barbara city 10.57
195 Orange city 10.52
196 Tracy city 10.47
197 Ridgecrest city 10.46
198 San Leandro city 10.45
199 Salinas city 10.41
200 La Presa CDP 10.38
201 West Whittier-Los Nietos CDP 10.28
202 South Whittier CDP 10.27
203 Imperial city 10.23
204 Santa Monica city 10.19
205 Carpinteria city 10.11
206 Fullerton city 10.07
207 Rosemead city 10.06
208 Santa Fe Springs city 10.05
209 Yucaipa city 9.99
210 Rancho Cordova city 9.89
211 Monrovia city 9.87
212 Hollister city 9.81
212 Vista city 9.81
213 Port Hueneme city 9.80
214 Covina city 9.79
215 Chula Vista city 9.65
216 Jurupa Valley city 9.63
217 Suisun City city 9.61
218 Carmichael CDP 9.56
218 Marina city 9.56
219 La Mesa city 9.53
219 Rohnert Park city 9.53
220 Antelope CDP 9.50
220 Perris city 9.50
221 Woodland city 9.47
222 Quartz Hill CDP 9.46
223 Manteca city 9.45
224 Lawndale city 9.41
224 Monterey Park city 9.41
225 Fontana city 9.37
226 Galt city 9.34
227 Beverly Hills city 9.33
228 Olivehurst CDP 9.31
229 Fountain Valley city 9.30
229 West Covina city 9.30
230 Hawaiian Gardens city 9.25
230 Los Banos city 9.25
231 Delhi CDP 9.23
232 Beaumont city 9.20
233 Hayward city 9.18
234 Alhambra city 9.13
235 Fairfield city 9.07
236 Kingsburg city 9.06
237 San Buenaventura (Ventura) city 9.05
238 Cypress city 9.03
239 Duarte city 9.01
240 San Marcos city 8.96
241 Spring Valley CDP (San Diego County) 8.91
242 La Quinta city 8.86
243 Laguna Woods city 8.83
244 Carson city 8.80
244 Vineyard CDP 8.80
244 Westminster city 8.80
245 San Dimas city 8.69
246 Oceanside city 8.68
247 Tustin city 8.65
248 Truckee town 8.60
249 Winter Gardens CDP 8.56
250 Citrus Heights city 8.55
251 Emeryville city 8.54
251 Redlands city 8.54
252 Richmond city 8.43
252 Santa Clarita city 8.43
253 Nipomo CDP 8.42
254 Upland city 8.39
255 Hacienda Heights CDP 8.36
256 Monterey city 8.24
257 Larkspur city 8.21
258 Seaside city 8.06
259 Santee city 8.02
260 Alpine CDP 7.99
261 Morro Bay city 7.98
261 West Carson CDP 7.98
262 Wildomar city 7.96
263 Pico Rivera city 7.95
264 Costa Mesa city 7.94
264 Live Oak CDP 7.94
265 Norwalk city 7.93
266 Lakeside CDP (San Diego County) 7.90
267 Orangevale CDP 7.89
267 Rosedale CDP 7.89
267 Valinda CDP 7.89
268 Glendora city 7.88
269 El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) city 7.85
270 French Valley CDP 7.82
271 Arcadia city 7.76
272 Redwood City city 7.75
272 San Francisco city 7.75
273 Cameron Park CDP 7.74
273 San Gabriel city 7.74
274 Santa Clara city 7.72
275 Corona city 7.69
276 Camp Pendleton South CDP 7.67
276 Newman city 7.67
277 La Puente city 7.59
277 Patterson city 7.59
278 Discovery Bay CDP 7.56
279 Diamond Bar city 7.52
280 Bay Point CDP 7.51
281 Oakland city 7.50
282 Santa Rosa city 7.49
283 Concord city 7.48
283 El Sobrante CDP (Contra Costa County) 7.48
284 American Canyon city 7.47
285 Placentia city 7.40
286 Menifee city 7.39
287 Salida CDP 7.38
288 La Riviera CDP 7.37
289 Soquel CDP 7.35
290 San Bruno city 7.29
291 Lemon Grove city 7.23
292 University of California-Santa Barbara CDP 7.20
293 Ripon city 7.18
294 Simi Valley city 7.17
295 Golden Hills CDP 7.14
296 Albany city 7.13
297 Fillmore city 7.07
298 La Verne city 7.06
299 Los Osos CDP 7.01
300 Atascadero city 6.97
301 Los Alamitos city 6.96
302 Gilroy city 6.91
303 Fair Oaks CDP 6.89
304 Clovis city 6.84
305 San Rafael city 6.79
306 Goleta city 6.73
307 Huntington Beach city 6.71
308 Madera Acres CDP 6.67
309 Roseville city 6.65
310 Temescal Valley CDP 6.64
311 Laguna Hills city 6.63
312 Newport Beach city 6.61
313 Whittier city 6.59
314 Elk Grove city 6.57
315 Chino city 6.56
316 San Jose city 6.52
317 La Crescenta-Montrose CDP 6.51
318 Thousand Oaks city 6.50
319 Camarillo city 6.44
320 Napa city 6.42
321 San Lorenzo CDP 6.41
322 Calimesa city 6.40
323 Murrieta city 6.35
324 Carlsbad city 6.28
325 Prunedale CDP 6.27
326 Brentwood city 6.17
327 Arroyo Grande city 6.13
328 Malibu city 6.08
329 South San Jose Hills CDP 6.07
330 Rancho San Diego CDP 6.06
331 Temecula city 6.04
332 Culver City city 6.02
333 Avocado Heights CDP 6.01
334 La Palma city 6.00
335 Eastern Goleta Valley CDP 5.96
336 Rancho Cucamonga city 5.93
337 Calabasas city 5.91
338 Livingston city 5.86
339 Torrance city 5.84
340 Petaluma city 5.76
341 Martinez city 5.73
342 Vacaville city 5.72
343 Pinole city 5.71
344 Pacifica city 5.67
345 Brea city 5.66
346 Bonita CDP 5.64
346 Campbell city 5.64
347 Ramona CDP 5.56
348 Laguna Niguel city 5.50
348 View Park-Windsor Hills CDP 5.50
349 Daly City city 5.47
350 Pacific Grove city 5.45
350 Stevenson Ranch CDP 5.45
351 Lincoln city 5.43
352 Folsom city 5.41
353 South San Francisco city 5.38
354 King City city 5.35
355 San Juan Capistrano city 5.33
356 Hercules city 5.31
357 El Sobrante CDP (Riverside County) 5.30
358 Cupertino city 5.24
358 Fremont city 5.24
359 Belmont city 5.20
360 Laguna Beach city 5.18
360 Lake Forest city 5.18
361 El Cerrito city 5.16
362 Coronado city 5.14
363 Alum Rock CDP 5.12
363 Half Moon Bay city 5.12
363 San Mateo city 5.12
364 Moorpark city 5.05
364 Norco city 5.05
364 San Clemente city 5.05
365 Granite Bay CDP 4.99
365 Orcutt CDP 4.99
366 Rowland Heights CDP 4.98
367 Menlo Park city 4.95
367 Walnut Creek city 4.95
368 Castro Valley CDP 4.93
369 Vincent CDP 4.91
370 Mountain View city 4.86
370 Oakley city 4.86
371 Sierra Madre city 4.81
372 Woodcrest CDP 4.77
373 Rancho Palos Verdes city 4.74
374 Alameda city 4.72
374 Casa de Oro-Mount Helix CDP 4.72
375 Novato city 4.71
376 Canyon Lake city 4.70
377 Lakewood city 4.69
378 El Dorado Hills CDP 4.63
379 Millbrae city 4.62
379 Oak Park CDP 4.62
379 Rocklin city 4.62
380 Aliso Viejo city 4.61
381 Benicia city 4.59
382 Mission Viejo city 4.55
383 Lafayette city 4.53
384 Artesia city 4.51
384 La Mirada city 4.51
385 Cerritos city 4.50
386 Sunnyvale city 4.49
387 Encinitas city 4.46
388 Rancho Santa Margarita city 4.32
389 Dana Point city 4.29
390 El Segundo city 4.26
391 Palos Verdes Estates city 4.25
392 Seal Beach city 4.22
393 Danville town 4.19
394 South Pasadena city 4.16
395 Chino Hills city 4.15
396 Redondo Beach city 4.14
397 Foster City city 4.09
398 Poway city 4.08
399 Saratoga city 4.06
400 Moraga town 4.02
401 San Ramon city 3.98
402 Milpitas city 3.96
403 Pleasant Hill city 3.93
404 Palo Alto city 3.91
405 Solana Beach city 3.89
406 Burlingame city 3.80
406 Castaic CDP 3.80
406 Mill Valley city 3.80
407 Hermosa Beach city 3.78
408 Corte Madera town 3.75
409 Piedmont city 3.73
410 Scotts Valley city 3.70
411 Dixon city 3.65
412 Altadena CDP 3.64
413 Pleasanton city 3.59
414 Eastvale city 3.56
415 North Tustin CDP 3.55
416 Agoura Hills city 3.52
417 Livermore city 3.40
418 La Cañada Flintridge city 3.36
419 Tamalpais-Homestead Valley CDP 3.33
420 Newark city 3.27
420 San Anselmo town 3.27
421 Claremont city 3.24
421 Los Gatos town 3.24
422 Alamo CDP 3.15
422 Manhattan Beach city 3.15
423 Windsor town 3.03
424 Walnut city 3.00
425 San Carlos city 2.82
426 Ladera Ranch CDP 2.80
427 Los Altos city 2.67
428 Yorba Linda city 2.65
429 Dublin city 2.64
430 Rossmoor CDP 2.56
431 Del Aire CDP 2.53
432 Orinda city 2.52
433 Morgan Hill city 2.46
434 Blackhawk CDP 2.23
435 San Marino city 2.10
436 Coto de Caza CDP 2.09
437 San Diego Country Estates CDP 1.88
438 Hillsborough town 1.82
439 Fairview CDP 1.56
440 Clayton city 1.32
441 Mountain House CDP 0.00