Ranking of California Cities and Places By Poverty Rate in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the Poverty Rate for California was 12.25%. Among all California cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Isla Vista CDP had the highest poverty rate (71.49%), followed by East Bakersfield CDP (44.77%), and Mendota city (37.45%). On the other hand, the following 3 cities and places had the lowest poverty rate: Clayton city (1.21%), San Diego Country Estates CDP (1.81%), and Orinda city (2.06%).
The chart below shows the top 10 California cities and places with a population of 10K+ and a high poverty rate, and the table below shows the ranking of all California cities and places with a population of 10K+.
You can also see similar ranking of cities and places for other states as well as for the whole United States.
Rank | City | Poverty Rate (%) |
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1 | Isla Vista CDP | 71.49 |
2 | East Bakersfield CDP | 44.77 |
3 | Mendota city | 37.45 |
4 | Arcata city | 34.67 |
5 | Dinuba city | 31.89 |
6 | Oildale CDP | 30.53 |
7 | Parlier city | 30.18 |
8 | Barstow city | 29.78 |
9 | San Luis Obispo city | 29.57 |
10 | Lindsay city | 29.46 |
11 | McFarland city | 29.32 |
12 | Cudahy city | 29.09 |
13 | East Niles CDP | 28.77 |
14 | Lemon Hill CDP | 28.34 |
15 | Lamont CDP | 28.16 |
16 | Arvin city | 27.90 |
17 | Corcoran city | 27.58 |
18 | Madera city | 27.40 |
19 | Red Bluff city | 26.87 |
20 | Merced city | 26.62 |
21 | Clearlake city | 26.49 |
22 | Davis city | 26.39 |
23 | Desert Hot Springs city | 26.33 |
24 | Brawley city | 25.81 |
25 | Potomac Park CDP | 25.69 |
26 | Bell Gardens city | 25.61 |
27 | Avenal city | 25.60 |
28 | California City city | 25.40 |
29 | Westmont CDP | 25.32 |
30 | Hillcrest CDP | 25.16 |
31 | Muscoy CDP | 24.87 |
32 | Farmersville city | 24.43 |
33 | El Centro city | 23.66 |
34 | Marysville city | 23.51 |
35 | Selma city | 23.45 |
36 | Bell city | 23.34 |
37 | Fresno city | 22.90 |
38 | Florence-Graham CDP | 22.63 |
39 | Linda CDP | 22.45 |
40 | Blythe city | 22.43 |
41 | Sun Village CDP | 22.24 |
42 | Shafter city | 22.23 |
43 | Exeter city | 21.98 |
44 | North Highlands CDP | 21.87 |
45 | Chico city | 21.86 |
46 | Parkway CDP | 21.79 |
47 | South El Monte city | 21.46 |
48 | East Hemet CDP | 21.32 |
49 | Oroville city | 21.19 |
50 | Porterville city | 21.04 |
51 | Calexico city | 21.02 |
52 | Adelanto city | 20.99 |
53 | San Bernardino city | 20.91 |
54 | Maywood city | 20.89 |
55 | Willowbrook CDP | 20.84 |
56 | Florin CDP | 20.68 |
57 | Soledad city | 20.08 |
58 | Winton CDP | 20.02 |
59 | Arden-Arcade CDP | 20.00 |
60 | Huntington Park city | 19.94 |
60 | Twentynine Palms city | 19.94 |
61 | Lancaster city | 19.87 |
62 | Anderson city | 19.79 |
63 | Eureka city | 19.48 |
64 | Lompoc city | 19.37 |
65 | Wasco city | 19.17 |
66 | El Cajon city | 19.14 |
67 | Banning city | 19.02 |
68 | Yucca Valley town | 19.01 |
69 | Hesperia city | 18.88 |
70 | Victorville city | 18.79 |
71 | Cathedral City city | 18.77 |
72 | Delano city | 18.74 |
73 | Santa Cruz city | 18.66 |
74 | Livingston city | 18.62 |
75 | Reedley city | 18.40 |
76 | Foothill Farms CDP | 18.28 |
77 | Big Bear City CDP | 18.17 |
78 | El Monte city | 18.11 |
79 | Ukiah city | 18.06 |
80 | San Jacinto city | 18.03 |
81 | McKinleyville CDP | 17.97 |
82 | East Los Angeles CDP | 17.86 |
83 | Montclair city | 17.78 |
84 | Berkeley city | 17.59 |
85 | Shasta Lake city | 17.49 |
86 | Bostonia CDP | 17.42 |
87 | Sanger city | 17.39 |
88 | Phelan CDP | 17.36 |
89 | Atwater city | 17.34 |
89 | Compton city | 17.34 |
90 | Susanville city | 17.32 |
91 | Hawaiian Gardens city | 17.20 |
92 | Hemet city | 17.19 |
93 | Stanford CDP | 17.17 |
94 | Lennox CDP | 17.11 |
95 | Santa Paula city | 17.10 |
96 | Apple Valley town | 16.95 |
97 | Lake Los Angeles CDP | 16.88 |
98 | King City city | 16.78 |
99 | Los Angeles city | 16.61 |
100 | Coalinga city | 16.55 |
101 | Lynwood city | 16.49 |
102 | Pomona city | 16.36 |
103 | Stockton city | 16.32 |
103 | University of California-Santa Barbara CDP | 16.32 |
104 | Bakersfield city | 16.30 |
105 | Kerman city | 16.23 |
106 | Ceres city | 16.06 |
107 | Tulare city | 16.03 |
107 | Valle Vista CDP | 16.03 |
108 | Hawthorne city | 16.00 |
109 | Chowchilla city | 15.97 |
110 | Ashland CDP | 15.89 |
111 | Westminster city | 15.85 |
112 | Palmdale city | 15.77 |
113 | Grass Valley city | 15.69 |
114 | Rio Linda CDP | 15.52 |
115 | Hanford city | 15.51 |
115 | Signal Hill city | 15.51 |
116 | Long Beach city | 15.45 |
117 | Fallbrook CDP | 15.38 |
118 | National City city | 15.25 |
119 | East Rancho Dominguez CDP | 15.23 |
120 | Walnut Park CDP | 15.22 |
121 | Redding city | 15.11 |
122 | Mead Valley CDP | 14.92 |
123 | Sacramento city | 14.83 |
124 | Inglewood city | 14.80 |
125 | Colton city | 14.78 |
126 | Commerce city | 14.77 |
127 | Rosemont CDP | 14.74 |
128 | Fortuna city | 14.69 |
129 | Turlock city | 14.67 |
130 | Azusa city | 14.62 |
130 | Rialto city | 14.62 |
130 | Rosamond CDP | 14.62 |
131 | Coachella city | 14.54 |
132 | Indio city | 14.53 |
132 | Palm Springs city | 14.53 |
133 | Capitola city | 14.43 |
133 | Lodi city | 14.43 |
134 | Highland city | 14.41 |
134 | Paramount city | 14.41 |
135 | Salinas city | 14.35 |
136 | Garden Acres CDP | 14.31 |
136 | South Gate city | 14.31 |
137 | Riverbank city | 14.28 |
137 | West Sacramento city | 14.28 |
138 | Delhi CDP | 14.15 |
139 | Bloomington CDP | 14.13 |
140 | West Rancho Dominguez CDP | 14.11 |
141 | Stanton city | 13.93 |
142 | Glendale city | 13.86 |
143 | Los Banos city | 13.81 |
144 | Palm Desert city | 13.70 |
145 | Loma Linda city | 13.60 |
145 | Spring Valley CDP (San Diego County) | 13.60 |
146 | Moreno Valley city | 13.51 |
146 | Oakland city | 13.51 |
147 | Emeryville city | 13.50 |
148 | Visalia city | 13.48 |
149 | Richmond city | 13.44 |
150 | Imperial Beach city | 13.42 |
151 | Magalia CDP | 13.34 |
152 | Placerville city | 13.33 |
153 | Garden Grove city | 13.32 |
154 | Lake Elsinore city | 13.21 |
155 | Pasadena city | 13.17 |
156 | Valley Center CDP | 13.13 |
157 | Home Gardens CDP | 13.08 |
158 | Baldwin Park city | 13.06 |
159 | Escondido city | 13.05 |
160 | Anaheim city | 13.04 |
161 | Yuba City city | 13.02 |
162 | Ontario city | 12.98 |
163 | Watsonville city | 12.93 |
164 | Auburn city | 12.90 |
165 | Riverside city | 12.89 |
166 | Antioch city | 12.87 |
166 | Santa Barbara city | 12.87 |
167 | Modesto city | 12.79 |
168 | Santa Maria city | 12.78 |
169 | Bay Point CDP | 12.75 |
169 | Bellflower city | 12.75 |
169 | South Lake Tahoe city | 12.75 |
170 | Alhambra city | 12.73 |
170 | Lemoore city | 12.73 |
171 | Vineyard CDP | 12.71 |
172 | Port Hueneme city | 12.65 |
173 | Fullerton city | 12.52 |
173 | Rosemead city | 12.52 |
173 | San Gabriel city | 12.52 |
174 | Madera Acres CDP | 12.50 |
175 | San Pablo city | 12.44 |
176 | Santa Ana city | 12.28 |
177 | Seaside city | 12.27 |
178 | Irvine city | 12.26 |
179 | Gardena city | 12.25 |
180 | North Auburn CDP | 12.11 |
180 | Oakdale city | 12.11 |
181 | Perris city | 12.09 |
182 | East Palo Alto city | 12.04 |
183 | Olivehurst CDP | 11.94 |
184 | West Hollywood city | 11.91 |
185 | Monterey city | 11.89 |
186 | Greenfield city | 11.87 |
187 | Diamond Springs CDP | 11.86 |
188 | La Mesa city | 11.83 |
189 | Lomita city | 11.75 |
190 | Jurupa Valley city | 11.65 |
191 | Carmichael CDP | 11.63 |
192 | San Diego city | 11.59 |
193 | Santa Fe Springs city | 11.55 |
194 | Cherryland CDP | 11.54 |
194 | Fontana city | 11.54 |
195 | Montebello city | 11.42 |
195 | Ridgecrest city | 11.42 |
196 | Monterey Park city | 11.39 |
197 | Rancho Mirage city | 11.31 |
198 | Lathrop city | 11.26 |
199 | Rancho Cordova city | 11.23 |
200 | Laguna Woods city | 11.18 |
201 | West Puente Valley CDP | 11.09 |
202 | Tehachapi city | 11.06 |
203 | West Whittier-Los Nietos CDP | 11.03 |
204 | Lakeland Village CDP | 11.02 |
205 | Vallejo city | 10.98 |
206 | La Presa CDP | 10.97 |
207 | La Quinta city | 10.96 |
208 | Sonoma city | 10.95 |
209 | Burbank city | 10.86 |
210 | La Riviera CDP | 10.81 |
211 | Upland city | 10.78 |
212 | Rowland Heights CDP | 10.76 |
213 | Manteca city | 10.74 |
214 | Alum Rock CDP | 10.72 |
214 | Vista city | 10.72 |
215 | Oxnard city | 10.57 |
215 | Santa Monica city | 10.57 |
216 | North Fair Oaks CDP | 10.44 |
217 | La Habra city | 10.42 |
218 | Rohnert Park city | 10.38 |
219 | Pittsburg city | 10.31 |
219 | San Francisco city | 10.31 |
220 | Orange city | 10.29 |
221 | Temple City city | 10.27 |
222 | Valinda CDP | 10.24 |
223 | Casa de Oro-Mount Helix CDP | 10.23 |
223 | Tustin city | 10.23 |
224 | Los Alamitos city | 10.20 |
225 | Citrus CDP | 10.19 |
225 | Goleta city | 10.19 |
226 | Beverly Hills city | 10.16 |
227 | Marina city | 10.15 |
228 | San Fernando city | 10.07 |
229 | Antelope CDP | 10.05 |
230 | Los Osos CDP | 9.99 |
231 | Healdsburg city | 9.97 |
232 | Pico Rivera city | 9.96 |
232 | Truckee town | 9.96 |
233 | Suisun City city | 9.81 |
234 | Buena Park city | 9.80 |
234 | Santa Rosa city | 9.80 |
234 | Tracy city | 9.80 |
235 | Lawndale city | 9.76 |
236 | Laguna Hills city | 9.70 |
237 | Wildomar city | 9.65 |
238 | Costa Mesa city | 9.64 |
239 | El Sobrante CDP (Contra Costa County) | 9.63 |
240 | Live Oak CDP | 9.60 |
241 | Yucaipa city | 9.59 |
242 | Nipomo CDP | 9.56 |
243 | San Buenaventura (Ventura) city | 9.54 |
244 | Oceanside city | 9.45 |
245 | Citrus Heights city | 9.44 |
246 | Grover Beach city | 9.42 |
247 | East San Gabriel CDP | 9.39 |
247 | La Puente city | 9.39 |
248 | Calabasas city | 9.36 |
249 | San Leandro city | 9.33 |
250 | Woodland city | 9.31 |
251 | San Marcos city | 9.29 |
252 | Hollister city | 9.27 |
253 | Downey city | 9.23 |
254 | Imperial city | 9.21 |
255 | Galt city | 9.19 |
256 | Whittier city | 9.18 |
257 | Monrovia city | 9.17 |
258 | El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) city | 9.16 |
258 | San Rafael city | 9.16 |
259 | Carson city | 9.13 |
259 | Chula Vista city | 9.13 |
259 | Duarte city | 9.13 |
259 | Winter Gardens CDP | 9.13 |
260 | South San Jose Hills CDP | 9.12 |
261 | Concord city | 9.11 |
262 | Corona city | 9.05 |
263 | Alpine CDP | 9.03 |
263 | West Carson CDP | 9.03 |
264 | Covina city | 9.02 |
265 | West Covina city | 8.97 |
266 | Arcadia city | 8.93 |
267 | Norwalk city | 8.89 |
268 | Calimesa city | 8.88 |
269 | Camp Pendleton South CDP | 8.85 |
270 | Beaumont city | 8.84 |
271 | Fairfield city | 8.83 |
272 | Grand Terrace city | 8.76 |
273 | Atascadero city | 8.75 |
273 | Lemon Grove city | 8.75 |
274 | South Whittier CDP | 8.73 |
275 | Golden Hills CDP | 8.71 |
275 | Redlands city | 8.71 |
275 | San Dimas city | 8.71 |
276 | View Park-Windsor Hills CDP | 8.65 |
277 | Malibu city | 8.64 |
278 | Lakeside CDP (San Diego County) | 8.61 |
279 | La Verne city | 8.47 |
280 | Quartz Hill CDP | 8.45 |
281 | Carpinteria city | 8.44 |
281 | Elk Grove city | 8.44 |
282 | Kingsburg city | 8.43 |
283 | Hacienda Heights CDP | 8.41 |
284 | Fountain Valley city | 8.29 |
285 | Santa Clarita city | 8.27 |
286 | Fair Oaks CDP | 8.26 |
287 | Clovis city | 8.15 |
288 | Albany city | 8.14 |
289 | Orangevale CDP | 8.08 |
290 | Santee city | 8.04 |
291 | Chino city | 7.98 |
292 | Hayward city | 7.97 |
293 | Morro Bay city | 7.93 |
294 | Salida CDP | 7.92 |
295 | Novato city | 7.91 |
296 | Menifee city | 7.89 |
297 | Diamond Bar city | 7.86 |
298 | Napa city | 7.85 |
299 | Huntington Beach city | 7.84 |
300 | Rosedale CDP | 7.83 |
301 | Cameron Park CDP | 7.80 |
302 | Larkspur city | 7.75 |
303 | Newman city | 7.74 |
304 | Temecula city | 7.70 |
305 | San Jose city | 7.67 |
305 | Simi Valley city | 7.67 |
306 | Camarillo city | 7.63 |
307 | Walnut city | 7.58 |
308 | Glendora city | 7.56 |
309 | Gilroy city | 7.41 |
310 | Rancho Cucamonga city | 7.31 |
311 | Carlsbad city | 7.29 |
312 | Cypress city | 7.28 |
313 | Torrance city | 7.25 |
314 | Laguna Niguel city | 7.19 |
315 | American Canyon city | 7.18 |
316 | Placentia city | 7.17 |
317 | Redwood City city | 7.12 |
318 | San Lorenzo CDP | 7.11 |
319 | Discovery Bay CDP | 7.10 |
319 | Pleasant Hill city | 7.10 |
320 | San Mateo city | 7.05 |
321 | Soquel CDP | 6.98 |
322 | Roseville city | 6.97 |
322 | Santa Clara city | 6.97 |
323 | Avocado Heights CDP | 6.90 |
324 | Chino Hills city | 6.87 |
324 | Vacaville city | 6.87 |
325 | Newport Beach city | 6.86 |
326 | Lincoln city | 6.83 |
327 | Half Moon Bay city | 6.82 |
328 | El Cerrito city | 6.81 |
329 | Alameda city | 6.79 |
329 | Daly City city | 6.79 |
329 | Lake Forest city | 6.79 |
330 | Oakley city | 6.72 |
331 | Artesia city | 6.69 |
331 | Temescal Valley CDP | 6.69 |
332 | Dixon city | 6.67 |
333 | Encinitas city | 6.66 |
334 | Thousand Oaks city | 6.65 |
335 | Fillmore city | 6.64 |
336 | French Valley CDP | 6.62 |
337 | Brentwood city | 6.60 |
338 | Millbrae city | 6.57 |
339 | La Crescenta-Montrose CDP | 6.56 |
339 | Ramona CDP | 6.56 |
340 | San Juan Capistrano city | 6.52 |
341 | Patterson city | 6.51 |
342 | Brea city | 6.48 |
343 | Canyon Lake city | 6.44 |
344 | Prunedale CDP | 6.41 |
345 | Ripon city | 6.39 |
346 | La Palma city | 6.38 |
347 | Castro Valley CDP | 6.33 |
348 | South San Francisco city | 6.27 |
349 | Milpitas city | 6.21 |
350 | Blackhawk CDP | 6.15 |
351 | Bonita CDP | 6.11 |
352 | Culver City city | 6.09 |
352 | Murrieta city | 6.09 |
353 | Martinez city | 6.06 |
353 | San Marino city | 6.06 |
353 | South Pasadena city | 6.06 |
354 | Altadena CDP | 5.94 |
355 | Petaluma city | 5.93 |
356 | Eastern Goleta Valley CDP | 5.90 |
357 | Belmont city | 5.87 |
358 | Oak Park CDP | 5.80 |
359 | Menlo Park city | 5.79 |
360 | Sierra Madre city | 5.75 |
361 | Seal Beach city | 5.71 |
362 | Laguna Beach city | 5.70 |
363 | Arroyo Grande city | 5.62 |
364 | Dana Point city | 5.60 |
364 | Pacific Grove city | 5.60 |
365 | Lakewood city | 5.57 |
366 | Coronado city | 5.56 |
366 | Rancho San Diego CDP | 5.56 |
367 | Mountain View city | 5.54 |
368 | La Mirada city | 5.53 |
369 | Campbell city | 5.52 |
370 | Mill Valley city | 5.50 |
371 | Hercules city | 5.49 |
372 | Union City city | 5.48 |
373 | Walnut Creek city | 5.44 |
374 | Vincent CDP | 5.39 |
375 | San Bruno city | 5.36 |
376 | Pacifica city | 5.35 |
377 | Woodcrest CDP | 5.33 |
378 | San Clemente city | 5.31 |
379 | Orcutt CDP | 5.28 |
379 | Yorba Linda city | 5.28 |
380 | Pinole city | 5.24 |
380 | Sunnyvale city | 5.24 |
381 | Redondo Beach city | 5.15 |
382 | Poway city | 5.13 |
383 | Benicia city | 5.09 |
384 | Cupertino city | 5.07 |
384 | Stevenson Ranch CDP | 5.07 |
385 | Moorpark city | 5.02 |
385 | Palo Alto city | 5.02 |
386 | Folsom city | 5.01 |
387 | Aliso Viejo city | 4.94 |
387 | Corte Madera town | 4.94 |
388 | Fremont city | 4.87 |
389 | Moraga town | 4.85 |
390 | Pleasanton city | 4.83 |
391 | Cerritos city | 4.80 |
391 | Granite Bay CDP | 4.80 |
392 | Danville town | 4.79 |
393 | Mission Viejo city | 4.73 |
394 | El Dorado Hills CDP | 4.70 |
394 | Solana Beach city | 4.70 |
395 | Claremont city | 4.60 |
395 | Rocklin city | 4.60 |
396 | Norco city | 4.59 |
397 | Hermosa Beach city | 4.52 |
398 | Rancho Santa Margarita city | 4.51 |
399 | El Segundo city | 4.49 |
400 | Lafayette city | 4.48 |
401 | Palos Verdes Estates city | 4.32 |
402 | Newark city | 4.28 |
403 | Eastvale city | 4.26 |
403 | Piedmont city | 4.26 |
404 | Burlingame city | 4.21 |
405 | Scotts Valley city | 4.18 |
406 | San Ramon city | 4.08 |
407 | Del Aire CDP | 4.00 |
408 | Livermore city | 3.98 |
409 | San Anselmo town | 3.95 |
410 | Rancho Palos Verdes city | 3.94 |
411 | Windsor town | 3.80 |
412 | Coto de Caza CDP | 3.79 |
413 | Dublin city | 3.65 |
414 | Castaic CDP | 3.59 |
415 | Agoura Hills city | 3.56 |
415 | Morgan Hill city | 3.56 |
416 | Rossmoor CDP | 3.55 |
417 | Alamo CDP | 3.54 |
418 | Los Gatos town | 3.53 |
419 | Foster City city | 3.46 |
419 | North Tustin CDP | 3.46 |
420 | Tamalpais-Homestead Valley CDP | 3.30 |
421 | La Cañada Flintridge city | 3.20 |
422 | Mountain House CDP | 3.15 |
423 | Manhattan Beach city | 3.08 |
424 | El Sobrante CDP (Riverside County) | 3.01 |
425 | Saratoga city | 2.93 |
426 | San Carlos city | 2.88 |
427 | Los Altos city | 2.69 |
428 | Ladera Ranch CDP | 2.53 |
429 | Fairview CDP | 2.41 |
430 | Hillsborough town | 2.37 |
431 | Orinda city | 2.06 |
432 | San Diego Country Estates CDP | 1.81 |
433 | Clayton city | 1.21 |