Ranking of California Cities and Places By the Poverty Rate of the Black or African American Alone Racial Group in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on March 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the Poverty Rate for the Black or African American Alone racial group in California was 19.24%. Among all California cities and places with a population of at least 10K, the Black or African American Alone racial group had the highest poverty rate in Diamond Springs CDP (100%), followed by Lamont CDP (100%), and Placerville city (100%). On the other hand, the Black or African American Alone racial group had the lowest poverty rate in the following 3 cities: Alum Rock CDP (0%), Avenal city (0%), and Bonita CDP (0%).

The chart below shows the top 10 California cities and places with a population of 10K+, where the Black or African American 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 information for other states and for the United States.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of California Cities and Places By the Poverty Rate of the Black or African American Alone Racial Group in 2021
Diamond Springs CDP
Lamont CDP
Placerville city
Calexico city
Selma city
Valley Center CDP
Golden Hills CDP
Muscoy CDP
East Bakersfield CDP
Hillcrest CDP
Ranking of California Cities and Places By the Poverty Rate of the Black or African American Alone Racial Group in 2021
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Rank City Poverty Rate (%)
1 Diamond Springs CDP 100.00
1 Lamont CDP 100.00
1 Placerville city 100.00
2 Calexico city 94.90
3 Selma city 94.64
4 Valley Center CDP 93.71
5 Golden Hills CDP 88.75
6 Muscoy CDP 86.35
7 East Bakersfield CDP 85.70
8 Hillcrest CDP 81.28
9 El Monte city 76.34
10 Isla Vista CDP 73.79
11 Potomac Park CDP 73.63
12 South El Monte city 72.65
13 University of California-Santa Barbara CDP 64.86
14 Arvin city 64.08
15 Blackhawk CDP 63.01
16 San Bruno city 60.29
17 Dixon city 59.66
18 North Auburn CDP 56.25
19 Clearlake city 56.22
20 San Luis Obispo city 55.68
21 Calabasas city 55.42
22 East Niles CDP 55.32
22 Oakdale city 55.32
23 Oildale CDP 54.90
24 South Lake Tahoe city 54.55
25 Shafter city 53.22
26 Eureka city 52.92
27 Indio city 50.64
28 Imperial Beach city 48.42
29 Garden Acres CDP 48.28
30 Lemon Hill CDP 48.27
31 Chico city 47.92
32 Blythe city 45.29
33 Malibu city 43.48
34 Bell Gardens city 43.22
35 Montclair city 42.52
36 East Hemet CDP 42.13
37 Exeter city 41.75
38 West Whittier-Los Nietos CDP 41.57
39 Laguna Hills city 41.40
40 Parkway CDP 40.95
41 Arcata city 40.38
42 Davis city 40.19
43 Merced city 39.56
44 Bostonia CDP 38.90
45 Carlsbad city 38.80
46 Whittier city 38.13
47 Los Alamitos city 38.09
48 Bell city 37.79
49 Lake Los Angeles CDP 37.42
50 Farmersville city 37.33
51 Delano city 36.91
52 Ridgecrest city 36.84
53 Foothill Farms CDP 36.42
54 Willowbrook CDP 35.68
55 Palm Springs city 35.22
56 Desert Hot Springs city 35.05
57 Twentynine Palms city 34.82
58 Tulare city 34.48
59 Spring Valley CDP (San Diego County) 34.02
60 West Sacramento city 33.60
61 Nipomo CDP 33.54
62 Madera city 33.32
63 Rosamond CDP 33.22
64 Oroville city 33.20
65 Barstow city 32.78
66 Fresno city 32.23
67 Napa city 32.01
68 San Juan Capistrano city 31.98
69 Hanford city 31.72
70 Hesperia city 31.71
71 Rossmoor CDP 31.69
72 Palmdale city 31.55
73 Banning city 31.52
74 Florence-Graham CDP 31.33
75 Dinuba city 30.53
76 Redding city 30.12
77 Westmont CDP 29.98
78 Lompoc city 29.96
79 Victorville city 29.51
80 Adelanto city 29.46
81 San Gabriel city 29.02
82 Apple Valley town 28.92
83 Arden-Arcade CDP 28.85
84 San Rafael city 28.83
85 Rosemead city 28.66
86 Bakersfield city 28.65
87 Signal Hill city 28.63
88 Burbank city 28.18
89 Woodland city 27.73
90 Rohnert Park city 27.22
91 Alamo CDP 27.00
92 La Quinta city 26.99
93 Ashland CDP 26.87
94 National City city 26.86
95 Escondido city 26.66
96 Hemet city 26.40
97 San Francisco city 26.37
98 San Bernardino city 26.31
99 Live Oak CDP 26.26
100 Grass Valley city 26.15
101 Cherryland CDP 26.07
102 Lomita city 25.49
103 Florin CDP 25.44
104 La Verne city 25.33
105 Laguna Woods city 25.29
106 Orangevale CDP 25.23
107 Lancaster city 25.16
107 Pomona city 25.16
108 San Jacinto city 25.09
109 Alhambra city 25.02
109 Santa Rosa city 25.02
110 Capitola city 25.00
111 Emeryville city 24.43
112 Visalia city 24.16
113 Los Angeles city 24.15
114 McFarland city 23.81
114 Saratoga city 23.81
114 Ukiah city 23.81
115 Auburn city 23.53
116 Alameda city 23.51
117 Cathedral City city 23.45
118 California City city 23.34
119 Lakeside CDP (San Diego County) 23.32
120 Rio Linda CDP 23.21
121 North Highlands CDP 23.13
122 Santa Barbara city 23.03
123 Yucaipa city 23.02
124 San Buenaventura (Ventura) city 23.00
125 La Riviera CDP 22.99
126 La Mirada city 22.97
127 Stockton city 22.94
128 Los Osos CDP 22.81
129 Casa de Oro-Mount Helix CDP 22.63
130 Carmichael CDP 22.48
131 Colton city 22.40
132 East Rancho Dominguez CDP 22.13
133 Pico Rivera city 22.03
134 Lafayette city 22.02
135 El Cajon city 21.91
136 Newport Beach city 21.75
137 Millbrae city 21.70
138 Upland city 21.44
139 Fontana city 21.34
140 La Presa CDP 21.28
141 Corcoran city 21.06
142 Citrus Heights city 21.02
142 Wildomar city 21.02
143 Baldwin Park city 20.88
144 Westminster city 20.85
145 Fullerton city 20.83
146 Eastern Goleta Valley CDP 20.81
147 Encinitas city 20.80
148 Costa Mesa city 20.68
149 Long Beach city 20.65
150 Santa Monica city 20.42
151 San Diego city 20.41
152 La Crescenta-Montrose CDP 20.25
153 Berkeley city 20.10
154 Atwater city 19.95
155 Atascadero city 19.70
156 Benicia city 19.69
157 Sacramento city 19.66
158 Vallejo city 19.54
159 Turlock city 19.41
160 Lakeland Village CDP 19.37
161 Oakland city 19.21
162 El Centro city 19.17
163 Kingsburg city 19.10
164 Rosemont CDP 19.03
165 Susanville city 18.98
166 Palm Desert city 18.95
167 Valle Vista CDP 18.73
168 Winter Gardens CDP 18.68
169 Ramona CDP 18.58
170 Fair Oaks CDP 18.56
171 Oceanside city 18.38
172 Lake Elsinore city 18.36
173 Perris city 18.29
174 Buena Park city 18.25
175 Agoura Hills city 18.20
176 La Cañada Flintridge city 18.11
176 Milpitas city 18.11
177 Manteca city 18.04
178 Suisun City city 18.01
179 La Mesa city 17.78
180 Paramount city 17.76
181 Glendora city 17.73
181 Rowland Heights CDP 17.73
182 Downey city 17.51
183 Arcadia city 17.34
184 Richmond city 17.20
185 Antelope CDP 17.19
186 Orinda city 17.17
187 Yucca Valley town 17.15
188 San Lorenzo CDP 17.04
189 Gilroy city 17.02
189 South San Francisco city 17.02
190 Citrus CDP 16.87
191 Rancho Cordova city 16.82
192 Grover Beach city 16.80
193 Seaside city 16.76
194 Vincent CDP 16.75
195 Antioch city 16.73
196 South Gate city 16.64
197 Bloomington CDP 16.62
198 Oakley city 16.61
199 Wasco city 16.47
200 Vista city 16.40
201 San Marino city 16.28
202 Fremont city 15.91
203 Compton city 15.90
204 Stanford CDP 15.84
205 Irvine city 15.81
206 Vacaville city 15.71
207 Anaheim city 15.68
208 Chino city 15.66
209 Porterville city 15.65
210 La Puente city 15.64
211 Belmont city 15.43
212 Inglewood city 15.42
213 El Dorado Hills CDP 15.40
214 Moreno Valley city 15.18
215 Martinez city 15.13
216 Pasadena city 15.08
217 Rialto city 15.04
218 El Sobrante CDP (Contra Costa County) 15.03
219 Reedley city 14.95
220 Novato city 14.91
221 San Clemente city 14.89
222 Rancho Palos Verdes city 14.84
223 Red Bluff city 14.73
224 Riverside city 14.68
225 Glendale city 14.63
226 Jurupa Valley city 14.52
227 Lemon Grove city 14.44
228 Ontario city 14.36
229 Lennox CDP 14.21
230 Redwood City city 14.05
231 Shasta Lake city 13.95
232 West Rancho Dominguez CDP 13.90
233 Petaluma city 13.87
234 East San Gabriel CDP 13.79
235 Modesto city 13.58
236 Simi Valley city 13.54
237 Pittsburg city 13.48
238 Manhattan Beach city 13.47
239 Highland city 13.32
240 Camarillo city 13.29
241 Chula Vista city 13.16
242 Beaumont city 12.94
243 Beverly Hills city 12.90
244 Commerce city 12.86
245 Lynwood city 12.84
246 Tehachapi city 12.74
247 Elk Grove city 12.67
248 Mountain View city 12.63
249 Port Hueneme city 12.62
250 Camp Pendleton South CDP 12.58
251 Bellflower city 12.55
252 San Pablo city 12.38
253 Gardena city 12.36
254 Garden Grove city 12.14
255 Santa Maria city 12.13
256 Big Bear City CDP 12.07
257 San Mateo city 12.05
258 San Jose city 11.99
259 San Ramon city 11.87
260 Torrance city 11.80
261 Marina city 11.67
262 Carpinteria city 11.65
263 Montebello city 11.62
264 East Los Angeles CDP 11.59
264 Lawndale city 11.59
265 Monterey Park city 11.56
266 Pacific Grove city 11.50
267 San Fernando city 11.49
268 Hawthorne city 11.37
269 Laguna Beach city 11.30
270 San Dimas city 11.27
271 Rancho Cucamonga city 11.16
272 Cerritos city 11.15
273 Yuba City city 10.74
274 Campbell city 10.65
274 Santee city 10.65
275 Mead Valley CDP 10.63
276 Duarte city 10.59
277 San Marcos city 10.55
278 Riverbank city 10.53
279 Rancho Mirage city 10.49
280 Livermore city 10.44
281 Santa Ana city 10.43
282 San Leandro city 10.37
283 Monterey city 10.35
284 Altadena CDP 10.34
284 Los Banos city 10.34
285 Phelan CDP 10.30
286 Huntington Beach city 10.24
287 French Valley CDP 10.14
288 Stanton city 9.95
289 Salinas city 9.90
290 Hayward city 9.89
291 Linda CDP 9.85
292 Fortuna city 9.84
293 Fairfield city 9.83
294 Newark city 9.81
295 El Segundo city 9.77
296 Loma Linda city 9.76
297 Sunnyvale city 9.75
298 Temecula city 9.72
299 Daly City city 9.56
300 East Palo Alto city 9.51
301 Lemoore city 9.50
302 Marysville city 9.43
303 Mission Viejo city 9.30
304 Norco city 9.29
305 Monrovia city 9.19
306 Pleasanton city 9.09
306 Sanger city 9.09
307 Lodi city 9.03
308 Pleasant Hill city 9.02
309 Redondo Beach city 8.90
310 Tracy city 8.88
311 Temple City city 8.76
311 West Covina city 8.76
312 Lathrop city 8.72
313 Azusa city 8.65
314 Carson city 8.57
314 Olivehurst CDP 8.57
315 Tustin city 8.54
316 Huntington Park city 8.51
317 Vineyard CDP 8.50
318 View Park-Windsor Hills CDP 8.45
319 Santa Clarita city 8.40
320 Santa Cruz city 8.32
321 Clovis city 8.19
322 Chowchilla city 8.16
323 West Carson CDP 8.08
324 Redlands city 8.06
325 American Canyon city 8.05
326 Cypress city 7.88
327 Roseville city 7.86
328 Placentia city 7.77
329 Chino Hills city 7.76
330 Norwalk city 7.75
331 Walnut Creek city 7.73
332 Cudahy city 7.56
333 Dublin city 7.53
334 Hercules city 7.50
335 Concord city 7.48
335 Oxnard city 7.48
336 Claremont city 7.44
336 Seal Beach city 7.44
337 Lake Forest city 7.40
338 Rocklin city 7.34
339 North Tustin CDP 7.29
340 South Pasadena city 7.28
341 Orange city 7.27
342 Alpine CDP 7.04
343 Hollister city 7.01
344 West Puente Valley CDP 6.91
345 Bay Point CDP 6.84
346 Covina city 6.76
347 Thousand Oaks city 6.73
348 Coronado city 6.67
349 South Whittier CDP 6.64
350 Patterson city 6.58
351 Castro Valley CDP 6.24
352 Foster City city 6.11
353 Union City city 6.05
354 Cupertino city 6.02
354 Lakewood city 6.02
355 La Palma city 5.98
356 Menifee city 5.79
357 Morgan Hill city 5.78
358 San Anselmo town 5.63
359 Galt city 5.59
360 Diamond Bar city 5.51
361 Santa Fe Springs city 5.47
362 Maywood city 5.38
363 Mountain House CDP 5.37
364 Murrieta city 5.33
365 Quartz Hill CDP 5.32
366 Santa Clara city 5.31
367 Calimesa city 5.18
368 Woodcrest CDP 5.05
369 Pinole city 4.93
370 West Hollywood city 4.89
371 Hacienda Heights CDP 4.85
372 Poway city 4.75
373 Orcutt CDP 4.63
374 El Cerrito city 4.59
375 Menlo Park city 4.56
376 Corona city 4.55
377 Temescal Valley CDP 4.47
378 San Carlos city 4.46
379 Fairview CDP 4.39
380 Goleta city 4.25
381 Cameron Park CDP 4.14
382 Tamalpais-Homestead Valley CDP 4.11
383 Artesia city 3.99
384 Grand Terrace city 3.90
385 Brentwood city 3.89
386 Culver City city 3.85
387 La Habra city 3.83
388 Avocado Heights CDP 3.77
389 Albany city 3.64
390 Yorba Linda city 3.53
391 Home Gardens CDP 3.50
392 Fallbrook CDP 3.47
393 Hawaiian Gardens city 3.42
394 Walnut city 3.15
395 Coto de Caza CDP 3.07
396 Windsor town 2.96
397 Brawley city 2.93
398 Moorpark city 2.89
399 Palo Alto city 2.79
400 Arroyo Grande city 2.75
401 Rosedale CDP 2.72
402 Fountain Valley city 2.70
403 Burlingame city 2.68
404 Danville town 2.65
405 Stevenson Ranch CDP 2.62
406 Eastvale city 2.21
407 Anderson city 2.04
408 Ceres city 2.01
409 Coalinga city 1.57
410 El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) city 1.54
411 South San Jose Hills CDP 1.01
412 Rancho San Diego CDP 0.99
413 Los Altos city 0.90
414 Watsonville city 0.87
415 Folsom city 0.84
416 Los Gatos town 0.82
417 Valinda CDP 0.76
418 Aliso Viejo city 0.74
419 Del Aire CDP 0.68
420 Santa Paula city 0.65
421 North Fair Oaks CDP 0.59
422 Granite Bay CDP 0.40
423 Laguna Niguel city 0.29
424 Brea city 0.18
425 Alum Rock CDP 0.00
425 Avenal city 0.00
425 Bonita CDP 0.00
425 Canyon Lake city 0.00
425 Castaic CDP 0.00
425 Clayton city 0.00
425 Coachella city 0.00
425 Corte Madera town 0.00
425 Dana Point city 0.00
425 Discovery Bay CDP 0.00
425 El Sobrante CDP (Riverside County) 0.00
425 Fillmore city 0.00
425 Greenfield city 0.00
425 Half Moon Bay city 0.00
425 Hermosa Beach city 0.00
425 Hillsborough town 0.00
425 Imperial city 0.00
425 Kerman city 0.00
425 King City city 0.00
425 Ladera Ranch CDP 0.00
425 Larkspur city 0.00
425 Lincoln city 0.00
425 McKinleyville CDP 0.00
425 Madera Acres CDP 0.00
425 Mendota city 0.00
425 Mill Valley city 0.00
425 Moraga town 0.00
425 Morro Bay city 0.00
425 Newman city 0.00
425 Oak Park CDP 0.00
425 Pacifica city 0.00
425 Palos Verdes Estates city 0.00
425 Parlier city 0.00
425 Piedmont city 0.00
425 Prunedale CDP 0.00
425 Rancho Santa Margarita city 0.00
425 Ripon city 0.00
425 Salida CDP 0.00
425 San Diego Country Estates CDP 0.00
425 Scotts Valley city 0.00
425 Sierra Madre city 0.00
425 Solana Beach city 0.00
425 Sonoma city 0.00
425 Soquel CDP 0.00
425 Sun Village CDP 0.00
425 Truckee town 0.00
425 Walnut Park CDP 0.00
425 Winton CDP 0.00