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