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+ with 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 information for other states and for the United States.
| Rank | City | Poverty Rate (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |