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Lowest poverty rate, California cities · 1990

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOVERTY RATEVS 2000

501National City, CACA57,80721.3%−3%

502Tulare, CACA73,90721.4%+3%

503Stockton, CACA324,59721.4%−10%

504Desert Hot Springs, CACA34,00921.5%−22%

505Livingston, CACA14,69021.6%−14%

506Keyes, CACA5,57721.6%+3%

507Exeter, CACA10,12221.8%+13%

508Lynwood, CACA63,51221.8%−7%

509Clearlake, CACA16,89322.1%−22%

510Willows, CACA6,11622.2%−10%

511Dos Palos, CACA5,69722.3%−2%

512Reedley, CACA26,98222.4%−6%

513Shafter, CACA23,87122.5%−23%

514Crescent City, CACA6,00222.5%−35%

515El Monte, CACA105,07522.5%−14%

516Dinuba, CACA25,94922.6%−14%

517Cottonwood CDP (Shasta County), CACA7,40822.7%+24%

518San Bernardino, CACA222,04422.8%−17%

519El Centro, CACA44,38223.3%+2%

520August, CACA8,82523.4%−21%

521Beaumont, CACA60,83523.6%+17%

522Delano, CACA52,33423.7%−16%

523Garden Acres, CACA10,66723.8%−3%

524Lindsay, CACA12,57823.9%−40%

525Winton, CACA11,79723.9%−17%

526Fresno, CACA555,54924.0%−8%

527Guadalupe, CACA8,84624.0%−4%

528Selma, CACA24,70224.1%+6%

529East Los Angeles, CACA111,64724.2%−11%

530Corcoran, CACA22,35824.2%−10%

531Huntington Park, CACA51,54424.3%−4%

532Brawley, CACA28,00824.3%−9%

533Coachella, CACA45,41124.5%−15%

534Olivehurst, CACA18,44424.5%+34%

535Lennox, CACA19,44924.6%−22%

536Merced, CACA99,72425.1%−10%

537Muscoy, CACA12,02525.1%−31%

538Gonzales, CACA8,31325.2%+25%

539Davis, CACA66,11025.5%+4%

540Bell Gardens, CACA37,36726.1%−5%

541Bell, CACA31,62526.1%+8%

542Porterville, CACA63,08826.8%+4%

543Madera, CACA69,01726.9%−17%

544Heber, CACA7,31226.9%+17%

545West Athens, CACA8,72627.1%+5%

546Lamont, CACA13,16427.2%−14%

547Wasco, CACA26,52527.2%−1%

548San Luis Obispo, CACA50,63627.4%+3%

549Compton, CACA90,50027.5%−2%

550Cudahy, CACA21,44527.5%−3%

551Adelanto, CACA38,79827.6%+13%

552McFarland, CACA14,70927.7%−21%

553Oroville, CACA20,45127.9%−16%

554Woodlake, CACA8,07328.1%−24%

555Arcata, CACA19,04728.1%−13%

556Willowbrook, CACA21,68128.2%−8%

557Avenal, CACA13,47928.6%−7%

558Calipatria, CACA6,01228.8%+19%

559Live Oak, CACA9,46629.1%−4%

560Arvin, CACA19,82030.8%−6%

561Mecca, CACA7,18431.7%−30%

562Westmont, CACA34,12331.7%−14%

563Firebaugh, CACA8,77431.9%+42%

564Chico, CACA105,08132.0%+20%

565East Porterville, CACA5,06632.0%−17%

566Calexico, CACA38,62332.3%+26%

567Linda, CACA23,87133.7%−10%

568Florence-Graham, CACA60,69033.8%−6%

569Farmersville, CACA10,32635.4%+15%

570Parlier, CACA14,62237.4%+4%

571Mendota, CACA12,77839.1%−7%

572Earlimart, CACA7,21439.1%−7%

573Huron, CACA7,39444.5%+13%

574Orange Cove, CACA9,81146.9%+5%

575Isla Vista, CACA13,92058.3%−7%

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES