Census tract rankings · California

Highest-poverty census tracts in California

Largest share of residents under the federal poverty line. Group-quarters tracts (universities, prisons) get a population floor to avoid skewing the list. Filtered to California, ranked among all tracts in the state.

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Rank	Tract	County	high poverty
#1	Tract 122.02	San Bernardino, CA	89.5%
#2	Tract 2247.02	Los Angeles, CA	83.6%
#3	Tract 109.03	San Luis Obispo, CA	82.6%
#4	Tract 20.01	Kern, CA	76.4%
#5	Tract 29.26	Santa Barbara, CA	75.2%
#6	Tract 2653.04	Los Angeles, CA	73.6%
#7	Tract 29.24	Santa Barbara, CA	72.7%
#8	Tract 2063.02	Los Angeles, CA	71.3%
#9	Tract 9800.17	Los Angeles, CA	70.6%
#10	Tract 2063.03	Los Angeles, CA	70.5%
#11	Tract 123	San Bernardino, CA	69.7%
#12	Tract 2063.01	Los Angeles, CA	68.9%
#13	Tract 2653.03	Los Angeles, CA	66.5%
#14	Tract 105.01	Yolo, CA	64.7%
#15	Tract 5781	Los Angeles, CA	64.7%
#16	Tract 2227	Los Angeles, CA	62.5%
#17	Tract 6.02	Kern, CA	62.4%
#18	Tract 109.02	San Luis Obispo, CA	61.2%
#19	Tract 29.36	Santa Barbara, CA	60.2%
#20	Tract 9.02	Fresno, CA	59.8%
#21	Tract 13.01	Kern, CA	59.3%
#22	Tract 4227	Alameda, CA	59.2%
#23	Tract 5.02	Butte, CA	58.8%
#24	Tract 465.01	Riverside, CA	56.0%
#25	Tract 13.02	Kern, CA	55.9%
#26	Tract 107.03	Yolo, CA	55.9%
#27	Tract 2653.06	Los Angeles, CA	55.9%
#28	Tract 4228	Alameda, CA	55.7%
#29	Tract 2426	Los Angeles, CA	55.5%
#30	Tract 6.02	Fresno, CA	54.1%
#31	Tract 54.03	Fresno, CA	53.7%
#32	Tract 112.01	San Luis Obispo, CA	53.2%
#33	Tract 63.03	Kern, CA	52.2%
#34	Tract 5009.02	Santa Clara, CA	51.0%
#35	Tract 7	Sacramento, CA	50.9%
#36	Tract 4229.01	Alameda, CA	50.3%
#37	Tract 122.03	San Francisco, CA	49.7%
#38	Tract 2421	Los Angeles, CA	49.7%
#39	Tract 2093	Los Angeles, CA	49.6%
#40	Tract 11.01	Tulare, CA	49.6%
#41	Tract 2219	Los Angeles, CA	49.6%
#42	Tract 55.01	San Bernardino, CA	49.4%
#43	Tract 8.02	Madera, CA	49.3%
#44	Tract 2218.20	Los Angeles, CA	49.0%
#45	Tract 57.01	San Bernardino, CA	48.9%
#46	Tract 2073.04	Los Angeles, CA	48.7%
#47	Tract 15.03	Merced, CA	48.7%
#48	Tract 11.06	Kern, CA	48.4%
#49	Tract 51.03	San Diego, CA	48.0%
#50	Tract 101	Shasta, CA	47.5%
#51	Tract 64.06	Kern, CA	47.0%
#52	Tract 2091.05	Los Angeles, CA	46.9%
#53	Tract 2948.20	Los Angeles, CA	46.9%
#54	Tract 2652.04	Los Angeles, CA	46.5%
#55	Tract 22.02	Kern, CA	46.2%
#56	Tract 2218.10	Los Angeles, CA	46.0%
#57	Tract 16.04	Stanislaus, CA	45.9%
#58	Tract 24.07	Santa Barbara, CA	45.9%
#59	Tract 8.01	Madera, CA	45.8%
#60	Tract 11.01	Kern, CA	45.6%
#61	Tract 4028.02	Alameda, CA	45.4%
#62	Tract 112.02	San Luis Obispo, CA	45.4%
#63	Tract 18	Stanislaus, CA	45.3%
#64	Tract 1.03	Kern, CA	45.2%
#65	Tract 332.01	San Francisco, CA	45.1%
#66	Tract 100.33	San Bernardino, CA	44.8%
#67	Tract 2247.01	Los Angeles, CA	44.8%
#68	Tract 3	Fresno, CA	44.8%
#69	Tract 20.02	Kern, CA	44.6%
#70	Tract 83.63	San Diego, CA	44.5%
#71	Tract 2123.03	Los Angeles, CA	44.3%
#72	Tract 29.04	San Diego, CA	43.6%
#73	Tract 9.12	Kern, CA	43.6%
#74	Tract 2073.07	Los Angeles, CA	43.5%
#75	Tract 5758.03	Los Angeles, CA	43.5%
#76	Tract 84.05	Fresno, CA	43.3%
#77	Tract 27.01	Kern, CA	43.1%
#78	Tract 10.02	Humboldt, CA	42.9%
#79	Tract 2089.03	Los Angeles, CA	42.8%
#80	Tract 115.01	Humboldt, CA	42.8%
#81	Tract 2653.07	Los Angeles, CA	42.8%
#82	Tract 4229.02	Alameda, CA	42.8%
#83	Tract 16.01	Merced, CA	42.8%
#84	Tract 64.04	Kern, CA	42.7%
#85	Tract 3.04	Tulare, CA	42.7%
#86	Tract 74.35	Sacramento, CA	42.6%
#87	Tract 2122.04	Los Angeles, CA	42.6%
#88	Tract 28	Tulare, CA	42.5%
#89	Tract 164.04	San Diego, CA	42.4%
#90	Tract 2089.04	Los Angeles, CA	42.3%
#91	Tract 10	Butte, CA	42.2%
#92	Tract 104.02	Imperial, CA	42.1%
#93	Tract 403.02	Yuba, CA	42.0%
#94	Tract 2062.02	Los Angeles, CA	41.9%
#95	Tract 102	Imperial, CA	41.9%
#96	Tract 1201.06	Los Angeles, CA	41.9%
#97	Tract 2089.02	Los Angeles, CA	41.8%
#98	Tract 9400	Imperial, CA	41.8%
#99	Tract 1.02	San Joaquin, CA	41.8%
#100	Tract 2285	Los Angeles, CA	41.8%