by jpitney | Dec 30, 2025 | California Politics, Economic Policy, Education, Environment, Homelessness, Poverty, State Government, Taxes, Transportation
Jim Geraghty at NRO: As I wrote earlier this year, U.S. News and World Report ranks each state on a wide variety of categories. In the most recent assessment, California ranked dead last in opportunity, dead last in affordability, 47th in employment, 47th in energy...
by jpitney | Sep 10, 2025 | California Politics, Poverty
The US Census Bureau explains the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM), a more accurate metric than the old measure: The SPM, first released in 2011 and produced in collaboration with the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), extends the official poverty measure by...
by jpitney | Sep 16, 2023 | California Politics, Census, Poverty
Dan Walters at CalMatters: Congratulations California, you’ve done it again — retained your title of having the highest level of poverty of any state. The Census Bureau released new economic data Tuesday, including both official poverty rates for 2022 and what are...
by jpitney | Aug 6, 2023 | California Politics, Poverty
At Reason, Steven Greenhut writes about former Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs and his group, End Poverty In California (EPIC): Tubb’s group is correct that poverty rates in California are atrocious. “California has the highest rate of poverty at 13.2% of any...
by jpitney | Sep 16, 2021 | California Politics, Housing, Poverty
David Wagner at LAist: According to new U.S. Census Bureau statistics, California — once again — has the highest poverty rate of any state in the country. However, despite the heavy economic toll of COVID-19, the state’s poverty rate actually fell last year....
