Poverty Rate
Gender & Age
Overall
16.9%
Percentage of people who had incomes below the poverty line ($24,860 for a family of four) in 2017
Children
24.3%
Percentage of children under 18 in related families who had incomes below the poverty line in 2017
Working-Age Women
18.5%
Percentage of working-age women (ages 18-64) who had incomes below the poverty line in 2017
Race & Ethnicity
African American
27.3%
Asian American
15.4%
Latino
30.7%
Native American
15.6%
White
12.2%
Creating Good Jobs
Income Inequality Ratio
16.4
The ratio of the share of income going to the top 20 percent of households and the share of income going to the bottom 20 percent of households in 2017
High School Graduation
87.1%
Percentage of public high school students who graduated on time of the 2015–16 school year
Disconnected Youth
17.0%
Percentage of youth ages 18 to 24 without high school degrees who were not in school or working in 2016
Higher Education Attainment
36.4%
Percentage of young adults ages 25 to 34 who had an associate’s degree or higher from 2017
Gender Wage Gap
73.5¢
Women’s median earnings for every dollar of men’s median earnings among full-time, year-round workers in 2017
Strengthening Families and Communities
Children Living Apart from Parents
4.0 kids
Number of children who lived in foster care for every 1,000 children under age 18 in 2016
Promoting Family Economic Security
Hunger and Food Insecurity
16.3%
Percentage of households who were food insecure on average from 2015 to 2017, meaning that at some point during the year, they experienced difficulty providing enough food due to a lack of money or resources.
Affordable Housing
79.0 units
Number of apartments or other units that were affordable and available for every 100 renter households with very low incomes in 2016. Very low-income households are those with incomes at or below half of median income in the metropolitan or other area where they live.
Assets and Savings
10.4%
Percentage of households that used high-cost, high-risk forms of credit to make ends meet during 2015. This includes payday loans, automobile title loans, refund anticipation loans, rent-to-own, and pawning.
Unemployment Insurance
19.0%
Percentage of unemployed workers who were helped by unemployment insurance in 2017
Health Insurance Coverage
20.6%
Percentage of people under age 65 and below 138 percent of the poverty line who did not have health insurance at any time in 2017