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1990 and 2000 Census Poverty Data

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All people in poverty
Related children under 18 years¹
     
1989
1999
1989
1999
  FIPS* AREA
Percent
Percent
Percent
Percent
1 06000 California 12.5 14.2 17.8 19.0
2 06001 Alameda County 10.6 11.0 15.0 13.5
3 06003 Alpine County 18.1 19.5 32.8 27.4
4 06005 Amador County 8.4 9.2 12.1 13.1
5 06007 Butte County 18.9 19.8 23.6 23.8
6 06009 Calaveras County 10.1 11.8 15.2 15.6
7 06011 Colusa County 13.3 16.1 17.1 19.5
8 06013 Contra Costa County 7.3 7.6 10.7 9.8
9 06015 Del Norte County 15.7 20.2 24.2 26.7
10 06017 El Dorado County 7.7 7.1 9.6 7.6
11 06019 Fresno County 21.4 22.9 32.0 31.7
12 06021 Glenn County 17.4 18.1 25.5 26.3
13 06023 Humboldt County 17.6 19.5 22.6 22.5
14 06025 Imperial County 23.8 22.6 30.9 28.7
15 06027 Inyo County 11.9 12.6 16.0 16.0
16 06029 Kern County 16.9 20.8 24.4 27.8
17 06031 Kings County 18.2 19.5 26.6 25.9
18 06033 Lake County 15.3 17.6 22.8 22.8
19 06035 Lassen County 13.3 14.0 17.2 16.1
20 06037 Los Angeles County 15.1 17.9 21.4 24.2
21 06039 Madera County 17.5 21.4 24.9 28.6
22 06041 Marin County 5.2 6.6 5.8 6.9
23 06043 Mariposa County 12.7 14.8 14.1 16.5
24 06045 Mendocino County 14.2 15.9 20.4 21.5
25 06047 Merced County 19.9 21.7 29.7 28.4
26 06049 Modoc County 15.0 21.5 20.2 29.7
27 06051 Mono County 9.9 11.5 10.8 12.2
28 06053 Monterey County 11.6 13.5 16.6 17.4
29 06055 Napa County 6.9 8.3 9.4 10.6
30 06057 Nevada County 7.7 8.1 9.8 9.5
31 06059 Orange County 8.5 10.3 10.8 13.2
32 06061 Placer County 7.1 5.8 8.6 6.3
33 06063 Plumas County 11.9 13.1 19.2 16.7
34 06065 Riverside County 11.5 14.2 15.3 18.5
35 06067 Sacramento County 12.5 14.1 19.5 20.2
36 06069 San Benito County 9.5 10.0 12.5 11.4
37 06071 San Bernardino County 12.7 15.8 17.4 20.6
38 06073 San Diego County 11.3 12.4 15.7 16.5
39 06075 San Francisco County 12.7 11.3 18.2 13.5
40 06077 San Joaquin County 15.7 17.7 23.3 23.7
41 06079 San Luis Obispo County 13.0 12.8 12.9 11.4
42 06081 San Mateo County 6.3 5.8 7.6 6.0
43 06083 Santa Barbara County 12.8 14.3 15.0 16.3
44 06085 Santa Clara County 7.5 7.5 10.1 8.4
45 06087 Santa Cruz County 10.7 11.9 11.3 12.5
46 06089 Shasta County 13.7 15.4 19.9 21.0
47 06091 Sierra County 9.2 11.3 8.8 14.3
48 06093 Siskiyou County 14.0 18.6 20.9 26.6
49 06095 Solano County 7.5 8.3 10.2 10.3
50 06097 Sonoma County 7.6 8.1 9.1 8.4
51 06099 Stanislaus County 14.1 16.0 20.7 20.5
52 06101 Sutter County 15.4 15.5 23.1 21.3
53 06103 Tehama County 15.3 17.3 23.5 24.0
54 06105 Trinity County 18.5 18.7 27.2 26.2
55 06107 Tulare County 22.6 23.9 32.8 32.6
56 06109 Tuolumne County 9.1 11.4 13.2 16.2
57 06111 Ventura County 7.3 9.2 9.8 11.6
58 06113 Yolo County 17.4 18.4 17.1 16.0
59 06115 Yuba County 19.5 20.8 29.8 27.6

Download the 1990 and 2000 Census Poverty Data in an Excel speadsheet.

See the current county-level poverty rates.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 1990 and 2000 Census of Population. See important notes about decennial and model-based intercensal poverty estimates.

* These FIPS codes uniquely identify each county by State and are part of the Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology [NIST], U.S. Department of Commerce. Of the 5 digit codes, the first 2 digits are the State code and the last three digits are the county code. For States in the 1 to 9 code range, the FIPS code is only 4 digits long as the leading zero of the 2-digit State code is not shown. For more information on FIPS code standards see the [NIST FIPS] publication page and look for FIPSPUB5-2 and FIPSPUB6-4.

¹Related children include all people under 18 years old related to the householder, regardless of their marital status. Excluded are spouses of the householder.


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Updated date: July 20, 2002