Sunday, January 14, 2018

The Golden State

According to the Census Bureau’s Supplemental Poverty Measure, which factors in the cost of housing, food, utilities and clothing, and which includes noncash government assistance as a form of income, California has nearly one out of five residents classed as poor. 

More than four in 10 households spent more than 30% of their income on housing in 2015. 

California energy costs are as much as 50% higher than the national average. In 2012, nearly 1 million California households faced energy expenditures exceeding 10% of household income. In certain California counties, the rate of energy poverty was as high as 15% of all households,  the rate could exceed 17% of median income in some areas.

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