Poverty Line In California 2024. The public policy institute of california, using a methodology similar to that of the census bureau, calculated that in 2023, 31.1% of californians were either at or near poverty. California’s homeowners also skew significantly white.

California’s poverty rate increased to 18.9% in 2023, up from 16.4% in 2022 and 11.0% in 2021, according to new census data. Poverty wage estimates come from the department of health and human services’ poverty guidelines.