BREAKING: New @uscensusbureau data shows that California has the highest poverty level of any state in the nation when the cost of living is taken into account, with 15.4% of residents living in poverty.
Only DC has a higher percentage, at 16.5%.
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Only DC has a higher percentage, at 16.5%.
census.gov/content/dam/Ce…
Point of clarification: The report released today averages the rates from 2018 to 2020.
Still, California has made progress: In 2019, its poverty rate when adjusted for cost of living (and averaged over three years) was 17.2%. census.gov/content/dam/Ce…
In 2018, it was 18.1%. census.gov/content/dam/Ce…
In 2018, it was 18.1%. census.gov/content/dam/Ce…
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