# Counties in California by poverty rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2024

All 58 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `poverty_rate_acs`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People with income in the past 12 months below the official US poverty thresholds, as a percentage of people whose poverty status is determined. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B17001: population with income in the past 12 months below the poverty level as a percentage of the population for whom poverty status is determined, calculated with stored inputs (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b17001.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B17001: population with income in the past 12 months below the poverty level as a percentage of the population for whom poverty status is determined, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b17001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/poverty-rate-acs/california-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Trinity County | 20.7 |
| 2 | Imperial County | 19.5 |
| 3 | Butte County | 19.3 |
| 4 | Madera County | 19.2 |
| 5 | Kern County | 19.1 |
| 6 | Merced County | 19.1 |
| 7 | Humboldt County | 18.7 |
| 8 | Fresno County | 18.3 |
| 9 | Modoc County | 17.9 |
| 10 | Tulare County | 17.9 |
| 11 | Lake County | 17 |
| 12 | Yolo County | 16.7 |
| 13 | Siskiyou County | 16.4 |
| 14 | Kings County | 16 |
| 15 | Glenn County | 16 |
| 16 | Tehama County | 15.6 |
| 17 | Mendocino County | 15.4 |
| 18 | Santa Barbara County | 14.7 |
| 19 | Sutter County | 14.4 |
| 20 | Yuba County | 14.2 |
| 21 | Mariposa County | 14 |
| 22 | Lassen County | 14 |
| 23 | Los Angeles County | 13.7 |
| 24 | Stanislaus County | 13.5 |
| 25 | San Bernardino County | 13.4 |
| 26 | Shasta County | 13.3 |
| 27 | Calaveras County | 13 |
| 28 | Del Norte County | 13 |
| 29 | San Luis Obispo County | 12.9 |
| 30 | Monterey County | 12.7 |
| 31 | Sacramento County | 12.5 |
| 32 | San Joaquin County | 12.4 |
| 33 | Santa Cruz County | 11.6 |
| 34 | Colusa County | 11.4 |
| 35 | San Francisco County | 11.2 |
| 36 | Nevada County | 11 |
| 37 | Inyo County | 10.9 |
| 38 | Riverside County | 10.6 |
| 39 | Plumas County | 10.6 |
| 40 | Tuolumne County | 10.4 |
| 41 | San Diego County | 10.3 |
| 42 | Solano County | 10 |
| 43 | Alpine County | 10 |
| 44 | Orange County | 9.5 |
| 45 | Ventura County | 9.3 |
| 46 | Alameda County | 9.2 |
| 47 | Sonoma County | 8.9 |
| 48 | Mono County | 8.6 |
| 49 | Napa County | 8.5 |
| 50 | Contra Costa County | 8.4 |
| 51 | Marin County | 8.3 |
| 52 | Amador County | 8.2 |
| 53 | El Dorado County | 8 |
| 54 | Santa Clara County | 7.1 |
| 55 | Placer County | 6.8 |
| 56 | San Mateo County | 6.7 |
| 57 | San Benito County | 6.7 |
| 58 | Sierra County | 4.4 |