POVERTY BY DEMOGRAPHIC
Child poverty rate: 25%
Senior poverty rate: 9%
Women in poverty: 16.7%
Percent of single-parent families with related children that are below poverty: 42%
Number of Black and Hispanic children below 200% poverty: 380,000
ECONOMIC WELL-BEING
Poverty rate: 17.4%
Extreme poverty rate: 7.9%
Unemployment rate: 8.7%
Food insecurity: 13.4%
Low-income families that work: 31.6%
Minimum Wage: $7.40
Percent of jobs that are low-wage: 20.7%
Percent of individuals who are uninsured: 13%
Number of Black and Hispanic children living in families where no parent has full-time, year-round employment: 303,000
FAMILY
Teen birth rate per 1,000: 30.1
Children living in single parent families: 34%
Children in foster care: 16,412
Percent of children in immigrant families: 11%
Number of grandparents raising grandchildren: 140,513
ASSETS
Asset poverty rate: 25%
Unbanked households: 7.7%
Average college graduate debt: $28,840
EDUCATION
Individuals with a high school degree: 88.7%
Individuals with a four year college degree: 26%
Teens ages 16 to 19 not attending school and not working: 9%
Percent of college students with debt: 62%
High school graduation rate: 75.9%
HOUSING
Total households: 3,825,182
Renters: 26%
Households paying more than 30% of income on housing: 530,010
Homeless people: 12,592
Home foreclosure rate: 1.86%
JUSTICE SYSTEM
Number of youth residing in juvenile justice and correctional facilities: 2,659
Total incarcerated (prison and jail): 42,940
PARTICIPATION IN FEDERAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
Adults and children receiving welfare (TANF): 96,860
Children receiving food stamps (SNAP): 712,000
EITC recipients: 827,000
Households receiving federal rental assistance: 146,138
Families receiving child care subsidies: 29,800
Participants in all Head Start programs: 43,536
Number of children enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP: 1,286,270
Number of women and children receiving WIC (Women, Infants and Children supplemental nutrition program): 254,126
Households receiving LIHEAP (Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program): 616,435
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