Using publicly available data, The Times computed poverty rates for the approved Los Angeles Promise Zone and two alternative zones following the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ...

Local poverty rates remain stubbornly high despite lower unemployment, census figures show. More than one in five people were living in poverty in San Bernardino County last year while the poverty ...

The decline in the poverty rate to 14.5% of the population from ... Fast-food workers have held protests in Los Angeles and other cities urging a higher minimum wage. The non-partisan ...

He believes there are a variety of factors that contribute to the poverty rate in Los Angeles County. "The housing stock is inadequate. The job creation, job development is not there. People are ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Census Bureau data show ... the highest number in 11 years. The national poverty rate is 14.3 percent, with more than 43 million people living below the poverty line last ...

On Wednesday, the second part of the Los Angeles 2020 Commission report was published. The report, taken together with its December 2013 predecessor, lifts the lid on the brutal, crushing ...

When factoring in housing costs and other basic necessities, nearly one in five Californians lives in poverty ... nationwide median of $239,800. In Los Angeles County, real estate prices are ...

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com ... the U.S. Census Bureau reported. The poverty rate in the L.A. metro area was well above the national average of 15.5 percent, which includes 21.8 percent of children.

High costs across the state have also led to higher poverty rates as often seen in San Francisco and Los Angeles, with 4.5 million living in poverty. Florida’s higher poverty rates largely occur ...

El Dorado County, for example, had the lowest poverty rate (10.7%), while Los Angeles County (23%) and Santa Barbara County (22%) had the highest rates. Without the programs, poverty rates would ...

But the report also broke down poverty rates based on age and even geography. Within that framework, in the region that includes Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties ...