Guess which state has the highest poverty rate in the country? Not Mississippi, New Mexico, or West Virginia, but California, where nearly one out of five residents is poor. That’s according to the Census Bureau’s Supplemental Poverty Measure, which factors in the cost of housing, food, utilities and clothing, and which includes noncash government assistance as a form of income.
Given robust job growth and the prosperity generated by several industries, it’s worth asking why California has fallen behind, especially when the state’s per-capita GDP increased approximately twice as much as the U.S. average over the five years ending in 2016 (12.5%, compared with 6.27%).
LA Times Op-Ed...
Why is liberal California the poverty capital of America?
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-jackson-california-poverty-20180114-story.html
Given robust job growth and the prosperity generated by several industries, it’s worth asking why California has fallen behind, especially when the state’s per-capita GDP increased approximately twice as much as the U.S. average over the five years ending in 2016 (12.5%, compared with 6.27%).
LA Times Op-Ed...
Why is liberal California the poverty capital of America?
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-jackson-california-poverty-20180114-story.html
