Fact Sheet Poverty in California By Sarah Bohn, Caroline Danielson, Sara Kimberlin, Patricia Malagon Oct 18, 2023 With the end of many pandemic relief programs, poverty rates—especially for children—have gone up in the last two years.
Report California’s Political Geography 2020 By Eric McGhee Feb 24, 2020 California still leans Democratic overall, but independents are leaning Republican in many areas of the state. A closer look suggests that registering all eligible residents to vote could moderate more partisan places. Views on specific issues also follow their own geographic patterns.
California Counts, Report California’s Newest Immigrants By Joseph Hayes, Laura Hill Nov 20, 2003 Explores the demographic characteristics of recent immigrants—those who arrived in the United States between 1991 and 2000—including their region of origin, age at arrival, geographic concentration throughout California, share of the state’s population, family composition, educational attainment, hourly wages, poverty rates, employment, rates of home ownership, and English language ability. Compares socioeconomic outcomes of these immigrants with the outcomes of immigrants who arrived in the United States between 1980 and 1990.
California Counts, Report California’s Multiracial Population By Sonya Tafoya, Laura Hill, Hans Johnson Aug 13, 2004 Looks at a newly identified population, enabled by the Census 2000, which for the first time offered Americans the option to self-identify as of more than one race. Finds that California’s multiracial population is hard to characterize with any basic summary statistics, because there are many racial combinations with very different characteristics, depending on the particular combination.
Fact Sheet California’s Digital Divide By Joseph Hayes, Eric Assan, Niu Gao Apr 1, 2024 Digital access is at an all-time high in California—and major investments by state and federal governments have helped narrow the digital divide. But racial/ethnic, socioeconomic, and geographic disparities persist.
Report Homelessness in California By John M. Quigley, Steven Raphael, Eugene Smolensky Oct 1, 2001 This study examines the theory that growing income inequality between the rich and the poor has been a contributing factor to the increasing homelessness in California. The authors examine a number of economic factors that affect homelessness, in particular the relationship between rent, household income, and homelessness in a number of locations. They find that the greater the disparity between rents and incomes (i.e., as rents move higher relative to incomes), the greater the incidence of homelessness. They also assess the extent to which policy interventions in the housing market can lower homelessness rates in the four largest metropolitan areas in California.
