The Geography of Child Poverty in California, a report and interactive map compiled by the San Francisco-based Public Policy Institute of California, offers a trove of information on variations within counties, much of which had never previously been analyzed.
Long Beach alone shows the wide gulf in poverty between areas: In East Long Beach, which includes Belmont Shore, Belmont Heights and the Cal State Long Beach area, 5 percent of children live in poverty and 2 percent live in deep poverty; in neighboring Central Long Beach, which includes Signal Hill, 45 percent of children live in poverty and 10 percent live in deep poverty, according to the study’s interactive map.
The report breaks out data from 256 areas in the state. It features six broad categories: child poverty, demographics, family resources, education and employment, cost of living and safety net.
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