Yolo County’s poverty rate remains higher than it was at the start of the recession nearly 10 years ago and higher than three of the four other counties in the greater Sacramento region.
More than 18 percent of Yolo County residents were living below the poverty line in 2015, which for a family of three is equivalent to an annual income of $19,000, according to a report issued this week by the California Budget & Policy Center, which provides independent analysis of budget and tax policies and their impact on low- and middle-income Californians.
Yolo County’s poverty rate was higher than both the statewide average of 15.3 percent and higher than all but Sutter County in the greater Sacramento area.
Ten years ago — before the start of the recession — the county had a poverty rate of 14.7 percent.
The county isn’t much better off in the separate category of child poverty, where 17.5 percent of children were living below the poverty line in Yolo County in 2015 — up from 14.9 percent in pre-recession 2007.
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