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An Equity Profile of Orange County
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX: #1 (17%)
Hartford-West Hartford-East
Hartford, CT: #151 (2%)
#72: Orange County, CA (5%)
#10: Los Angeles County, CA (8%)
#83: San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA (5%)
Orange County has the 72
nd
highest rate of
working poor among the 150 largest
metros.
Compared with other regions in California,
the working poverty rate in Orange County
(5.3 percent) is higher than in the San
Diego (4.9 percent), San Francisco (3
percent), and San Jose (3 percent) metro
areas, but lower than in Los Angeles
County (8 percent), and Riverside (7
percent) and Fresno (9 percent) metro
areas.
Orange County ranks 72
nd
on working poverty compared with other regions
Economic vitality
34. Working Poverty Rate in 2016: 150 Largest Metros, Orange County, and Los Angeles County, Ranked
Source: Integrated Public Use Microdata Series. Universe includes the civilian noninstitutional population ages 25 through 64 who worked during the year prior to
the survey. Note: Data represent a 2012 through 2016 average. Rankings include the most populous 150 Metropolitan Statistical Areas. However, because Orange
County and Los Angeles County are in the same Metropolitan Statistical Area, data for each county are reported as separate observations and the combined metro
data is omitted.
Rising poverty and the working poor
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