4th largest economy with highest poverty rate in the national and a horrible literacy rate.
SACRAMENTO, CA — California continues to face significant levels of poverty, with the state once again having the highest poverty rate in the nation, according to a new Budget Center analysis of newly released data by the United States Census Bureau. Despite some recovery from the economic impacts of the pandemic, California’s poverty rate in 2023 remained alarmingly high at 18.9%, with approximately 7.3 million state residents unable to meet basic needs — a population larger than California’s four largest cities combined: Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose, and San Francisco.
https://calbudgetcenter.org/news/new-census-data-show-california-poverty-soared-to-alarmingly-high-levels-in-2023/