Community Assessment 2020-2025

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Sacramento Employment and Training Agency 2020-2025POVERTYThe poverty rate in Sacramento is 19.8%, compared to 15.1% acrossCalifornia. This means Sacramento has a significantly higher thanaverage percentage of residents below the poverty line when comparedto the rest of California. This is slightly higher than the national averageof 13.4%.The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 25 - 34,followed by Females 18 - 24 and then Males 25 - 34.1 OUT 5RESIDENTS OFSACRAMENTOLIVES IN POVERTYThe most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty linein Sacramento County is Black with 26.5%, followed by Hispanic, American Indian, and White.This is on par with the national average.The chart below illustrates the poverty trend in the past 10 years among children zero to five inSacramento County. In certain communities (Arden-Arcade, Florin, and North Highlands), thepercentage of children living in poverty has increased since 2007.Source: U.S. Census Tables 17001 ACS for 2012 & 2017, 5-Yr. Est., & Table B17001 ACS for 2007 3-Yr. Est., for SacramentoCountyFamily Structure and PovertyFamily structure and poverty rates based on median income are strongly correlated. The chartbelow illustrates that from 2012-2017, single-parent household income remained stagnant.COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT 2020-2025 16
Sacramento Employment and Training Agency 2020-2025SOURCE: Source: U.S. Census Table B19126 2012 and 2017, ACS5-Year Est., & U.S. Census Table B19126 2007 3-Year Est.,for Sacramento CountyFor comparison, the Living Wage Calculator for Sacramento County reports that the annualincome necessary to make a single-parent household with two children minimally self-sufficientis $67,122, or $32.27 per hour if the parent is employed full-time. The graph above reflects a 2017median annual salary of $29,831 for single mothers – a median income decline of over $1,000 inten years. For a two-parent household with two children and one parent working, the annualincome for minimal self-sufficiency is less at $56,014 or $26.93 per hour, if one parent is employedfull-time and the other parent provides childcare and other services for the family. The 2017American Community Survey (ACS) reports that persons with incomes below the Federal PovertyLevel in Sacramento County account for 16.7% of the total population, or 246,203 persons livingin poverty. Female-headed households represent almost 72.5% of all single-parent households andalmost 82% of all single-parent households live in poverty. Among single-parent households withchildren under 18, 32.9% were living below federal poverty guidelines. Among female-headedhouseholds, the rate was 37% or 3.5 times the poverty rate for married-couple families (10.5%).For female-headed households with children 5 and under, the poverty rate was 42.8%.Internal DataHistorically, Sacramento County Head Start/Early Head Start participants with eligibility status of100% Federal Poverty comprised 59%-62% (Head Start) and 63%-84% of enrolled participants.COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT 2020-2025 17
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