Poverty in the Bay Area, 1990-2000

Table E.1
Poverty in the Bay Area, 1990-2000

County	Year	Families Below Poverty Level	Total Families	Share of Families Below Poverty Level	Individuals Below Poverty Level	Total Individuals	Share of Individuals Below Poverty Level

	1990	25,323	311,888	8.10%	132,011	1,242,970	10.60%
Alameda	2000	26,346	342,048	7.70%	156,804	1,419,998	11.00%

	1990	11,741	214,677	5.50%	57,867	792,109	7.30%
Contra Costa	2000	13,068	243,971	5.40%	71,575	938,310	7.60%

	1990	1,750	58,948	3.00%	11,542	221,480	5.20%
Marin	2000	2,269	61,329	3.70%	15,601	237,535	6.60%

	1990	1,304	28,621	4.60%	7,229	105,186	6.90%
Napa	2000	1,739	30,876	5.60%	9,913	119,585	8.30%

	1990	13,999	143,818	9.70%	90,019	710,982	12.70%
San Francisco	2000	11,515	147,186	7.80%	86,585	765,356	11.30%

	1990	7,035	164,177	4.30%	40,405	639,086	6.30%
San Mateo	2000	5,957	172,557	3.50%	40,692	697,649	5.80%

	1990	18,074	364,307	5.00%	109,806	1,462,674	7.50%
Santa Clara	2000	19,624	399,765	4.90%	124,470	1,653,531	7.50%

	1990	5,194	86,962	6.00%	24,434	325,662	7.50%
Solano	2000	5,963	98,163	6.10%	31,344	378,431	8.30%

	1990	5,234	100,859	5.20%	29,041	380,738	7.60%
Sonoma	2000	5,340	113,645	4.70%	36,349	451,145	8.10%

	1990	89,654	1,474,257	6.10%	502,354	5,880,887	8.50%
Bay Area	2000	91,821	1,609,540	5.70%	573,333	6,661,540	8.60%

	1990	670,685	7,218,877	9.30%	3,627,585	29,003,219	12.50%
California	2000	845,991	7,985,489	10.60%	4,706,130	33,100,044	14.20%


The "total families" and "total individuals" in the poverty calculation EXCLUDES: institutionalized people, people in military group quarters, people living in college dormitories, and unrelated individuals under 15 years old.

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