Over 1 Million Children Live in Low-Income Neighborhoods in California
By Claudia Boyd-Barrett • Oct 15 , 2019
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Nearly 1.2 million California children live in low-income neighborhoods , a number that has decreased in the decade since the Great Recession , but remains troubling , researchers said in a new report .
Research has shown that the type of neighborhood low-income children live in can influence their health . Children who live in low-income neighborhoods are less likely than those in more affluent areas to have access to quality public schools , healthy food , medical care and green spaces to play , said Scot Spencer , associate director for advocacy and
influence at the Annie E . Casey Foundation , which released the report .
Researchers found , in an analysis of the most recently available U . S . census data , that the percentage of children living in low-income neighborhoods in California is higher than the national average .
Across the United States , 12 percent of children live in neighborhoods where more than 30 percent of households are low-income . In California , the figure is 13 percent .