claim: california has "the highest poverty rate in the nation" when considering the u.s. census bureau’s supplemental poverty measure.
author: chad mayes
evidence_1: sep 28, 2016 ... proportionately, california's supplemental poverty rate is 38 percent higher than  ... the u.s. census bureau's official poverty measure, more than a ... as a result,  the official measure doesn't consider food assistance provided ...
evidence_2: sep 13, 2018 ... the census bureau's supplemental poverty measure (spm) for 2017 estimates  that california's poverty rate is at 19 percent. that figure is a ...
evidence_3: sep 12, 2018 ... since the publication of the first official u.s. poverty estimates, researchers and ...  to discuss the best approach to measure income and poverty in the united states . ... by the u.s. census bureau, with support from the bureau of labor statistics ( bls). .... measuring america's people, places, and economy.
evidence_4: state and national leaders must do more to promote economic security and  opportunity ... census figures released this morning based on the supplemental  poverty ... the new data show that california continues to have the highest  poverty rate ... measure, the spm accounts for differences in housing costs  across the us, ...
evidence_5: best approach to measure income and poverty in the ... cial poverty measure.  this is the seventh report describing the spm released by the census bureau, ...  source: u.s. census bureau, current population survey, 2016–2017 annual  social and ... economic need at a national level ..... california, colorado,  connecticut,.