Further exploring the data by county reveals how the racial/ethnic makeup of very low-income families fluctuate across each of the five counties. It was taken by a sample of 3,100 residents at least 18 years old who live in six Bay Area counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara. More than two-thirds (68 percent) of Black residents are in families considered low or very low income as are nearly three-quarters (72 percent) of Latinos. By ngel Mendiola Ross and Sarah Treuhaft. As such, affordability is a significant challenge for many people in San Francisco. That workers with six-figure salaries could be considered "poor" is something that might surprise many people. That year, an estimated 37.9 million Americans lived in poverty according to the official measure. The largest share of households have an income in the $200k+ range. Respectively, the city ranked fifth and eight in those categories, and it flaunts an overall score of 69.72/100. Does this income qualify for Medicaid? [2] It is important to note that the very low-income category weve examined here includes extremely low-income households, which are defined as having incomes at less than 30 percent of the area median income. San Jose has a somewhat lower poverty rated 18.3 percent (Note 1). In 2018, the poverty rate fell from 17.6% to 17.4%. In 2020, the institution with the largest number of graduating students was San Francisco State University (122597) with 7,509 degrees awarded.