Low wages, as well as unemployment, have left families impoverished. Many of the very poorest households in San Diego– families living below the federal poverty limit — are headed by working adults. The data reinforce the desperate need for good jobs with wage and benefit levels that eliminate working poverty.
Research Reports
Prosperity and Poverty In the New Economy
December 1998
The Social and Economic Status of the Working People in San Diego County
Issue Briefs
Earnings, Income and Poverty in San Diego County, 2009
September 2010
Earnings, Income and Poverty in San Diego County, 2008
September 2009
Earnings, Poverty, and Income in San Diego County, 2006
August 2007
CPI Analysis of 2006 Census data
Poverty, Income and Employment For Hispanics in San Diego County
Analysis of Census Data
