New Census data shows Valley poverty. See county maps of worst-hit areas near Fresno
“Out of almost 2 million people in the central San Joaquin Valley, more than 400,000 languish in poverty. That’s just over 20%, compared to the state average of just 12.6% for 2016 through 2020. But in some pockets of Fresno, Kings, Madera, Merced and Tulare counties, the percentage of residents whose incomes fell below the poverty level was much higher – twice as high in some neighborhoods and, in a few places, three times higher. About one out of every five Fresno County residents lived in poverty from 2016 through 2020.”