Who are the poor?

Children

Approximately 12.8% (100,000) Children ages 1-17 years old are living in poverty within Orange County. [Orange County Community Indicators 2006]

200,221 (38.9%) Orange County Children participated in Free and Reduced Lunch Programs during the 2004-2005 school year. [The 11th Annual Report on the Conditions of Children in Orange County]

An estimated 4.8% (38,400) of Orange County Children lacked health care coverage. [The 11th Annual Report on the Conditions of Children in Orange County]

76% of children without health coverage are of Hispanic/Latino descent. [The 11th Annual Report on the Conditions of Children in Orange County]

17% of children with no health care coverage are White. [The 11th Annual Report on the Conditions of Children in Orange County]

19% of children and 29% of adults do not have dental coverage. [The 11th Annual Report on the Conditions of Children in Orange County]

Approximately 277,320 (9.6%) residents, of which 50,562 are families with children, whose annual household income are at or below $25,000. [Orange County Health Needs Assessment 2005]

As of December 2004, there were 53,192 individuals participating in the Food Stamp Only program in Orange County. [Orange County Health Needs Assessment 2005]

More than half of those were children, with 34,046 individuals under the age of 18 enrolled in the county’s Food Stamp Only program as of December 2004. [Orange County Health Needs Assessment 2005]

10.4% or 232,859 adults lack health care coverage. [Orange County Health Needs Assessment 2005]

More than half of those without health care coverage were Hispanic / Latino (56.1% or 130,605). [Orange County Health Needs Assessment 2005]

21.0% or 52,709 of Vietnamese adults were uninsured in 2004. [Orange County Health Needs Assessment 2005]

37.3% or 15,196 adults with an annual household income of less than $10,000 were uninsured. [Orange County Health Needs Assessment 2005]

44% of older adults age 65 and over reported annual household incomes of $25,000 or less. [Conditions of Older Adults in Orange County, 2003 Reports]

6.2% of Orange County Residents age 65 and over had incomes below the poverty line. [Conditions of Older Adults in Orange County, 2003 Report

Average Orange County professionals’ salary is around $55,000 which falls far below the $164,200 need to afford median cost home. [Orange County Community Indicators 2006]

89% of Orange County Residents cannot afford a median priced home. [Orange County Community Indicators 2006]

A person working for minimum wage ($6.75) would need to work 159 hours to afford the average one bedroom apartment in Orange County. [Orange County Community Indicators 2006]

A 3.35 to 1 ratio of new jobs to homes exemplifies the weakness of housing development. [Orange County Community Indicators 2006]

30% of adults in Orange County do not have internet access at home or in the workplace. [Orange County Community Indicators 2006]

60% of Latino homes do not have a computer. [CAPOC 2006-2007 Community Action Plan]

456,000 people are at risk for hunger at some point every month in Orange County. [CAPOC 2006-2007 Community Action Plan]

42% of those experiencing hunger are children. [CAPOC 2006-2007 Community Action Plan]

The prevalence of food insecurity increased from 24.5% in 2001 to 33.1% in 2003. [Hunger Brief: UCLA Hunger Study 2005]

As of 2004 Asians and Pacific Islanders composed 15.7% of Orange County’s population. [2005 Asian& Pacific Islander Demographic Profile]

29% of Asian and 27% Latino households are linguistically isolated. [2005 Asian& Pacific Islander Demographic Profile]

Nearly 180,000 Asians are limited English proficient. [2005 Asian& Pacific Islander Demographic Profile]

12% of Orange County Asians and Pacific Islanders live below the federal poverty line. [2005 Asian& Pacific Islander Demographic Profile]

23% of Asian adults ages 18-64 had no health insurance. [2005 Asian& Pacific Islander Demographic Profile]

19% of Latinos live below the federal poverty level. [U.S. Census Bureau, Summary File 2 (SF 2) and Summary File 4 (SF 4)]

As of 2004 Latino/Hispanic people composed 32.4% of Orange County’s Population. [U.S. Census Bureau, Summary File 2 (SF 2) and Summary File 4 (SF 4)]