I'm curious how much of this could also be related to cost of living. At a glance of Wikipedia, California actually has the highest poverty rate of any state on

I'm curious how much of this could also be related to cost of living. At a glance of Wikipedia, California actually has the highest poverty rate of any state once you account for the cost of living as I understand it. For the curious, the adjusted poverty rate is 23.8%. That's huuuuge!