| IV. LOW INCOME |
SAN MATEO COUNTY FIELDS OF SERVICE CATEGORIES |
A. HOMELESS
(SEE BASIC NEEDS SERVICES,
TRANSITION/SHELTER & EMPLOYMENT FIELDS OF SERVICE) |
| POSSIBLE
INDICATORS |
1990 NEEDS
ASSESSMENT REPORT |
UPDATE |
OTHER NEEDS
STATEMENT-DATA |
Number of Homeless
Persons
Families (Parents & Children)
Children Only
Women & Children
Homeless Singles
Homeless Youth
(Runaways Population)
Characteristics of
Homeless Population
Persons Living In Poverty
(At Risk of Homelessness)
Target Group Affected
Single Men
Mentally Disabled
Families
Seniors
Disabled
Vietnam Veterans
Substance Abusers
Battered Women
HIV Infected
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1989
Estimates:
5,500
1,500
1,000
4,000
1980
35,321 - 6.1% of Co.
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1991
Estimates:
8,665 between 5/89 and 2/90
4,292 (1399 females)
2,741
40,405
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- Much of the homeless population is never counted, due in
part of the Bay Area's mild climate, the "doubling up" with friends or family,
and the transiency of this population. Poverty is not the only cause of homelessness:
events such as injury, theft, layoffs, divorce or health problems can also lead to
homelessness. (1990 San Mateo Needs Assessment Report)
- Of all the factors contributing to the rise of homelessness,
the severe shortage of housing for people with low incomes is one of the most fundamental.
Increase in home rental and ownership costs, declining federal subsidy of low-income
housing, and loss of affordable housing units to redevelopment continues to impact numbers
of poor people, both in the Bay Area and nationwide. Not only do we not have enough
existing affordable housing today, we are not creating enough for the future. (SF
Foundation Homelessness initiative, A Homebase Report, 1992)
- Of the total 639036 persons for whom poverty status was
determined in San Mateo, 40,406 or 6.3% were living below the poverty level.
- In San Mateo, 22% of homeless people are working. (Homebase,
Spring 1989)
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Source: Hunger and Homeless Action
Coalition of San Mateo County
Homebase,
Homlessness in the Bay Area, Ten Points, 1989 |
B. POOR OR MARGINAL POOR
(SEE BASIC NEEDS SERVICES,
TRANSITION/SHELTER & SELF-SUFFICIENCY & *EMPLOYMENT FIELDS OF SERVICE) |
| POSSIBLE
INDICATORS |
1990 NEEDS
ASSESSMENT REPORT |
UPDATE |
OTHER NEEDS
STATEMENT-DATA |
Poverty
Persons Living in Poverty
Families Living in Poverty
Children Under 18 Years
Living in Poverty
Elderly (65+)
Living in Poverty
Asian & Pacific Islander
Families Living in
Poverty
Black Families
Living in Poverty
Hispanic Families
Living in Poverty
Public Assistance
AFDC Families
General Relief Recipients
Food Stamp Recipients
Poverty & Public Assistance
Cases by Subarea of the
County
North County
Central County
South County
Coastside |
1980
35,321 - 6.1% of Co.
6,886 - 4.5% of all families
10,899 - 7.9% of children
in poverty
3,022 - 5.1% of elderly in
poverty
723 - 5.2% of A/PI
families in poverty
984 - 11.5% of Black
families in poverty
1,440 - 2.5% of Hispanic
families in poverty
4,967
1,088
3,652 Cases
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1990
40,405 - 6.3% of Co.
7,035 - 4.3% of all families
10,463 - 7.6% children
in poverty
5,019 - 6.6% of elderly
in poverty
1,229 - 5.1% if A/PI
families in poverty
1,100 - 13.2% of Black
families in poverty
2,092 - 8.9% of Hispanic
families in poverty
6,506 - 4.0% of all families
1,261
15,202
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- Of the total 639,086 persons for whom poverty status was
determined in San Mateo. 40,405 or 6.3% were living below the poverty level. Of the
total persons living below the poverty level (40405), cities and places having the largest
number of persons living below the poverty level included: Daly City with 6,560 (16.2%);
Redwood City, 5,328 (13.2%); San Mateo, 5,186 (12.8%); East Palo Alto 4,072 (10.1%); North
Fair Oaks, 2,333 (5.8%); and Menlo Park, 1,745 (4.3%)
- East Palo Alto an North Fait Oaks have the largest percent
of their total population living below the poverty level with 17.9% and 17.1%
respectively. Remaining cities and places percent total population living below the
poverty level range from 0.4% (Highlands and Central County) to 8.7%)(Brisbane in North
County)
- Of the total 242,348 households for whom poverty was
determined 5.6% were living below the poverty level.
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Source:
1980 US Census
1990 US Census
Public Assistance, July
1989
Public Assistance,
August 1992 |
C. UNEMPLOYED
(SEE EMPLOYMENT SERVICES) |
| POSSIBLE
INDICATORS |
1990 NEEDS
ASSESSMENT REPORT |
UPDATE |
OTHER NEEDS
STATEMENT-DATA |
Monthly Average Unemployed
Total Civilian Labor Force
Total Persons Employed
Total Persons Unemployed
Trends in Employment Rates
Unemployment Rates
by Subarea of the County
North County
Central County
South County
Coastside
Job Growth by Industry
(See County Profile)
|
1989
2.5%
354,600
345,800
8,800
1986 - 3.4% 1988 - 2.4%
1987 - 2.4%
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1991
4.2%
351,200
336,500
14,700
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- San Mateo Continues to have one of the lowest unemployment
rates in California.
- Nonagricultural wage and salary employment will expand by
10% during the 1989 - 1996 projection period, representing a gain of 29,400 jobs.
- Services and retail trade, San Mateo County's two largest
industry divisions, together will provide close to three quarters of the growth.
- Services and retail trade, San Mateo County's two largest
industry divisions, together will provide close to three quarters of the growth.
- Business services will add more new jobs than any other
single industry component and will represent 30 percent of the services growth.
- Many of the jobs to be added in restaurants and other retail
establishments, particularly at the entry level, will be part-time and/or seasonal
positions.
- Air transportation, the county's largest single industry,
will post a seven-year gain of 3,900 jobs. However, almost two- thirds of these jobs were
filled by mid-1990.
- Employers report great difficulty finding experienced auto
mechanics, electronic home entertainment equipment repairs, medical transcriptionists,
motorcycle repairers, optometric assistants, service writers (automotive), and telephone
and cable TV line installers and repairers. (EDD- Annual Planing Information, June 1992)
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Sources: EDD, May 1988 W/forecast to 1989
1991-EDD,
June 1992
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