2014 10: Bay Area Suburbanization of Poverty, 2000 to 2012

Place types were defined by grouping United States Census Designated Places as Central Cities, Inner Suburbs, Outer Suburbs, and Balance of Counties for the San Francisco Bay Region, based on their population, employment and travel characteristics. Viewed regionally, the percentage increase in poverty was highest in the Outer Suburbs (62% regional average), as compared to the Central Cities (22% regional average) and Inner Suburbs (24% regional average) showing a pattern of larger increases in poverty in the Region's periphery. The percentage increases in poverty in the Outer Suburbs by County range from 38% to 89%, as compared to the Inner Suburbs which range from 17% to 30% and Central Cities from 3% to 40%.