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California #13
60.4 composite of 100 Based on 68% of intended metrics
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Gavin Newsom D
Governor · since 2019-01-07
Source: Wikidata (P6 head of government), retrieved 2026-06-18
Median household income95,521 · ACS 1-year 2023 ·
76.5
Income growth (YoY)4.34% · 2022→2023 ·
52.7
Poverty rate12% · SAIPE 2023 ·
59.5
Income inequality (Gini)0.487 · ACS 1-year 2023 ·
31.2
Not yet sourced: Real (cost-of-living-adjusted) income (BEA Regional Price Parities API key pending); Economic mobility (Opportunity Insights dataset download pending).