2026 OCAP State of the Child Report

ECONOMIC WELL-BEING

Number and Percent of Riverside County Children Under 18 Served by CalFresh

Percent of Children Receiving CalFresh by Age Group 2024-2025

178,692

Under 5 5 to 12 13 to 17

46.1% 26.9%

180k

175,078

29.1%

175k

172,146

28.5%

169,495

170,612

27%

170k

28.8%

167,182

28.5%

165,425

27.6%

165k

27.9%

161,067

26.9%

Number of Participants Served by WIC Program

160k

26.2%

154,623

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

75,916 72,719 68,563 70,811 74,320 76,204

155k

152,779

25.9%

25.2%

150k

145k

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2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25

Percent of Children Under 18 Receiving CalFresh (by City of Residence) 2024-2025

Source: City population data on children under 18 were obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS) 2023 5-Year Estimates, Table B09001.

3.4 - 12.1% 12.2 - 19.5% 19.6 - 29.5% 29.6 - 41.6% 41.7 - 49.1% Percent Receiving CalWORKs

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26

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28

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1 Banning..................41.6 2 Beaumont..............19.1 3 Blythe...................39.2 4 Calimesa................16.1 5 Canyon Lake ........... 12.1 6 Cathedral City........29.5 7 Coachella..............46.4 8 Corona..................18.9 9 Desert Hot Springs..49.1 10 Eastvale.................10.5

11 Hemet...................47.8 12 Indian Wells .............3.4 13 Indio......................34.7 14 Jurupa Valley ......... 24.9 15 La Quinta ...............22.1 16 Lake Elsinore..........26.4 17 Menifee..................19.5 18 Moreno Valley........32.6 19 Murrieta.................14.1 20 Norco.....................17.9

21 Palm Desert........... 27.2 22 Palm Springs..........38.6 23 Perris ....................35.7 24 Rancho Mirage........14.3 25 Riverside ............... 27.0 26 San Jacinto............36.9 27 Temecula................ 11.5 28 Wildomar............... 24.7

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Census ACS 5-year estimates (published annually from 2016 through 2023), Table B09001 “Population Under 18 Years by Age,” for Riverside County & Riverside County Department of Public Social Services. WIC Participants by County - Dataset - California Open Data Riverside County Department of Public Social Services Riverside County Department of Public Social Services

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