A new quality-of-life study of California finds that Central Valley counties either fit into a “struggling” 38% of the population or are among “The Forsaken Five Percent” with residents “bypassed by the digital economy.”
The new study released today is from the American Human Development Project, an initiative of the Social Science Research Council with financial support from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation. Called “A Portrait of California,” the study explores “well-being and access to opportunity across the Golden State.
The report uses the American Human Development Index, a composite measure of health, education and standard of living, and uses a 0 to 10 scale. Topping out among the state’s five most populous metro areas, San Francisco’s HDI measure is 6.97, while Riverside-San Bernardino is at the bottom at 4.58.
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