A new study gives pro­jec­tions on chil­dren poverty lev­els for North­ern Cal­i­for­nia. The study says that an eighth of the area’s chil­dren will live in poverty at some time dur­ing the year 2010. Also, a quar­ter of Cal­i­for­nia chil­dren statewide will fall below the poverty line.

From KTUV, we read this fur­ther break­down of the projections.

The study projects that as many as 2.7 mil­lion chil­dren in the state, or 27 per­cent of California’s chil­dren, could be liv­ing in house­holds below the poverty level at some point in 2010, accord­ing to offi­cials with the Lucile Packard Foun­da­tion for Children’s Health.

The fed­eral poverty level is $22,000 in earn­ings per year for a fam­ily of four. Offi­cials believe fam­i­lies in Cal­i­for­nia need to earn at least twice that amount to cover basic liv­ing expenses.

In six Bay Area coun­ties — Alameda, Con­tra Costa, Marin, San Fran­cisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara — the num­ber of chil­dren in poverty could rise as high as 15 or 16 per­cent this year, com­pared to 8 to 13 per­cent in those coun­ties in 2008.

The study, done by Duke Uni­ver­sity soci­ol­o­gist Ken­neth Land, fol­lowed trends from 1995 to 2006 and projects poverty rates through 2012.

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