Study shows poverty rate in San Diego County is increasing

SAN DIEGO - The poverty rate in San Diego County is increasing, and pockets of concentrated poverty are growing outside of urban areas, according to a study released today by the National University System Institute for Policy Research.

Using U.S. census data, the institute took figures from the period covered by the 2010-14 American Community Survey, and compared them to 2000.

The countywide poverty rate in 2010-14 was 14.7 percent, compared to 10.8 percent at the beginning of the century.

The highest rate was 25.8 percent in El Cajon, an increase of 9.1 percent. National City was a close sec...