Income Limits by County

California State Income Limits reflect updated median income and household income levels for acutely low-, extremely low-, very low-, low- and moderate-income households for California’s 58 counties (required by Health and Safety Code Section 50093). These income limits apply to State and local affordable housing programs statutorily linked to HUD income limits and differ from income limits applicable to other specific federal, State, or local programs.

Data and Resources

Additional Info

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Public Access Level Public
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Program Contact Name Data and Innovation Unit Housing Policy Division
Program Contact Email [email protected]
Frequency Annual
Granularity County, Household Size, Income Levels
Geographic Coverage Location California
Spatial County
Source Link https://www.hcd.ca.gov/grants-and-funding/income-limits/state-and-federal-income-rent-and-loan-value-limits
Additional Information

The California Department of Housing and Community Development updates its income limits when the US Department of Housing and Urban development updates its Section 8 program income limits.

In 2013, the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) implemented a State Hold Harmless Policy as a result of the discontinuation of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD’s) long-standing Hold Harmless Policy in 2009. The purpose of HUD’s former Hold Harmless policy was to not allow decreases to county area median income (AMI) and household size income limit figures when annually updating Section 8 income limits. HCD’s Hold Harmless policy, identical to HUD’s former policy, applies to State and local affordable housing programs statutorily linked to HUD income limits.

Related Resources

https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il/il22/IncomeLimitsMethodology-FY22.pdf
Last Updated August 12, 2026, 21:12 (UTC)
Created November 10, 2022, 19:54 (UTC)