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Californians frequently spend more than 30 percent of their incomes for home mortgages or rent. The following is a look at Census Bureau estimates of California cities with a population over 250,000 people. The first column is the city; the second column is the percentage of city residents with a home mortgage who spend more than 30 percent of their take-home income on the mortgage; the third column is the percentage of renters in the city who pay more than 30 percent of their take-home income on rent. 

Anaheim; 32; 50 

Fresno; 36; 51 

Long Beach; 34; 47 

Los Angeles; 46; 50 

Oakland; 41; 42 

Riverside; 31; 43 

Sacramento; 32; 40 

San Diego; 41; 43 

San Francisco; 41; 35 

San Jose; 40; 44 

Santa Ana; 52; 43 

California; 37; 45 

United States; 26; 37 

Source: Census Bureau