Editing Corcoran, California (section)

==Economy==
At the time of the 2000 census, the median [[income]] for a household in the city was $30,783, and the median income for a family was $32,852. Males had a median income of $30,787 versus $21,792 for females. The per capita income for the city was only $13,458. It is noteworthy that about 23.4% of families and 26.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 36.4% of those under age 18 and 10.6% of those age 65 or over.

Many local residents are employed in agriculture. However, the community has been affected by the [[late 2000s recession|Great Recession]] as well as the decline of the cotton industry, the [[2012–14 North American drought|California drought]] and restrictions on pumping from the [[Sacramento River]] delta to protect endangered species. In November 2016, the unemployment rate was 11.1%.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov/?pageid=133 |title=EDD Labor Market Information Division - Home Page |website=www.labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov |access-date=January 2, 2017}}</ref>

The largest employers in Corcoran include the [[California State Prison, Corcoran]], the [[California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison, Corcoran]], the Corcoran Unified School District, and the [[J. G. Boswell Company]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kingsedc.org/corcoran.html#corcemploy |title=Kings County Economic Development Corporation Corcoran Community Profile |access-date=December 24, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121029233023/http://www.kingsedc.org/corcoran.html#corcemploy |archive-date=October 29, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>