If you are a single person living alone and you make $46,000 a year, then you are a solidly middle-class American. Unless you live in Orange County, where you can make double that amount and still be considered poor.

The California Department of Housing and Community Development released its “Official State Income Limits” for the state’s low-income housing programs last month, and individuals making up to $104,200 now qualify as “low income” in Orange County, up from $94,750 last year.