Rent payments are being skipped by 1.3 million Californians, according to new Census Bureau data.

That means 13% of the state’s rental population wasn’t caught up with their landlord during the June 1 to June 13 period of the Census survey.

Nationally, 8.4 million Americans who were struggling to pay their monthly rents during the June 1 to June 13 period of the Census survey. The share was markedly higher for Black Americans — almost a quarter are behind — and for people age 40 to 54, an age when many are at their earnings peak.

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1.3 million Californians are late on their rent, Census says