Senate District 02

THE NUMBERS SHOWN BELOW ARE THE ACTUAL NUMBERS FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Number of Adults Eligible to Naturalize and
Number of Adults Naturalized
by Selected World Regions/Countries, and
Number of U.S. Children 12-17 Years With at Least
One Immigrant Parent by Race/Latino for
Senate District 02
Legislator: Wiggins     Party: D

  Adults Eligible to Naturalize Adults Naturalized
World Region/Country Number Percent Number Percent
Total all areas 36,963 100.0% 53,504 100.0%
Mexico and Central America 19,544 52.9% 18,163 33.9%
Mexico 19,127 51.7% 15,311 28.6%
El Salvador 96 0.3% 1,434 2.7%
Other Central America 321 0.9% 1,418 2.7%
Asia 7,498 20.3% 23,522 44.0%
Philippines 2,960 8.0% 13,510 25.3%
Vietnam 0 0.0% 2,040 3.8%
China 266 0.7% 2,353 4.4%
Other Asia 4,272 11.6% 5,619 10.5%
Europe 4,016 10.9% 7,159 13.4%
All Other Areas 5,905 16.0% 4,661 8.7%
  U.S. Children 12-17 Years
With at Least One
Immigrant Parent*
Race/Latino Number Percent
Total 14,549 100.0%
Latino 8,892 61.1%
Asian non-Latino 3,217 22.1%
White non-Latino 1,864 12.8%
Black non-Latino 249 1.7%
Other non-Latino 327 2.2%

*These children will be adults of voting age by the year 2012.

Note: Ranked by statewide totals for specified regions for adults eligible to naturalize, and specified Race/Latino for children 12-17 years with at least one immigrant parent.

Source: Analysis of U.S. Bureau of the Census, American Community Survey Public Use Microdata Sample, 2006. Commissioned by the California Immigrant Integration Initiative of Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees.

Prepared by Rob Paral and Associates, March 2008.

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