Senate District 09

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 09
Legislator: Perata     Party: D

  Adults Eligible to Naturalize Adults Naturalized
World Region/Country Number Percent Number Percent
Total all areas 55,278 100.0% 102,040 100.0%
Mexico and Central America 22,532 40.8% 22,637 22.2%
Mexico 17,008 30.8% 15,745 15.4%
El Salvador 2,280 4.1% 2,919 2.9%
Other Central America 3,244 5.9% 3,973 3.9%
Asia 17,780 32.2% 61,108 59.9%
Philippines 2,496 4.5% 11,171 10.9%
Vietnam 4,107 7.4% 9,700 9.5%
China 2,235 4.0% 21,445 21.0%
Other Asia 8,942 16.2% 18,792 18.4%
Europe 6,220 11.3% 7,857 7.7%
All Other Areas 8,746 15.8% 10,438 10.2%
  U.S. Children 12-17 Years
With at Least One
Immigrant Parent*
Race/Latino Number Percent
Total 23,429 100.0%
Latino 12,176 52.0%
Asian non-Latino 7,123 30.4%
White non-Latino 2,057 8.8%
Black non-Latino 392 1.7%
Other non-Latino 1,681 7.2%

*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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