Senate District 12

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 12
Legislator: Denham     Party: R

  Adults Eligible to Naturalize Adults Naturalized
World Region/Country Number Percent Number Percent
Total all areas 61,179 100.0% 73,975 100.0%
Mexico and Central America 47,738 78.0% 42,781 57.8%
Mexico 46,058 75.3% 40,917 55.3%
El Salvador 1,004 1.6% 353 0.5%
Other Central America 676 1.1% 1,511 2.0%
Asia 8,346 13.6% 21,020 28.4%
Philippines 2,487 4.1% 4,498 6.1%
Vietnam 170 0.3% 1,573 2.1%
China 118 0.2% 1,008 1.4%
Other Asia 5,571 9.1% 13,941 18.8%
Europe 1,594 2.6% 7,793 10.5%
All Other Areas 3,503 5.7% 2,379 3.2%
  U.S. Children 12-17 Years
With at Least One
Immigrant Parent*
Race/Latino Number Percent
Total 41,641 100.0%
Latino 34,462 82.8%
Asian non-Latino 4,175 10.0%
White non-Latino 2,016 4.8%
Black non-Latino 0 0.0%
Other non-Latino 988 2.4%

*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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