Senate District 15

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 15
Legislator: Maldonado     Party: R

  Adults Eligible to Naturalize Adults Naturalized
World Region/Country Number Percent Number Percent
Total all areas 39,960 100.0% 70,909 100.0%
Mexico and Central America 18,207 45.6% 22,414 31.6%
Mexico 17,570 44.0% 20,853 29.4%
El Salvador 353 0.9% 566 0.8%
Other Central America 284 0.7% 995 1.4%
Asia 12,007 30.0% 30,872 43.5%
Philippines 1,790 4.5% 7,245 10.2%
Vietnam 546 1.4% 5,087 7.2%
China 1,421 3.6% 7,176 10.1%
Other Asia 8,250 20.6% 11,364 16.0%
Europe 4,793 12.0% 11,613 16.4%
All Other Areas 4,954 12.4% 6,009 8.5%
  U.S. Children 12-17 Years
With at Least One
Immigrant Parent*
Race/Latino Number Percent
Total 22,789 100.0%
Latino 13,208 58.0%
Asian non-Latino 5,541 24.3%
White non-Latino 3,147 13.8%
Black non-Latino 33 0.1%
Other non-Latino 861 3.8%

*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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