Senate District 16

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 16
Legislator: Florez     Party: D

  Adults Eligible to Naturalize Adults Naturalized
World Region/Country Number Percent Number Percent
Total all areas 65,353 100.0% 68,702 100.0%
Mexico and Central America 51,534 78.9% 47,765 69.5%
Mexico 49,100 75.1% 45,253 65.9%
El Salvador 1,361 2.1% 1,313 1.9%
Other Central America 1,073 1.6% 1,199 1.7%
Asia 11,169 17.1% 16,477 24.0%
Philippines 4,806 7.4% 5,440 7.9%
Vietnam 0 0.0% 798 1.2%
China 202 0.3% 1,331 1.9%
Other Asia 6,161 9.4% 8,908 13.0%
Europe 663 1.0% 2,095 3.0%
All Other Areas 1,987 3.0% 2,367 3.4%
  U.S. Children 12-17 Years
With at Least One
Immigrant Parent*
Race/Latino Number Percent
Total 45,587 100.0%
Latino 39,244 86.1%
Asian non-Latino 5,211 11.4%
White non-Latino 620 1.4%
Black non-Latino 60 0.1%
Other non-Latino 452 1.0%

*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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