Senate District 17

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 17
Legislator: Runner     Party: R

  Adults Eligible to Naturalize Adults Naturalized
World Region/Country Number Percent Number Percent
Total all areas 45,406 100.0% 92,696 100.0%
Mexico and Central America 23,288 51.3% 36,332 39.2%
Mexico 19,227 42.3% 25,563 27.6%
El Salvador 2,579 5.7% 6,042 6.5%
Other Central America 1,482 3.3% 4,727 5.1%
Asia 12,683 27.9% 36,859 39.8%
Philippines 2,135 4.7% 10,601 11.4%
Vietnam 82 0.2% 2,543 2.7%
China 275 0.6% 2,078 2.2%
Other Asia 10,191 22.4% 21,637 23.3%
Europe 4,551 10.0% 8,477 9.1%
All Other Areas 4,885 10.8% 11,028 11.9%
  U.S. Children 12-17 Years
With at Least One
Immigrant Parent*
Race/Latino Number Percent
Total 32,968 100.0%
Latino 23,810 72.2%
Asian non-Latino 2,236 6.8%
White non-Latino 4,368 13.2%
Black non-Latino 651 2.0%
Other non-Latino 1,902 5.8%

*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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