Senate District 20

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 20
Legislator: Padilla     Party: D

  Adults Eligible to Naturalize Adults Naturalized
World Region/Country Number Percent Number Percent
Total all areas 85,571 100.0% 159,139 100.0%
Mexico and Central America 50,378 58.9% 78,940 49.6%
Mexico 33,149 38.7% 47,377 29.8%
El Salvador 9,098 10.6% 21,200 13.3%
Other Central America 8,131 9.5% 10,363 6.5%
Asia 21,395 25.0% 55,178 34.7%
Philippines 4,976 5.8% 16,846 10.6%
Vietnam 375 0.4% 3,758 2.4%
China 260 0.3% 2,314 1.5%
Other Asia 15,784 18.4% 32,260 20.3%
Europe 4,402 5.1% 10,482 6.6%
All Other Areas 9,397 11.0% 14,538 9.1%
  U.S. Children 12-17 Years
With at Least One
Immigrant Parent*
Race/Latino Number Percent
Total 53,929 100.0%
Latino 46,009 85.3%
Asian non-Latino 3,351 6.2%
White non-Latino 3,535 6.6%
Black non-Latino 450 0.8%
Other non-Latino 584 1.1%

*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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