Senate District 21

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 21
Legislator: Scott     Party: D

  Adults Eligible to Naturalize Adults Naturalized
World Region/Country Number Percent Number Percent
Total all areas 73,968 100.0% 185,164 100.0%
Mexico and Central America 16,007 21.6% 30,459 16.4%
Mexico 11,022 14.9% 21,260 11.5%
El Salvador 2,590 3.5% 5,072 2.7%
Other Central America 2,395 3.2% 4,127 2.2%
Asia 43,701 59.1% 126,614 68.4%
Philippines 2,997 4.1% 14,847 8.0%
Vietnam 2,032 2.7% 8,585 4.6%
China 3,332 4.5% 23,399 12.6%
Other Asia 35,340 47.8% 79,783 43.1%
Europe 5,152 7.0% 14,552 7.9%
All Other Areas 9,108 12.3% 13,539 7.3%
  U.S. Children 12-17 Years
With at Least One
Immigrant Parent*
Race/Latino Number Percent
Total 27,943 100.0%
Latino 10,223 36.6%
Asian non-Latino 8,288 29.7%
White non-Latino 7,908 28.3%
Black non-Latino 882 3.2%
Other non-Latino 642 2.3%

*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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