Senate District 27

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 27
Legislator: Lowenthal     Party: D

  Adults Eligible to Naturalize Adults Naturalized
World Region/Country Number Percent Number Percent
Total all areas 47,893 100.0% 122,903 100.0%
Mexico and Central America 29,810 62.2% 58,293 47.4%
Mexico 26,125 54.5% 47,801 38.9%
El Salvador 1,951 4.1% 3,987 3.2%
Other Central America 1,734 3.6% 6,505 5.3%
Asia 12,993 27.1% 48,188 39.2%
Philippines 4,971 10.4% 15,861 12.9%
Vietnam 277 0.6% 4,512 3.7%
China 578 1.2% 5,667 4.6%
Other Asia 7,167 15.0% 22,148 18.0%
Europe 1,396 2.9% 7,658 6.2%
All Other Areas 3,695 7.7% 8,763 7.1%
  U.S. Children 12-17 Years
With at Least One
Immigrant Parent*
Race/Latino Number Percent
Total 51,893 100.0%
Latino 39,822 76.7%
Asian non-Latino 9,124 17.6%
White non-Latino 2,075 4.0%
Black non-Latino 99 0.2%
Other non-Latino 773 1.5%

*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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