Senate District 28

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 28
Legislator: Oropeza     Party: D

  Adults Eligible to Naturalize Adults Naturalized
World Region/Country Number Percent Number Percent
Total all areas 53,867 100.0% 112,258 100.0%
Mexico and Central America 19,946 37.0% 33,648 30.0%
Mexico 16,468 30.6% 25,792 23.0%
El Salvador 1,820 3.4% 3,818 3.4%
Other Central America 1,658 3.1% 4,038 3.6%
Asia 14,789 27.5% 51,682 46.0%
Philippines 1,834 3.4% 16,924 15.1%
Vietnam 366 0.7% 3,346 3.0%
China 1,109 2.1% 7,880 7.0%
Other Asia 11,480 21.3% 23,532 21.0%
Europe 7,735 14.4% 13,514 12.0%
All Other Areas 11,396 21.2% 13,415 12.0%
  U.S. Children 12-17 Years
With at Least One
Immigrant Parent*
Race/Latino Number Percent
Total 26,200 100.0%
Latino 17,983 68.6%
Asian non-Latino 4,619 17.6%
White non-Latino 2,236 8.5%
Black non-Latino 323 1.2%
Other non-Latino 1,040 4.0%

*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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