Senate District 39

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 39
Legislator: Kehoe     Party: D

  Adults Eligible to Naturalize Adults Naturalized
World Region/Country Number Percent Number Percent
Total all areas 47,959 100.0% 96,099 100.0%
Mexico and Central America 13,329 27.8% 21,206 22.1%
Mexico 12,738 26.6% 19,971 20.8%
El Salvador 0 0.0% 24 0.0%
Other Central America 591 1.2% 1,211 1.3%
Asia 17,138 35.7% 52,863 55.0%
Philippines 4,076 8.5% 20,401 21.2%
Vietnam 3,639 7.6% 12,355 12.9%
China 1,640 3.4% 5,149 5.4%
Other Asia 7,783 16.2% 14,958 15.6%
Europe 7,710 16.1% 10,440 10.9%
All Other Areas 9,784 20.4% 11,591 12.1%
  U.S. Children 12-17 Years
With at Least One
Immigrant Parent*
Race/Latino Number Percent
Total 17,581 100.0%
Latino 8,937 50.8%
Asian non-Latino 4,371 24.9%
White non-Latino 2,591 14.7%
Black non-Latino 697 4.0%
Other non-Latino 984 5.6%

*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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