Assembly District 12

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
Assembly District 12
Legislator: Ma     Party: D

  Adults Eligible to Naturalize Adults Naturalized
World Region/Country Number Percent Number Percent
Total all areas 28,047 100.0% 124,242 100.0%
Mexico and Central America 2,289 8.2% 12,629 10.2%
Mexico 732 2.6% 3,336 2.7%
El Salvador 1,058 3.8% 4,326 3.5%
Other Central America 499 1.8% 4,967 4.0%
Asia 17,685 63.1% 91,958 74.0%
Philippines 5,480 19.5% 18,233 14.7%
Vietnam 231 0.8% 8,759 7.0%
China 3,694 13.2% 49,242 39.6%
Other Asia 8,280 29.5% 15,724 12.7%
Europe 3,294 11.7% 12,580 10.1%
All Other Areas 4,779 17.0% 7,075 5.7%
  U.S. Children 12-17 Years
With at Least One
Immigrant Parent*
Race/Latino Number Percent
Total 14,671 100.0%
Latino 1,414 9.6%
Asian non-Latino 10,717 73.0%
White non-Latino 1,811 12.3%
Black non-Latino 71 0.5%
Other non-Latino 658 4.5%

*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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