Assembly District 15

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 15
Legislator: Houston     Party: R

  Adults Eligible to Naturalize Adults Naturalized
World Region/Country Number Percent Number Percent
Total all areas 19,266 100.0% 44,154 100.0%
Mexico and Central America 4,582 23.8% 7,231 16.4%
Mexico 4,315 22.4% 5,258 11.9%
El Salvador 136 0.7% 774 1.8%
Other Central America 131 0.7% 1,199 2.7%
Asia 8,774 45.5% 24,537 55.6%
Philippines 1,300 6.7% 5,158 11.7%
Vietnam 48 0.2% 1,552 3.5%
China 861 4.5% 7,607 17.2%
Other Asia 6,565 34.1% 10,220 23.1%
Europe 3,866 20.1% 6,986 15.8%
All Other Areas 2,045 10.6% 5,401 12.2%
  U.S. Children 12-17 Years
With at Least One
Immigrant Parent*
Race/Latino Number Percent
Total 11,073 100.0%
Latino 4,056 36.6%
Asian non-Latino 2,996 27.1%
White non-Latino 3,074 27.8%
Black non-Latino 8 0.1%
Other non-Latino 939 8.5%

*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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