Assembly District 16

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 16
Legislator: Swanson     Party: D

  Adults Eligible to Naturalize Adults Naturalized
World Region/Country Number Percent Number Percent
Total all areas 28,877 100.0% 53,604 100.0%
Mexico and Central America 14,254 49.4% 9,118 17.0%
Mexico 10,758 37.3% 6,321 11.8%
El Salvador 1,222 4.2% 870 1.6%
Other Central America 2,274 7.9% 1,927 3.6%
Asia 7,660 26.5% 36,883 68.8%
Philippines 969 3.4% 6,057 11.3%
Vietnam 3,306 11.4% 6,910 12.9%
China 1,428 4.9% 15,000 28.0%
Other Asia 1,957 6.8% 8,916 16.6%
Europe 3,049 10.6% 2,871 5.4%
All Other Areas 3,914 13.6% 4,730 8.8%
  U.S. Children 12-17 Years
With at Least One
Immigrant Parent*
Race/Latino Number Percent
Total 11,354 100.0%
Latino 5,946 52.4%
Asian non-Latino 4,032 35.5%
White non-Latino 530 4.7%
Black non-Latino 263 2.3%
Other non-Latino 584 5.1%

*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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