Assembly District 21

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 21
Legislator: Ruskin     Party: D

  Adults Eligible to Naturalize Adults Naturalized
World Region/Country Number Percent Number Percent
Total all areas 35,867 100.0% 50,542 100.0%
Mexico and Central America 5,905 16.5% 10,876 21.5%
Mexico 5,391 15.0% 8,177 16.2%
El Salvador 469 1.3% 2,249 4.4%
Other Central America 45 0.1% 450 0.9%
Asia 13,049 36.4% 24,257 48.0%
Philippines 572 1.6% 1,347 2.7%
Vietnam 280 0.8% 2,768 5.5%
China 1,729 4.8% 7,864 15.6%
Other Asia 10,468 29.2% 12,278 24.3%
Europe 8,435 23.5% 11,585 22.9%
All Other Areas 8,478 23.6% 3,824 7.6%
  U.S. Children 12-17 Years
With at Least One
Immigrant Parent*
Race/Latino Number Percent
Total 13,068 100.0%
Latino 5,010 38.3%
Asian non-Latino 2,667 20.4%
White non-Latino 3,706 28.4%
Black non-Latino 33 0.3%
Other non-Latino 1,652 12.6%

*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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