Assembly District 56

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 56
Legislator: Mendoza     Party: D

  Adults Eligible to Naturalize Adults Naturalized
World Region/Country Number Percent Number Percent
Total all areas 24,085 100.0% 75,802 100.0%
Mexico and Central America 10,335 42.9% 31,701 41.8%
Mexico 9,307 38.6% 27,440 36.2%
El Salvador 121 0.5% 1,989 2.6%
Other Central America 907 3.8% 2,272 3.0%
Asia 12,164 50.5% 38,344 50.6%
Philippines 4,162 17.3% 12,606 16.6%
Vietnam 517 2.1% 3,525 4.7%
China 248 1.0% 5,183 6.8%
Other Asia 7,237 30.0% 17,030 22.5%
Europe 117 0.5% 2,150 2.8%
All Other Areas 1,469 6.1% 3,608 4.8%
  U.S. Children 12-17 Years
With at Least One
Immigrant Parent*
Race/Latino Number Percent
Total 21,295 100.0%
Latino 13,050 61.3%
Asian non-Latino 7,409 34.8%
White non-Latino 484 2.3%
Black non-Latino 89 0.4%
Other non-Latino 263 1.2%

*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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