Assembly District 79

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 79
Legislator: Salas     Party: D

  Adults Eligible to Naturalize Adults Naturalized
World Region/Country Number Percent Number Percent
Total all areas 22,513 100.0% 61,274 100.0%
Mexico and Central America 16,152 71.7% 39,327 64.2%
Mexico 15,978 71.0% 38,359 62.6%
El Salvador 129 0.6% 586 1.0%
Other Central America 45 0.2% 382 0.6%
Asia 4,095 18.2% 16,700 27.3%
Philippines 2,358 10.5% 12,943 21.1%
Vietnam 114 0.5% 633 1.0%
China 0 0.0% 303 0.5%
Other Asia 1,623 7.2% 2,821 4.6%
Europe 1,071 4.8% 1,781 2.9%
All Other Areas 1,195 5.3% 3,466 5.7%
  U.S. Children 12-17 Years
With at Least One
Immigrant Parent*
Race/Latino Number Percent
Total 22,048 100.0%
Latino 18,519 84.0%
Asian non-Latino 1,708 7.7%
White non-Latino 791 3.6%
Black non-Latino 154 0.7%
Other non-Latino 875 4.0%

*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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