Latino Population
Growth
{
And the future of Los Angeles
Change in the number of immigrants residing in the United States by decade
Migration Policy Institute Data Hub
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First U.S. combat troops to Vietnam
Selma, Watts, Voting Rights Act
Medicare
Bob Dylan: Highway 61 Revisited
LA Dodgers win the World Series
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Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
End of the Bracero program
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No significant controls
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Nationwide apprehensions by US Border Patrol
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1965 = 52,422
1975 = 596,796
1965: annus mirabilis
“This bill that we sign today is not a
revolutionary bill. It does not affect the lives of
millions. It will not reshape the structure of our
daily lives, or really add importantly to our
wealth or our power
“Yet it is still one of the most important
actrs of this Congress and of this administration.
“For it does repair a very deep and
painful flaw in the fabric of American justice. It
corrects a cruel and enduring wrong in the
conduct of the American Nation.”
Lyndon B. Johnson on signing the 1965
act at Liberty Island, NY
Change in the number of immigrants residing in the United States by decade
Migration Policy Institute Data Hub
The Mexican-born Population in
the U.S.
11,478,000
10
(2009)
millions
8
6
4
760,000
2
(1970)
2010
2000
1990
1980
1970
1960
1950
1940
1930
1920
1910
1900
Source: Pew Research Center
1890
1880
1870
1860
1850
1840
0
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
1955
1965
1975
1985
U.S. Female Labor Force
Participation Rate
1995
2005
2015
Unauthorized immigrant population:
1990-2012
Source: Pew Research Center
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Total population:
U.S. Born:
Foreign Born:
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Naturalized:
Non-citizen
documented:
Non-citizen
undocumented:
9.9 million
6.4 million
3.6 million
1.6 million
1.1 million
890,000
USC Center for the Study of Immigrant Education
Los Angeles: Status
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Immigrant, Citizen: 28
Immigrant, Non-Citizen, Documented: 20
Immigrant, Unauthorized: 10
USC Center for the Study of Immigrant Education
Los Angeles:
Median Years in County
After immigration
{ Children
LA County Population Change by Decade
1900-2010
1,888,147
1,385,507
1,366,044
1,272,037
992,241
656,174
577,151
445,582
432,324
333,833
00-10
299,276
10-20
20-30
30-40
40-50
50-60
60-70
70-80
80-90
90-00
00-10
White and Hispanic Populations of LA County 1960-2000
4,897,580
4,798,872
4,687,889
3,977,480
3,647,555
3,359,526
4,242,213
3,043,840
2,728,321
2,071,530
1,288,716
582,309
1960
1970
1980
Hispanic
1990
White
2000
2010
{
{
2007
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Hispanic: 80,845
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4.2%
Hispanic: 69,634
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3.2%
Black: 10,468
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6.3%
White: 21,250
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2014
White: 24,395
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5.2%
4.0%
Black: 10,517
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4.8%
Women 15 to 50 had a birth in the
previous 12 months: LA County
Educational Attainment: Percent of Adults
Los Angeles County 2014
41
29
29
25
22
19
17
8
5
3
Less than HS
HS
Some college
White
Hispanic
Bachelor's
Grad or Pro
CA Hispanic Education by Nativity
Native Born
Foreign Born
54
16
18
7
No HS
Bachelor's +
94% of Latinos under 18
are native born
Total
2,425,000
100 percent
U.S. Born
2,263,000
93
161,000
7
1, 398,000
58
480,569
20
Foreign Born
Children with FB parent
Children w/ Unauthorized parent
Citizen children
Non-Citizen children
398,700
81,876
USC Center for the Study of Immigrant Education
Los Angeles: Child Population
Share of Latino Enrollment
40%
Community
Colleges
35%
CSU
35%
For profit
22%
22%
UC
Private
nonprofit
46% of the CA college age
population is Latino