{"id":6408,"date":"2016-01-19T13:17:39","date_gmt":"2016-01-19T18:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?p=6408"},"modified":"2024-04-13T23:04:11","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T04:04:11","slug":"latinos-in-the-2016-election-california","status":"publish","type":"fact-sheet","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/race-and-ethnicity\/fact-sheet\/latinos-in-the-2016-election-california\/","title":{"rendered":"Latinos in the 2016 Election: California"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This profile provides key demographic information on Latino eligible voters[1. Eligible voters are defined as U.S. citizens ages 18 and older. Eligible voters are not the same as registered voters. To cast a vote, in all states except North Dakota, an eligible voter must first register to vote.]\u00a0and other major groups of eligible voters in California.[2. The terms \u201cHispanic\u201d and \u201cLatino\u201d are used interchangeably. References to other races and ethnicities are to the non-Hispanic components of those populations.]\u00a0All demographic data are based on Pew Research Center tabulations of the U.S. Census Bureau\u2019s 2014 American Community Survey.[3. This statistical profile of eligible voters is based on the Census Bureau&#8217;s 2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.census.gov\/acs\/www\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">American Community Survey<\/a> (ACS). The ACS is the largest household survey in the United States, with a sample of about 3 million addresses. The data used for this statistical profile come from the 2014 ACS Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (<a href=\"http:\/\/usa.ipums.org\/usa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IPUMS<\/a>), representing a 1% sample of the U.S. population. Like any survey, estimates from the ACS are subject to sampling error and (potentially) measurement error. More information is available on <a href=\"http:\/\/usa.ipums.org\/usa\/design.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ACS sampling strategy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/usa.ipums.org\/usa\/resources\/codebooks\/AccuracyACS_2014.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">associated error<\/a>.]<\/p>\n\n<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;hispanics-in-californias-eligible-voter-population&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" id=\"hispanics-in-californias-eligible-voter-population\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hispanics in California\u2019s Eligible Voter Population<\/h3>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/hispanic\/fact-sheets\/2016-state-election-fact-sheets\/latinos-in-the-2016-election-california\/ph_election-fact-sheet-2016_california-01\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-23383\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f3f1ee\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f3f1ee;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-23383 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/12\/PH_Election-Fact-Sheet-2016_California-01.png\" alt=\"Population and Electorate in the United States and California, 2014\" width=\"420\" height=\"421\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>The Hispanic population in California is the largest in the nation. About 15 million Hispanics reside in California, 27.1% of all Hispanics in the United States.<\/p><\/li>\n<li>California\u2019s population is 39% Hispanic, the second highest Hispanic statewide population share nationally.<\/li>\n<li>There are 6.9 million Hispanic eligible voters in California\u2014the largest Hispanic statewide eligible voter population nationally. Texas ranks second with 4.8 million.<\/li>\n<li>Some 28% of California eligible voters are Hispanic, the third largest Hispanic statewide eligible voter share nationally. New Mexico ranks first with 40%.<\/li>\n<li>Some 46% of Hispanics in California are eligible to vote, ranking California 24th nationwide in the share of the Hispanic population that is eligible to vote. By contrast, 81% of the state\u2019s white population is eligible to vote.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;characteristics-of-eligible-voters&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" id=\"characteristics-of-eligible-voters\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Characteristics of Eligible Voters<\/h3>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Age.<\/strong> About one-third of Hispanic eligible voters in California (36%) are ages 18 to 29, slightly higher than the share of all Latino eligible voters nationwide (33%) and the share of all California eligible voters (24%) and of all U.S. eligible voters (22%) in that age range.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Citizenship and Nativity.<\/strong> Among Hispanic eligible voters in California, 26% are naturalized U.S. citizens, close to the 25% of Hispanic eligible voters in the U.S. Some 20% of all eligible voters in California\u2014but just 9% of eligible voters in the U.S. overall\u2014are naturalized U.S. citizens.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hispanic Origin.<\/strong> Hispanic eligible voters in California have a different Hispanic origin profile from Hispanic eligible voters nationwide. About eight-in-ten (82%) of Hispanic eligible voters in California are of Mexican origin, 2% are of Puerto Rican origin, and 16% claim other Hispanic origin. Among all Hispanic eligible voters nationwide, 59% are Mexican, 14% are Puerto Rican, and 27% are of some other Hispanic origin.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Educational Attainment.<\/strong> About one-quarter of Latino eligible voters in California (23%) have not completed high school, about double the 12% of all California eligible voters who have not completed high school and similar to the 22% of Latinos nationwide who have not completed high school.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Homeownership.<\/strong> Over half of Hispanic eligible voters in California (53%) live in owner-occupied homes, a little lower than the share of all Hispanic eligible voters nationwide (55%). Greater shares of all eligible voters in California (59%) and all eligible voters nationwide (67%) live in owner-occupied homes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<figure><img data-dominant-color=\"f6f5f3\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f6f5f3;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23384 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/12\/PH_Election-Fact-Sheet-2016_California-02.png\" alt=\"Characteristics of Eligible Voters in California and the United States, 2014\" width=\"640\" height=\"801\"><\/figure>\n\n<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;characteristics-of-eligible-voters-in-california-by-race-and-ethnicity&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" id=\"characteristics-of-eligible-voters-in-california-by-race-and-ethnicity\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Characteristics of Eligible Voters in California, by Race and Ethnicity<\/h3>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Number of Eligible Voters.<\/strong> White eligible voters outnumber Hispanic eligible voters in California by about 2 to 1. Hispanic eligible voters outnumber Asian eligible voters by about 2 to 1 and black eligible voters by about 4 to 1.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Age.<\/strong> Latino eligible voters are younger than white, Asian and black eligible voters in California. Some 36% of Latinos are ages 18 to 29, compared with 18% of white eligible voters, 20% of Asian eligible voters and 25% of black eligible voters.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Educational Attainment.<\/strong> Hispanic eligible voters have lower levels of education than do white, black and Asian eligible voters in California. Some 23% of Hispanic eligible voters have not obtained a high school diploma, compared with 6% of white eligible voters and 11% of both Asian and black eligible voters.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Homeownership.<\/strong> Hispanic eligible voters (53%) are more likely to live in owner-occupied homes than black eligible voters (38%) in California, but are less likely to live in owner-occupied homes than white (65%) or Asian (66%) eligible voters.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/hispanic\/fact-sheets\/2016-state-election-fact-sheets\/latinos-in-the-2016-election-california\/ph_election-fact-sheet-2016_california-03\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-23385\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e4ddc5\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e4ddc5;\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" class=\"wp-image-23385 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/12\/PH_Election-Fact-Sheet-2016_California-03.png\" alt=\"Characteristics of Eligible Voters in California, by Race and Ethnicity, 2014\" ><\/a><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This profile provides key demographic information on Latino eligible voters[1. Eligible voters are defined as U.S. citizens ages 18 and older. Eligible voters are not the same as registered voters. 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