Chapter 14 is about the Southwest Border region, which Monterey County is not a part of. Like the Southwest Border, Monterey County has an ethnic diversity, so I am going to give some statistics and talk a bit about Monterey County's demographics.
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| Monterey Population Compared to California & US Population |
White = 230,717 or 55.6%
African American =12,785 or 3.1%
Native American = 5,464 or 1.3%
Asian = 25,258 or 6.1% (2.8% Filipino, 0.7% Korean, 0.6% Chinese, 0.6% Japanese, 0.4% Vietnamese, 0.4% Indian)
Pacific Islander = 2,071 or 0.5%
Other races= 117,405 or 28.3%
2 or more races = 21,357 or 5.1%
Hispanic or Latino of any race = 230,003 or 55.4% (50.2% Mexican, 0.8% Salvadoran, 0.5% Puerto Rican)
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| Comparison of Racial Socio-Economic Standing |
Like in the Southwest Border, there are large cultural and economic gaps between the white population and the racial minority populations. As seen in the chart above, whites, as a group, have stronger socio-economic standing than other groups. Latinos are in the lowest socio-economic position, and Asians and African Americans are somewhere in the middle.
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