Table 7.1 Racial/Ethnic composition of California Voters, 2000

	Total Population		Adult		Adult Citizen		Registered		Voters
	000’s	%	000’s	%	000’s	%	000’s	%	000’s	%
White	15,817	47	13.362	54	12,659	64	8,979	69	8,071	70
Latino	10,967	32	6.514	26	3,489	18	1,919	15	1,597	14
Black	2,182	6	1.651	7	1,590	8	1,032	8	867	8
Asian/Other	4,753	15	3.027	12	1,908	10	1,007	8	848	7
Total	33,872	100%	24,749	100	19,837	100	13,061	100	11,489	100

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, Voting and Registration in the Election of November 2000 Table 4a

http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/voting/p20-542.html

Figure 7.1A Racial/Ethnic composition of California Voters, 2000

Figure 7.1B Latino Share of Total, Adult, Adult Citizen, Registered and Voting Populations, 2000

Table 7.2 Composition of California Adult, Adult Citizen, Registered and Voting Populations by Race/Ethnicity, 1980-2000

Composition of:	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000
Adult
White	70.9	67.6	64.0	60.1	57.0	54.0
Latino	15.6	16.6	21.1	24.4	26.8	26.3
Blacks	7.5	7.4	5.8	5.6	5.7	6.7
Asian/Others	6.0	8.4	9.1	9.9	10.5	12.2
Adult Citizen
Whites	78.3	76.3	74.7	73.7	66.1	63.8
Latinos	9.4	10.4	11.7	13.3	19.5	17.6
Blacks	8.6	8.0	7.0	6.7	5.9	8.0
Asian/Others	3.7	5.3	6.7	6.3	8.6	9.6
Registered
Whites	82.3	79.4	78.4	77.7	73.1	68.7
Latinos	7.0	8.3	8.7	10.8	15.0	14.7
Blacks	7.7	7.9	7.1	6.3	5.8	7.9
Asian/Others	2.9	4.4	5.8	5.2	6.2	7.7
Voters
Whites	83.0	80.2	79.6	79.4	77.0	70.2
Latinos	6.6	7.8	7.9	9.6	11.5	13.9
Blacks	7.6	7.7	6.8	6.0	5.9	7.5
Asian/Others	2.8	4.4	5.7	4.9	5.6	7.4

Sources: Current Population Survey Voter Supplement Files, 1980-1992; Field Institute estimates, 1992;

U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, Voting and Registration in the Election of

November 2000, Table 4a

Figure 7.2 Latino Share of Adult, Adult Citizen, Registered and Voting Populations, 1980-2000

Table 7.3 Registration and Voter Turnout by Race/Ethnicity, 2000

	White	Latino	Black	Asian
% Registered of: