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Data by Legislative District Now Available on Kidsdata.org

A range of demographic and economic data for every Congressional, Assembly, and State Senate district in California is now available on kidsdata.org, drawn from recently posted data from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey. These five-year (2005-2009) estimates are available for nearly a dozen measures related to children and families.

Use Legislative District Data in Your Work: Three Easy Steps

1. Get the Data You Need
 We have 2005-2009 data by legislative district (i.e., Congressional, State Senate, and Assembly District) for the following measures:

• Child Population
  
• Children Living in Poverty
  by Race/Ethnicity
  
• Median Family Income
  
• Households with and without Children
  
• Family Structure for Households with Children
  by Race/Ethnicity
  
• Children in the Care of Grandparents
  
• Foreign-Born Population, by Age Group

2. Use These Data to Inform Your Work

• Research and provide tailored outreach to legislators
• Incorporate baseline information into analyses, reports, speeches, letters to constituents, and community assessments
• Create policy fact sheets
  

3. Enhance Newsletters, Websites, and Other Materials with Kidsdata.org's Graphs, Maps, and Background Information

• Copy tables and graphs into Word or PowerPoint (click the link above any indicator)
  
• Embed customizable graphs and maps on web pages or blogs (click the link on the top of any indicator page)
  
• Find deeper perspective on these topics through links to research, a section on policy implications, and other contextual information:
  Demographics | Family Structure | Immigration | Poverty/Family Income
  

Data Highlights

• In 15 out of the 40 state senate districts, more than 20% of children live below the federal poverty level, according to 2005-2009 data.
  
  
• Between 2005 to 2009, Assembly District 13 in San Francisco had the lowest percentage of households with children in California (13%), while Assembly District 52 in Los Angeles County had the highest (61%).
  
  
• The percentage of California children ages 5-17 who were foreign-born varied widely by Congressional district in 2005-2009, from 3% in Congressional District 4, which is in northeastern California, to 15% in Congressional District 31 (Los Angeles).
  
  
• Legislative Data Maps (use the "Show Regions" menu to switch from Congressional districts to Assembly or State Senate districts)
  Child Poverty
  Households with Children
  Median Family Income
  
  
• Find a summary of data for your legislative district (Don’t know your legislative district? Click on the "what’s my district?" link to find out).

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