| I. ETHNICITY |
SAN MATEO COUNTY
POPULATION CATEGORIES |
| D.
NATIVE AMERICANS
(See County profile, Minority Youth
& Families Population Categories) |
| POSSIBLE INDICATORS |
1990 NEEDS ASSESSMENT
REPORT |
UPDATE |
OTHER NEEDS STATEMENTS-DATA |
| Total Bay Area Population |
1980
18,136 – 0.6% of BA |
1990
21,462 – 0.6% of BA |
San Mateo County has an American Indian population of 2,729 or only 0.4% of the total
population. Most of the Native American population live in the North County Area.
- This population has high substance abuse, school dropout, mental illness, and suicide
rates, and faces severe problems of acculturation, poverty, family separation and
discrimination.
|
| Total County Population |
1988
2,659 – 0.4% of Co. |
2,987 – 0.5% of Co.
|
| Population Growth `80-`90 |
|
2,481 – 2,987 – 20.46+ |
Population Concentration by Subareas of the County
|
|
|
• North County
• Central County
• South County
• Coastside
|
1,272 – 47.8% of NA
516 – 19.4% of NA
725 – 27.3% of NA
146 – 5.5% of NA
|
1,345 – 45.1% of NA
653 – 21.9% of NA
819 – 27.4% of NA
85 – 2.8% of NA
|
| Persons Below Poverty Level Families Below Poverty Level
Unemployment Rates
Mean Family Income
Life Expectancy
Infant Mortality Rates |
304 – 13.2% of NA
62 – 11.5% of NA
$24,001
44 years |
388 – 12.9% of NA
49 – 6.1% of NA
6.1% (Co. rate – 4.2%)
$44,440 NA hslds |
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