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SECTION IV. NEEDS INDICATORS FOR
SELECTED SAN MATEO COUNTY POPULATIONS
Set of needs indicators for each of twenty-three population groups
with comparative data from the 1990 Needs Assessment Report to the most
current data available.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. ETHNICITY
A. Asians & Pacific Islanders
B. Blacks/African Americans
C. Hispanics
D. Native Americans
E. Minority Youth
F. White Population
II. AGE
A. Children & Youth
B. Elderly
III. WOMEN & GIRLS
IV. LOW INCOME
A. Homeless
B. Poor or Marginal Poor
C. Unemployed
V. FAMILIES
A. Teen Parents
B. Single Parents
C. Abused Children
D. Battered Women
E. Abused Elders
VI. HEALTH
A. HIV Infected
B. Persons with Disabilities
VII. EX-OFFENDERS
VIII. IMMIGRANTS & REFUGEES
IX. LESBIANS/GAY MEN
X. VETERANS
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| I. ETHNICITY |
SAN MATEO COUNTY
POPULATION CATEGORIES |
| A.
ASIANS & PACIFIC ISLANDERS
(See County profile, Minority Youth
& Families Population Categories) |
| POSSIBLE INDICATORS |
1990 NEEDS ASSESSMENT
REPORT |
UPDATE |
OTHER NEEDS STATEMENTS-DATA |
| Total Bay Area Population |
1980
325,619 - 10% of B..A. |
1990
599,165 -16.3% of B.A |
In 1990, Asians and Pacific Islanders totaled 109,281 and represented 16.8% of the
county’s total population. Asians and Pacific Islanders are the second largest ethnic
population in San Mateo County. Included within the Asian category are Filipino, Chinese,
Japanese, Asian Indian, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai, Laotian, Cambodian, and Hmong. Included
within the Pacific Islander Category are Samoan, Tongan, Hawaiian, other Polynesians,
Guamanian, other Micronesian and Melanesian.
- Filipinos comprise the largest ethnic population within the Asian/Pacific Islander
category with a population of 44,732 or 40.9% of the Asian/Pacific Islander population and
6.9% of San Mateo County’s total population. Over 80% of the Filipinos reside in the
North County subarea of San Mateo.
- Chinese and Japanese are the second and third largest ethnic group within the
Asian/Pacific Islander population with 29.7% and 9.1% respectively, of the total
Asian/Pacific Islander population. Over 50 percent of the Chinese live in the North County
subarea. The majority (53.2%) of the Japanese reside in the Central County subarea
- Severe assimilation problems, particularly language and culture, face most in this
ethnic group.
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Total County Population |
1988
57,901 - 9.6% of County
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109,281 - 16.8% of County |
| Population Growth `80-`90 |
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56,305 - 109,281: 94.1% growth |
| Population Concentration
by Subareas of the County
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- North County
- Central County
- South County
- Coastside
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37,343 - 64.5% of A/PI
14,834 - 25.6% of A/P
5,070 - 8.8% of A/PI
645 - 1.1% of A/PI
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67,607 - 62.6% of A/PI
28,236 - 26.1% of A/PI
11,544 - 10.7% of A/PI
602 - 0.6% of A/PI
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| Persons Below Poverty Level Families Below Poverty Level
Unemployment Rates
Mean Family Income
Life Expectancy
Infant Mortality Rates |
3,872 - 6.5% of A/PI
723- 5.2% of A/PI
$30,201 |
6,364 - 5.9% of A/PI
1,229 - 5.0% of A/PI
3.8% (Co. Rate - 4.2%)
$59,293 A/PI hlds
3 year average 1987 – 1989
7.4 per 1,000 births
5.9 per 1,000 births for all Co.
infants
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| Source: 1990 Census Year 1993,
County Health Status Profile |
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