| I. ETHNICITY |
SAN
MATEO COUNTY
FIELDS OF SERVICE CATEGORIES |
A. ASIANS & PACIFIC ISLANDERS
(SEE COUNTY PROFILE, MINORITY YOUTH &
FAMILIES POPULATION CATEGORIES) |
| POSSIBLE
INDICATORS |
1990 NEEDS
ASSESSMENT REPORT |
UPDATE |
OTHER NEEDS
STATEMENT-DATA |
Total Bay Area Population
Total County Population
Population Growth '80-'90
Population Concentration
by Subareas of the County
North County
Central County
South County
Coastside
Persons Below Poverty Level
Families Below Poverty Level
Unemployment Rates
Mean Family Income
Life Expectancy
Infant Mortality Rates
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1980
325,619 - 10% of B.A.
1988
57,901 - 9.6 of County
37,343 - 64.5% of A/PI
14,834 - 25.8% of A/PI
5,070 - 8.8% of A/PI
645 - 1.1% of A/PI
3,872 - 6.5% of A/PI
723 - 5.2& of A/PI
$30,201
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1990
599,165 - 16.3% of B.A.
109,281 - 16.8% - of County
56,305 - 109,281:94.1%
growth
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
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 1000 births
5.9 per 1000 births for all Co.
infants
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- 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 Pacific Islander 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 percent 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 Chines live in North
County subareas. The majority (53.2%) of the Japanese reside in the Central County
subareas.
- Severe assimilation problems, particularly language and
culture, face most in this ethnic group.
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Source: 1990 US Census
Year 1993, County
Health Status Profile |
B. BLACK / AFRICAN AMERICANS
(SEE COUNTY PROFILE, MINORITY YOUTH &
FAMILIES POPULATION CATEGORIES) |
| POSSIBLE
INDICATORS |
1990 NEEDS
ASSESSMENT REPORT |
UPDATE |
OTHER NEEDS
STATEMENT-DATA |
Total Bay Area Population
Total County Population
Population Growth '80-'90
Population Concentration
by Subareas of the County
North County
Central County
South County
Coastside
Persons Below Poverty Level
Families Below Poverty Level
Unemployment Rates
Mean Family Income
Life Expectancy
Infant Mortality Rates
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1980
391,162 - 12.0% of BA
37,684 - 5.9% of County
14,171 - 32.6% of Blacks
4,527 - 12.9% of Blacks
18,775 - 49.8% Blacks
211 - 0.6% of Blacks
4,538 - 13.1% of Blacks
984 - 11.5 % of Blacks
$22,173
69.4 years - 6 years less
than Whites (75.4 yrs)
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1990
426,320 - 11.6% of BA
35,283 - 5.4% of County
35,487 - 35283 (-0.6%)
12,988 - 36.8% of Blacks
5,019 - 14.2% of Blacks
16,777 - 47.2% of Blacks
119 - 0.3% of Blacks
4,952 - 15.1% of Blacks
1,100 - 13.2% of Blacks
9.1% (County Rate - 4.2%)
$44,440 Blacks hlds
3 year average 1967 - 1989
16.9 per 1,000 live births
5.9 per 1,000 all Co.
infants |
- Black/African Americans total 35,283 and represent 5.4% of
the county's total population. South County which represents 27.9% of the county's total
population, has the largest concentration of Blacks living in San Mateo County. Overall
47.6% of San Mateo County's Black population reside in South County, primarily within the
city of East Palo Alto.
- Infant mortality, new born, death rates and low birth
weights are higher and life expectancy rates are lower among Blacks than among Whites or
other minority Groups.
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Source: 1990 US Census
Year 1993, County
Health Status Profile |
C. HISPANICS
(SEE COUNTY PROFILE, MINORITY YOUTH &
FAMILIES POPULATION CATEGORIES) |
| POSSIBLE
INDICATORS |
1990 NEEDS
ASSESSMENT REPORT |
UPDATE |
OTHER NEEDS
STATEMENT-DATA |
Total Bay Area Population
Total County Population
Population Growth '80-'90
Population Concentration
by Subareas of the County
North County
Central County
South County
Coastside
Persons Below Poverty Level
Families Below Poverty Level
Unemployment Rates
Mean Family Income
Life Expectancy
Infant Mortality Rates
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1980
351,698 - 10.8% of BA
1988
76,692 - 12.1% of County
39,022 - 53.1% of Hispanics
14,699 - 19.9% of Hispanics
20,342 - 23.4% of Hispanics
2,629 - 3.6% of Hispanics
7,584 - 10.5% of Hispanics
1,440 - 8.57% of Hispanics
$24,289
Lower than among Whites or
other minority groups
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506,361 - 13.7% of BA
114,627 - 17.6% of County
73,339 - 114627 - 56.3%
49,092 - 42.8% of Hispanics
22,237 - 19.4% of Hispanics
38,300 - 33.4% of Hispanics
2,846 - 15.1% of Hispanics
7.2% (County rate - 4.2%)
$44,144 Hispanics hsld
3 years average 1987 - 1989
4.5 per 1,000 births
5.9 per 1,000 births, all Co.
infants
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- Hispanics comprise the largest ethnic population in San
Mateo County. The 114,627 Hispanics who live in San Mateo County comprise 17.6% of the
county's total population. The North county subarea has the largest concentration of
Hispanics with 49,092 or 42.8% of the Hispanic population. Of these 49,092 Hispanics
residing in North subarea, 20,634 or 42% live in Daily City. The South County subarea has
the next largest concentration of Hispanics with 38,300 or 33.4% of the Hispanic
population.
- Mexicans comprise the largest cultural group within the
Hispanic population, 63,312 or 55.2% of all San Mateo County's Hispanics.
- About 30% of the Hispanic population are under the age of
18. Census figures don't represent many unreported and undocumented Hispanic people in the
county, and very likely they underreport the number of very young people in the Hispanic
population.
- In 1989, the census indicates that the mean per capita
income for Hispanic person was $11,576, the lowest such figure among all specified ethnic
groups. Many poor Hispanics are most likely not to be reflected in census date.
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Source: 1990 US Census
San Mateo County
Profile
Nuestro Canto De
Salud Health Project, May 1993 |
D. NATIVE AMERICANS
(SEE COUNTY PROFILE, MINORITY YOUTH &
FAMILIES POPULATION CATEGORIES) |
| POSSIBLE
INDICATORS |
1990 NEEDS
ASSESSMENT REPORT |
UPDATE |
OTHER NEEDS
STATEMENT-DATA |
Total Bay Area Population
Total County Population
Population Growth '80-'90
Population Concentration
by Subareas of the County
North County
Central County
South County
Coastside
Persons Below Poverty Level
Families Below Poverty Level
Unemployment Rates
Mean Family Income
Life Expectancy
Infant Mortality Rates |
1990
18,136 - 0.6% of BA
1988
2,659 - 0.4% of County
1,272 - 47.8% of NA
516 - 19.4% of NA
725 - 27.3% of NA
146 - 5.5% of NA
304 - 13.2% of NA
62 - 11.5% of NA
$240,001
44 years
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1990
21,462 - 0.6% of BA
2,987 - 0.5% of Co.
2,481 - 2987 - 20.46+
1,345 - 45.1% of NA
653 - 21.9% of NA
819 - 27.9% of NA
85 - 2.8% of NA
388 - 12.9% of NA
46 - 6.1% of NA
6.1% (Co. rate - 4.2%)
$44,440 NA hslds
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- 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 group has high substance abuse, school
dropout, mental illness and suicide rates, and faces severe problems of acculturation,
poverty, family separation and discrimination.
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Source: 1990 US Census
Year 1993, County
Health Status Profile |
E. MINORITY YOUTH (BLACK, HISPANIC, ASIAN & PACIFIC ISLANDER)
(SEE TEEN PARENTS, ABUSED CHILDREN &
YOUTH POPULATION CATEGORIES) |
| POSSIBLE
INDICATORS |
1990 NEEDS
ASSESSMENT REPORT |
UPDATE |
OTHER NEEDS
STATEMENT-DATA |
Total County Population (10-21 yrs)
Minority Population
(10-21 Years)
Population by Race
Asian/Pacific Islander
Black/African American
Hispanic
High School Drop-Out Rates by Race
(1990 - 1991)
American Indian
Asian American
Filipino American
Hispanic American
Black/African Americans
Pacific Islander
White Youths
Juvenile Arrests (10-17 yrs) in SM by Race
(1991)
Black/African American
Hispanic
White
Other, not specified
Teen Birth Rates
Unemployment Rates (16 - 19 yrs)
Teen Suicide Rates |
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1990
88,148 - 13.6% of Co.
46,989 - 53.3% of youth
10-21 yrs.
18,778 - 39.9% of min. yth.
6,176 - 13.7% min. yth.
22,036 - 46.9% of min. yth.
42.2%
3.8%
8.0%
23.3%
22.9%
16.8%
8.8%
Total: 4,676
928
1,270
1,601
878
All Youth
26.8%
14.2% (county: 4.2%) |
- Minority girls from low-income families are at risk for
abuse, violence, educational, deprivation, pregnancy and neglect.
- A sizable number of minority live in poverty and are
disproportionate represented in statistics reflecting crime, unemployment, and substance
abuse.
- Illiteracy rates are highest among the already
disadvantaged, which includes minority youth.
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Source: Children Now
County Date Book, 1993
United Way,
Balance and Equity, SNF Update, 1993
Employment
Development Department, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Department of
Education, State of Calfornia
Bureau of
Criminal Statistics, California Department of Justice |
F. WHITE POPULATION
(SEE COUNTY YOUTH & FAMILY POPULATION
CATEGORIES) |
| POSSIBLE
INDICATORS |
1990 NEEDS
ASSESSMENT REPORT |
1993 UPDATE |
OTHER NEEDS
STATEMENT-DATA |
Total Bay Area Population
Total County Population
Population Growth '80-'90
Population Concentration
by Subareas of the County
North County
Central County
South County
Coastside
Persons Below Poverty Level
Families Below Poverty Level
Unemployment Rates
Mean Family Income
Life Expectancy
Infant Mortality Rates |
1980
2,334,928 - 71.8% of BA
1988
500,432 - 78.5% of Co.
148,112 - 29.6% of Whites
167,703 - 33.9% of Whites
159,366 - 31.9% of Whites
23,251 - 4.6% of Whites
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1990
2,431,614 - 65.9% of BA
466,885 - 71.9% of Co.
458,489 - 466,885 = 1.8% growth
131,941 - 28.3% of Whites
158,774 - 34.0% of Whites
140,869 - 30.2% of Whites
17,508 - 3.7% of Whites
23,998 - 5.2% of Whites
3,851 - 3.1% of Whites
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- White 71.9% of the overall county population in 1990 was
White, the proportion of White Range From 57.1% in North County to 92.8% in the Coastside
subarea.
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Source: 1990 US Census
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