OUR OWN MELTING POT : AN ETHNIC BREAKDOWN OF THOSE AROUND US
It’s often been said that America is a melting pot, but how do we and our neighbors fit into the picture? There has been much discussion lately about ethnicity, with the passage of Proposition 187, the anti-illegal immigration measure. In Los Angeles County, there are 3.6 million whites, 3.3 million Latinos and almost a million blacks. Here’s a snapshot of our local world.
Los Angeles Unified School District 1993-94 school year figures
Total enrollment Valley: 181,018
Latino: 60%
White: 25%
Asian: 7%
Black: 7%
Filipino: 2%
Other: 0.7%
Total enrollment district: 639,098
Latino: 66%
Black: 14%
White: 12%
Asian: 5%
Filipino: 2%
Other: 0.6%
Ancestry of select population groups (chart)
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Sources: 1990 U.S. Census, and individual school districts; researched by STEPHANIE STASSEL / Los Angeles Times
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