Adolescents/Teenagers: Demographics (See All)

Definition: Population under age 18, by age and gender.

Data Source: California Department of Finance, Estimates of Race/Ethnic Population with Age and Gender Detail, 1990-1999, 2000-2010. Accessed online at http://www.dof.ca.gov/research/demographic/data/ (October 2012).

Footnote: State and county populations are estimated using population change models benchmarked on official decennial census counts.

Definition: Population under age 18, by age and gender.

Data Source: California Department of Finance, Estimates of Race/Ethnic Population with Age and Gender Detail, 1990-1999, 2000-2010. Accessed online at http://www.dof.ca.gov/research/demographic/data/ (October 2012).

Footnote: State and county populations are estimated using population change models benchmarked on official decennial census counts.

Definition: Estimated percentage of the population that is foreign-born, by age group (e.g., in 2009-11, 7.6% of California children ages 5-17 were born outside the U.S.). The foreign-born population includes naturalized U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, temporary migrants, humanitarian migrants, and unauthorized migrants.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Accessed at http://factfinder2.census.gov (Dec. 2012).

Footnote: Data are displayed for geographies with at least 20,000 people based on 2011 population estimates. LNE (Low Number Event) refers to estimates that have been suppressed because the confidence interval around the percentage was greater than 10 percentage points. These estimates are based on a survey of the population and are subject to both sampling and nonsampling error. N/A means that data are not available. Some regions listed among the cities under the "Choose Counties, Cities and School Districts" menu are Census Designated Places (CDPs), such as East Los Angeles; CDPs are communities within the unincorporated part of a county.