MSMU RSWG 2023 final - Flipbook - Page 11
BIRTHPLACE OF IMMIGRANT WOMEN AND GIRLS IN CALIFORNIA
ASIA
LATIN AMERICA
42% 48%
EUROPE
OTHER
6%
1%
MEDIAN AGES19
⊲ In 2021, nearly half
(48%) of California women
and girls born in another
country have immigrated
from Latin America, down
from 51% in 2016. In 2021,
42% are from Asia, up
from 39% in 2016.18
ALL WOMEN
38.6
31.3 YEARS
LATINA
42.1 YEARS
ASIAN AMERICAN
AFRICAN AMERICAN
38.9 YEARS
WHITE
48.1 YEARS
MEDIAN EARNINGS OF CALIFORNIA WOMEN (16 AND OLDER)20
$15,417
$14,462
$57,373
$57,104
$16,051
$17,755
PART-TIME
$72,778
$73,059
FULL-TIME
$13,932
$40,524
ALL WOMEN
$36,228
AFRICAN AMERICAN
$38,608
ASIAN AMERICAN
$50,375
LATINA
$27,700
WHITE
$47,225
SEXUAL ORIENTATION
In 2015,
In 2021,
8%
10%
of women
identified as not
heterosexual.
of women
identified as not
heterosexual.
⊲ In recent years, diversity
in sexual orientation has
increased across California, as
more California women now
identify as not heterosexual.21
Across 2018-202122, 0.8% of
Californians (0.2% of women)
identified as transgender or
gender nonconforming.23
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