LA Area and SF Bay Area Racial Breakdown 2008 (Los Angeles, San Francisco: living, estimates)

[18Montclair]

Census estimates for 2008 came out so I did some adding up.

California 2 Largest Combined Statistical Areas, 2008

Los Angeles Area by County

Non Hispanic White 6,257,551 35.1%
Ventura 51.5%
Orange 46.2%
Riverside 42.2%
San Bernardino 35.6%
Los Angeles 28.8%

Black 1,207,932 6.7%
Los Angeles 8.6%%
San Bernardino 8.4%
Riverside 5.9%
Ventura 1.7%
Orange 1.5%

Asian 2,022,371 11.3%
Orange 15.9%
Los Angeles 12.8%
Ventura 6.2%
San Bernardino 5.6%
Riverside 5.1%

Hispanic or Latino of any race 7,906,495 44.4%
Los Angeles 47.6%
San Bernardino 47.4%
Riverside 43.8%
Ventura 37.8%
Orange 33.7%

San Francisco Bay Area by County

Non Hispanic White 3,371,083 45.8%
Marin 75.0%
Sonoma 68.2%
Santa Cruz 62.8%
Napa 59.3%
Contra Costa 50.7%
San Francisco 45.6%
San Mateo 45.3%
Solano 43.4%
San Benito 40.7%
Santa Clara 37.9%
Alameda 36.7%

Black 476,374 6.3%
Solano 14.4%
Alameda 12.5%
Contra Costa 9.1%
San Francisco 6.2%
Marin 2.8%
San Mateo 2.8%
Santa Clara 2.5%
Napa 1.8%
Santa Cruz 0.9%
San Benito 0.8%

Asian 1,571,607 21.3%
San Francisco 30.9%
Santa Clara 30.7%
Alameda 24.4%
San Mateo 23.7%
Solano 13.5%
Contra Costa 13.4%
Napa 5.9%
Marin 5.2%
Santa Cruz 3.8%
Sonoma 3.6%
San Benito 2.7%

Hispanic or Latino 1,715,078 23.3%
San Benito 53.7%
Napa 30.0%
Santa Cruz 29.2%
Santa Clara 25.9%
San Mateo 23.4%
Sonoma 23.1%
Contra Costa 22.8%
Solano 22.6%
Alameda 21.7%
Marin 14.1%
San Francisco 14.1%

[BayAreaHillbilly]

To people who say that LA County is Mexifornia, I say, check out San Benito County. Of course, in San Benito's case, they have many who are descendants of the Californios, and added to them, all the more recent arrivals. Interestingly, my county (San Mateo) is among the more Latino ones among the inner counties - so, even with La Mission SF is not as Hispanic as it is down here.

Eso Si Que Es!

[NorCal Dude]

The vast majority of residents are not descendants of Californios. They are "newer" arrivals.

[kettlepot]

Originally Posted by NorCal Dude

The vast majority of residents are not decedents of Californios. They are "newer" arrivals.

You are on the right track here. It's not just the vast majority of residents who are not decedents of the Californios, absolutely none of them are. Residents only include the living, so decedents and residents are two mutually exclusive groups. Though I guess you could make a case for residents of graveyards, but that's usually a case of someone trying to being flippant.

So says the Vocabulary Nazi.