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10/16/2018 <br />Communities of Interest <br />Bringing like people together for representation <br />What is a community of interest includes ethnic and <br />language minorities and other groups. <br />Communities covered by the Voting Rights Act <br />• <br />Latinos <br />• <br />Asians <br />• <br />African Americans <br />• <br />Religious communities <br />• <br />Other Nationality/Ethnic communities <br />• <br />7 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />Latino and Asian Communities <br />There are densities of Latino and Asian population that <br />will need to be considered in line drawing process. <br />•For ethnic populations we are concerned with the “Citizen Voting <br />Age Population” (CVAP) as calculated by the US Census annually <br />through the American Community Survey. <br />•Base ethnicity of the City shows 17% Asian and 60% Latino CVAP. <br />However, these populations are not evenly distributed -there are <br />strong concentrations of each in parts of the district. <br />8 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />Latino and Asian Communities <br />9 <br />3 <br /> <br />