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- Slide 1
- Urban Planning 206A Prof. Leo Estrada By Pedro E. Nava Fresno
County & The San Joaquin Valley: Agricultural Production,
Unemployment, & Educational Attainment
- Slide 2
- San Joaquin Valley Comprised of 8 counties Considered the
agricultural hub of the state & nation. Measure of America
(2008) SJV is one of the lowest ranked regions on wellbeing
indicators. [Health, Income, Education]
- Slide 3
- The Purpose To analyze spatial relationships between
agricultural production, poverty and educational attainment. How
does the political economy of the San Joaquin Valley shape the life
chances of youth living there? Where are there areas in the SJV
that foster greater opportunity for youth, specifically those from
farmworking background?
- Slide 4
- California & The Migrant Labor $36.2 billion agricultural
output in state of CA (2008) $11.3 billion alone in counties that
are part of U.S. CD 20 Measure of America report CD 20 rated worst
in the nation out of 435 Only 6.5% of adults were college graduates
Average income $17K year
- Slide 5
- A Profile of Migrant Students 800,000 migrant students
nationally 330,000 in California Almost 45% live in Central Valley
Large percentages of students are undocumented.
- Slide 6
- SJV is #1 in Ag Production Historical development of state
allowed for the creation of large farms in CA. Yet US farm policy
is based on small family farm of Midwest. Fresno County has higher
than state average unemployment rate Stats underestimate the real
unemployment rate due to seasonal status of farm labor demands
& residency status of farmworkes today.
- Slide 7
- To determine the poverty rate of youth under 18 in Fresno
County I combined attribute fields from the American Community
Survey for males and females. [(