Fresno, Californi A Demographic Analysis

I grew up in one of the poorest cities in America, Fresno, California, and I loved it there. There is so much diversity, people who "have it all"; stable income, huge houses, healthy families, and people who have very little; crowded apartments, broken family structures, and barely enough money to pay the bills. It is a very racially and ethnically diverse city. About half of the population of Fresno is caucasian, and about forty percent is Hispanic or Latino. Asians and African-Americans make up the most of the rest of the population. Growing up, I went to a high school in southwest Fresno, which many would consider the "scary part" of town. There was a high concentration of crime, poverty, and specific races in that area, that many people