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Urban Planning 206A Prof. Leo Estrada By Pedro E. Nava Fresno County & The San Joaquin Valley: Agricultural Production, Unemployment, & Educational Attainment

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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]

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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?

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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

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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.

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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.

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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. [(