CALIFORNIA 41 : Parts of Orange, Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties

The 41st is carved from three counties, with its center where Los Angeles, Orange and San Bernardino counties meet. A swing district with a Republican voter registration edge, the 41st is solidly middle- and upper-class and has the state's highest percentage of married couples and lowest percentage of senior citizens.

The district contains the most Republican portion of affluent, white-collar Orange County and a less affluent and more Democratic section of Los Angeles. Politically mixed San Bernardino County, called the Inland Empire's West End, has the bulk of the district's voters and is a prime political battleground.

Dairy drives the economy in the 41st's western cities of Chino and Chino Hills. In the late 1990s, other businesses got a boost from the expansion of Ontario's regional airport and the construction of the Ontario Convention Center.

Major Industry
Service, dairy, manufacturing

Population
572,529 (1990)

Cities
Pomona (pt.), 106,647; Ontario (pt.), 81,708 (1990); Upland, 66,230 (1998 est.)

People
99% urban; 6% age 65+ (ranks 52 of 52 in state; bottom third nationally); 65% married couples, 38% married couples with children; 21% college educated (ranks 26 of 52 in state; middle third nationally); 62% white collar (ranks 23 of 52 in state; top third nationally), 26% blue collar (ranks 18 of 52 in state; middle third nationally) (1990)

Race
68% white, 7% black, 10% Asian; 31% Hispanic origin (1990)

Median Household Income
$44,607 (ranks 12 of 52 in state; top third nationally) (1990)

Unusual Features
Yorba Linda, birthplace and burial site of Richard Nixon, home of the Nixon Library.

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