Chapter 14 - The Southwest Border Area: Tricultural Development

According to the U.S. Census Bureau's website, there is a diverse amount of ethnic background in Monterey Bay, but it does not seem as diverse as the Southwest Border area. White persons consists of 85.5% of the population in Monterey County, Black persons consists of 3.5%, American Indian and Alaska Native persons consists of 1.4%, Asian persons consists of 6.4%, Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander consists of 0.6%, and persons of Hispanic or latin origin consists of 53.9%.


It is interesting to learn how certain ethnic groups chose to settle in Monterey Bay. After reading a website by the Monterey County Historical Society, I learned that Chinese immigrants were the first to fish in Monterey Bay starting in 1850. They came up with industrialized ways to fish which made Monterey Bay a successful fishing port. This also developed Cannery Row. Another early settler of Monterey Bay were the Spanish. In 1602 an explorer from Spain named Sebastian Vizcaino found Monterey. He did reports on how Monterey had good land to settle on. He was the first person to record the ecological features of the California coast including Monterey.