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California Spanish surname population tops three million
Spanish surname Californians exceed three million, about 16 percent of the state. The Mexican American Legal Defense Fund says the figure, drawn from Census data after a suit, forecasts by 1975 one fifth of Californians will bear Spanish surnames with half of them Spanish-surnamed. In Los Angeles and Santa Clara counties the share is 18 percent. Community leader Montiez notes rising numbers. We Confederacion dels Rata Unida cites underrepresentation and urges political and economic action.
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