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Spanish surname population tops 3 million in California
California's Spanish surnamed residents exceed three million, about 16 percent of the total. The Mexican-American Legal Defense Fund says the group will surpass one fifth of the state by 1975 and nearly half by 1982. Los Angeles and Santa Clara Counties show 18 percent Spanish-surnamed residents.
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