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A Quick Look At California's Changing Demographics
There are roughly 40 million people in California.
That's more people than live in the 21 smallest states combined. Combined.
California is so diverse that it’s famous for being a majority minority state, where no ethnic group claims more than 50% of the population.
We're about to get a new look at who lives among us in the Golden State. But there are big worries that the 2020 U.S. Census will undercount Californians.
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