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American and Mexican flags decorate an auto shop in Santa Ana, Calif., on June 17, 2011
Percentage of California's population that is Latino, nearly at parity with non-Hispanic whites, according to 2010 census figures
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American and Mexican flags decorate an auto shop in Santa Ana, Calif., on June 17, 2011
Percentage of California's population that is Latino, nearly at parity with non-Hispanic whites, according to 2010 census figures