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2023-05-05 01:30:51 UTC - NOT_MISLEADING

The 2018 Census source provided in an above note does not support the note's claim that California is 59.5% White: https://data.census.gov/table?q=B03002&tid=ACSDT1Y2018.B03002&lastDisplayedRow=20&hidePreview=true&vintage=2018&layer=county&cid=B03002_001E&g=040XX00US06 According to that source, there are 39,557,045 Californians, of which 14,495,479 are non-Hispanic White. This equals 36.6% - not 59.5%.

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• The 2018 Census source provided in an above note does not support the note's claim that California is 59.5% White: https://data.census.gov/table?q=B03002&tid=ACSDT1Y2018.B03002&lastDisplayedRow=20&hidePreview=true&vintage=2018&layer=county&cid=B03002_001E&g=040XX00US06 According to that source, there are 39,557,045 Californians, of which 14,495,479 are non-Hispanic White. This equals 36.6% - not 59.5%.