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For the first time in the modern era, non-Hispanic Whites are officially a minority in California, amounting to a little less than half the population of the state, down from nearly three-quarters a decade ago.

For the first time in the modern era, non-Hispanic Whites are officially a minority in California, and that amounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down from a decade ago, when they were nearly three-quarters.