The United States Census Bureau has confirmed that the long-expected milestone happened in the first half of 2014, underscoring a wider Latino demographic surge across the US.
According to census figures released last month, California’s Latinos numbered 14.99 million by July 1 2014, putting them ahead of the state’s 14.92 million non-Hispanic whites.
It makes California the first big state, and the third overall after Hawaii and New Mexico, without a white plurality. California is expected to have a Latino majority by 2060.
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