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2002 California Insurance Commissioner election|
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The 2002 California Insurance Commissioner election occurred on November 5, 2002. The primary elections took place on March 5, 2002. Former Deputy Secretary of the Interior John Garamendi, the Democratic nominee, defeated Corporations Commissioner Gary Mendoza, the Republican nominee, for the office previously held by Harry W. Low.[1]
Primary Results
A bar graph of statewide results in this contest are available at https://web.archive.org/web/20080905210236/http://primary2002.ss.ca.gov/Returns/ins/00.htm.
Results by county are available here and here.
Democratic
California Insurance Commissioner Democratic primary, 2002
Candidate
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Votes
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%
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John Garamendi
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800,146
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38.55
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Tom Umberg
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586,112
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28.24
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Tom Calderon
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476,234
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22.94
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Bill Winslow
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213,239
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10.27
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Total votes
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2,075,731
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100.00
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Republican
California Insurance Commissioner Republican primary, 2002
Candidate
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Votes
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%
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Gary Mendoza
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808,007
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41.74
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Stefan "Watchdog" Stitch
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704,392
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36.39
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Wes Bannister
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423,273
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21.87
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Total votes
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1,935,672
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100.00
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Other Parties
Results
Results by county
Results from the Secretary of State of California:[1]
County
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Garamendi
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Votes
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Mendoza
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Votes
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Sheidlower
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Votes
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Ogden
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Votes
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Calderon
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Votes
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Klein
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Votes
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San Francisco
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70.15%
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137,602
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15.26%
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29,931
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7.78%
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15,261
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3.23%
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6,342
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2.16%
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4,231
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1.42%
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2,777
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Alameda
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64.79%
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214,588
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21.93%
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72,635
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7.28%
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24,111
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2.75%
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9,109
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1.99%
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6,606
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1.26%
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4,169
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Marin
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60.31%
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51,967
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27.33%
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23,551
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7.64%
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6,587
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2.63%
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2,265
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1.16%
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996
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0.93%
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799
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San Mateo
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58.90%
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97,857
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29.56%
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49,102
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4.54%
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7,550
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3.02%
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5,012
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2.44%
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4,058
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1.54%
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2,555
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Santa Cruz
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55.31%
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41,663
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26.17%
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19,709
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10.60%
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7,981
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3.64%
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2,744
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2.68%
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2,015
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1.61%
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1,210
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Contra Costa
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55.05%
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141,101
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34.45%
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88,318
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3.64%
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9,318
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3.03%
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7,771
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2.00%
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5,133
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1.83%
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4,689
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Sonoma
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54.01%
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76,818
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30.16%
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42,896
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8.75%
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12,450
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3.30%
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4,699
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2.09%
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2,966
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1.69%
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2,400
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Los Angeles
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53.87%
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871,779
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33.70%
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545,306
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3.39%
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54,880
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3.33%
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53,894
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3.58%
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57,993
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2.12%
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34,301
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Solano
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53.30%
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46,090
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36.77%
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31,795
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2.95%
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2,555
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2.73%
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2,365
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2.13%
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1,840
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2.12%
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1,829
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Santa Clara
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52.64%
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179,291
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35.02%
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119,261
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4.20%
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14,308
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3.85%
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13,125
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2.56%
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8,731
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1.72%
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5,874
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Napa
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51.96%
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18,738
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35.94%
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12,959
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5.34%
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1,924
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2.78%
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1,001
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2.27%
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818
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1.72%
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619
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Monterey
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51.20%
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43,418
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35.66%
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30,243
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3.64%
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3,087
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3.38%
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2,865
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3.81%
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3,230
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2.31%
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1,961
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Yolo
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49.52%
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22,585
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36.87%
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16,817
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7.23%
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3,297
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2.15%
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979
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2.66%
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1,212
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1.57%
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718
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Lake
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49.11%
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7,734
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39.78%
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6,265
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4.92%
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775
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2.77%
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436
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1.57%
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247
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1.85%
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292
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San Benito
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48.59%
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5,894
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39.31%
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4,769
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2.79%
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338
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3.02%
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366
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4.47%
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542
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1.83%
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222
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Mendocino
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48.49%
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11,746
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31.23%
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7,566
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13.56%
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3,284
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3.03%
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735
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1.77%
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428
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1.93%
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467
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Alpine
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47.22%
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255
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37.41%
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202
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5.37%
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29
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3.70%
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20
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3.89%
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21
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2.41%
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13
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Imperial
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47.15%
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10,085
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39.33%
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8,412
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1.48%
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317
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2.41%
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515
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7.48%
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1,600
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2.15%
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459
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San Joaquin
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46.46%
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57,005
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44.94%
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55,139
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2.04%
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2,505
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2.10%
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2,583
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2.51%
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3,080
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1.95%
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2,396
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Humboldt
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44.86%
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18,484
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35.14%
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14,479
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13.18%
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5,432
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4.04%
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1,666
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1.90%
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783
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0.88%
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364
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Merced
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43.52%
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17,284
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47.00%
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18,666
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1.80%
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716
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2.48%
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983
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3.39%
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1,346
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1.81%
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717
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Sacramento
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42.44%
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131,133
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46.71%
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144,312
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3.85%
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11,887
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2.76%
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8,513
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2.15%
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6,637
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2.10%
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6,485
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Stanislaus
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42.30%
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40,205
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49.67%
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47,214
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2.02%
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1,924
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1.96%
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1,866
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2.27%
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2,157
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1.77%
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1,684
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Del Norte
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42.10%
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2,787
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45.50%
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3,012
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3.87%
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256
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3.87%
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256
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2.05%
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136
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2.61%
|
173
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Tuolumne
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40.43%
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7,223
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50.81%
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9,078
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3.26%
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582
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2.40%
|
429
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1.35%
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242
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1.74%
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311
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Santa Barbara
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40.45%
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44,056
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46.04%
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50,143
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5.37%
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5,847
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3.74%
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4,073
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2.71%
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2,949
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1.70%
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1,850
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Trinity
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40.42%
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1,908
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44.46%
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2,099
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5.57%
|
263
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5.10%
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241
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2.03%
|
96
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2.41%
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114
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Ventura
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40.38%
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76,598
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47.68%
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90,429
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3.02%
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5,734
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3.68%
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6,976
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2.90%
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5,496
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2.34%
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4,442
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Calaveras
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40.05%
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6,059
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49.71%
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7,519
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3.70%
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560
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3.06%
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463
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1.49%
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226
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1.98%
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300
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Mono
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39.86%
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1,159
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48.28%
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1,404
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5.33%
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155
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2.92%
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85
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2.03%
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59
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1.58%
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46
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San Bernardino
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39.56%
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107,649
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48.60%
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132,269
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2.34%
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6,366
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3.49%
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9,508
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3.27%
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8,891
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2.74%
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7,452
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Amador
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39.13%
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5,054
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51.12%
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6,603
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2.87%
|
371
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2.71%
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350
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1.83%
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237
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2.34%
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302
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Riverside
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39.19%
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116,658
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50.72%
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150,956
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1.98%
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5,906
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3.20%
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9,535
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2.57%
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7,654
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2.33%
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6,932
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Tehama
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38.07%
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5,774
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51.43%
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7,800
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2.12%
|
322
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3.62%
|
549
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1.72%
|
261
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3.03%
|
459
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Kings
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37.57%
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7,891
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53.31%
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11,195
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1.59%
|
334
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2.56%
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537
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3.04%
|
639
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1.93%
|
405
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Siskiyou
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37.33%
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5,631
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51.21%
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7,724
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2.94%
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443
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4.73%
|
713
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1.94%
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293
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1.86%
|
280
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San Luis Obispo
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36.32%
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28,697
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50.42%
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39,837
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5.31%
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4,192
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3.95%
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3,125
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1.99%
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1,575
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2.01%
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1,591
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San Diego
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35.98%
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225,666
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52.46%
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328,990
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3.03%
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18,991
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3.80%
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23,810
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2.42%
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15,172
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2.31%
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14,507
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Inyo
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35.70%
|
2,191
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53.09%
|
3,258
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3.18%
|
195
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3.70%
|
227
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1.76%
|
108
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2.57%
|
158
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Kern
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35.41%
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47,632
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54.35%
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73,106
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1.56%
|
2,104
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2.97%
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3,996
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2.52%
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3,393
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3.19%
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4,287
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Shasta
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35.21%
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16,743
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55.57%
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26,426
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2.18%
|
1,038
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3.05%
|
1,452
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1.66%
|
789
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2.33%
|
1,110
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Butte
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35.23%
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21,119
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50.79%
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30,445
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6.86%
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4,113
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2.81%
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1,685
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1.82%
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1,089
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2.49%
|
1,492
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Plumas
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35.24%
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2,729
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53.07%
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4,109
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3.63%
|
281
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3.65%
|
283
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1.69%
|
131
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2.71%
|
210
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Mariposa
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35.01%
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2,205
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54.37%
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3,425
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3.51%
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221
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3.08%
|
194
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1.62%
|
102
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2.41%
|
152
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Fresno
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34.97%
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52,946
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55.03%
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83,308
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2.16%
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3,263
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3.23%
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4,896
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2.56%
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3,874
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2.05%
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3,099
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Lassen
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34.88%
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2,631
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54.38%
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4,102
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2.17%
|
164
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4.02%
|
303
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1.75%
|
132
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2.80%
|
211
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Modoc
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34.61%
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1,136
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55.48%
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1,821
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1.98%
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65
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3.50%
|
115
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1.52%
|
50
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2.89%
|
95
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Colusa
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34.20%
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1,538
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57.42%
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2,582
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1.89%
|
85
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2.00%
|
90
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2.54%
|
114
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1.96%
|
88
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Nevada
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34.11%
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13,106
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52.23%
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20,071
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7.18%
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2,758
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2.96%
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1,139
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1.69%
|
650
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1.83%
|
702
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Orange
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33.33%
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208,490
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55.51%
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347,198
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2.45%
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15,308
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3.86%
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24,149
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2.42%
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15,141
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2.43%
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15,195
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Sierra
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32.84%
|
465
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53.11%
|
752
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5.01%
|
71
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4.80%
|
68
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1.34%
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19
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2.90%
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41
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Madera
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32.70%
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8,446
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57.79%
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14,925
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2.03%
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525
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2.87%
|
742
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2.45%
|
634
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2.14%
|
553
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Yuba
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32.57%
|
3,727
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56.23%
|
6,434
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2.84%
|
325
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3.50%
|
401
|
2.05%
|
235
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2.81%
|
321
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Glenn
|
32.37%
|
2,068
|
57.76%
|
3,690
|
1.83%
|
117
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2.85%
|
182
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1.86%
|
119
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3.33%
|
213
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El Dorado
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32.23%
|
17,674
|
57.13%
|
31,327
|
4.04%
|
2,213
|
2.82%
|
1,549
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1.75%
|
958
|
2.04%
|
1,118
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Sutter
|
32.11%
|
6,105
|
60.02%
|
11,409
|
1.75%
|
333
|
2.07%
|
394
|
2.01%
|
383
|
2.03%
|
386
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Tulare
|
32.08%
|
19,648
|
57.23%
|
35,057
|
1.68%
|
1,032
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2.94%
|
1,801
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3.31%
|
2,029
|
2.76%
|
1,688
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Placer
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31.93%
|
30,206
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59.40%
|
56,193
|
2.77%
|
2,618
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2.66%
|
2,518
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1.54%
|
1,455
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1.70%
|
1,610
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See also
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