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Time Magazine Cover About Latino Voters Features Photo Of Non-Latino Man

PHOTO: Time Magazine's New Cover Stirs Controversy
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Time Magazine made headlines this week for the bold claim made by the magazine's latest cover story. The cover, titled "Yo Decido. Why Latinos Will Pick The Next President," features images of of multiple Latino voters. Or does it?

According to New York Magazine and The OC Weekly, at least one person photographed for the cover does not identify himself as Latino. He is half Chinese and half white. Michael Schennum, the gentleman featured in the top row just behind the letter "M," wrote on his Facebook page, "They never told me what it was for or [asked] if I was Latino." Schennum is a staff photographer for the Arizona Republic.

The magazine said that Time photographer Marco Grob spent a weekend in February "chronicling Latino voters in Phoenix, Arizona." He photographed more than 150 people in just three days.

Time Magazine told New York Magazine, "We took steps to ensure that everyone self-identified as Latino, that they are registered voters, and that they would be willing to answer our questions. If there was a misunderstanding with one of our subjects, we apologize."

Time was also the subject of a recent review by "The Daily Show's" Jon Stewart. Stewart lampooned the magazine for selecting significantly lighter cover stories for its U.S. edition when compared to its international counterparts.

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American Latinos: By The Numbers
43%(01 of14)
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43% is the percentage increase in the Hispanic population between April 1, 2000, and April 1, 2010, making Hispanics the fastest-growing minority group.Source for all statistics: United States Census
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50.5 million(02 of14)
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50.5 million is the size of the Hispanic population of the United States as of April 1, 2010, making people of Hispanic origin the nation's largest ethnic or race minority. Hispanics constituted 16.3 percent of the nation's total population. In addition, there are 3.7 million residents of Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory.
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132.8 million(03 of14)
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132.8 million is the projected size of the Hispanic population of the United States on July 1, 2050. According to this projection, Hispanics will constitute 30 percent of the nation's population by that date.
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2nd(04 of14)
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2nd is the ranking of the size of the U.S. Hispanic population worldwide, as of 2010. Only Mexico (112 million) had a larger Hispanic population than the United States (50.5 million).
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14 million (05 of14)
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14 million is the size of the population of the Hispanic-origin population that lived in California in 2010, up from 11 million in 2000.
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96% (06 of14)
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96% is the percentage of the population of Webb County, Texas, that was Hispanic as of 2010. This is the highest proportion of any county in the country.
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82(07 of14)
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82 is the number of the nation's 3,143 counties that were majority-Hispanic.
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10.4 million(08 of14)
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10.4 million is the number of Hispanic family households in the United States in 2010.
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35 Million(09 of14)
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35 million is the number of U.S. residents 5 and older who spoke Spanish at home in 2009. Those who hablan español constituted 12 percent of U.S. residents. More than half of these Spanish speakers spoke English "very well."
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26.6%(10 of14)
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26.6% is the poverty rate among Hispanics in 2010, up from 25.3 percent in 2009, and 23.2 percent in 2008.
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14%(11 of14)
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14% the percentage of the Hispanic population 25 and older with a bachelor's degree or higher in 2010.
47%(12 of14)
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47% is the percent of the foreign-born population that was Hispanic in 2009.
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9.7 million(13 of14)
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9.7 million is the number of Hispanic citizens who reported voting in the 2008 presidential election, about 2 million more than voted in 2004. The percentage of Hispanic citizens voting went from 47 percent in 2004 to 50 percent in 2008.
1.1 million(14 of14)
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1.1 million is the number of Hispanics or Latinos 18 and older who are veterans of the U.S. armed forces.
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