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726:Education
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634:, 0.8%
630:, 0.3%
332:platted
326:History
305:Indiana
285:Mentone
278:2396750
112:Indiana
97:Country
1420:Kinsey
1354:Atwood
1324:Oswego
1299:Barbee
1256:Seward
1236:Monroe
1168:Sidney
1128:Burket
1098:Warsaw
1084:Cities
1074:Warsaw
861:
697:Latino
672:census
648:Latino
620:census
377:Census
336:Menton
119:County
1344:Other
1281:Wayne
1251:Scott
1241:Plain
1120:Towns
984:(PDF)
677:White
628:White
602:−5.8%
587:11.5%
582:1,001
572:−1.5%
557:−6.3%
542:17.2%
452:−6.9%
437:−3.8%
422:−2.9%
244:46539
233:(EDT)
231:UTC-4
210:UTC-5
107:State
1291:CDPs
1231:Lake
1206:Etna
1201:Clay
992:2018
967:2012
942:2015
920:2015
890:2014
859:ISBN
816:2008
772:2022
593:2020
578:2010
563:2000
548:1990
533:1980
527:2.1%
518:1970
512:1.9%
503:1960
497:9.2%
488:1950
482:3.8%
473:1940
467:3.8%
458:1930
443:1920
428:1910
413:1900
398:1890
386:Note
381:Pop.
291:and
273:GNIS
146:Area
33:Town
855:215
695:or
646:or
597:943
567:898
552:912
537:973
522:830
507:813
492:798
477:731
462:704
447:678
432:728
417:757
402:780
303:of
256:574
224:DST
191:943
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