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1747:Havre North
1644:County seat
1585:January 15,
1560:January 15,
1513:January 31,
1330:November 2,
692:2000 census
644:2010 census
313: /
301:110°25′23″W
281:2020 census
273:Hill County
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71:110°25′23″W
1814:West Havre
1804:St. Pierre
1283:References
696:As of the
648:As of the
298:48°33′20″N
259:feature ID
167:Population
68:48°33′20″N
1848:Footnotes
1762:Inverness
1727:Box Elder
1402:"Hingham"
1356:April 23,
287:Geography
247:FIPS code
235:Area code
189:Time zone
159:Elevation
1886:Category
1737:Gildford
1412:April 5,
1261:Portland
1226:(290.1)
1157:Average
1077:(−13.4)
1027:(−12.0)
1022:(−15.7)
705:, 1.91%
670:Hispanic
251:30-36400
223:ZIP code
1809:Sangrey
1794:Rudyard
1767:Kremlin
1699:Hingham
1463:June 4,
1265:Chicago
1257:Seattle
1082:(−1.5)
1072:(−8.2)
1067:(−1.2)
1057:(10.7)
1052:(11.1)
1037:(−1.1)
1032:(−6.7)
1007:(−7.2)
1002:(−1.6)
992:(13.5)
987:(19.8)
982:(20.2)
977:(17.1)
972:(12.5)
957:(−5.6)
952:(−9.7)
942:(13.7)
937:(−1.1)
927:(15.2)
922:(22.2)
917:(28.8)
912:(29.2)
907:(25.2)
902:(20.4)
897:(14.7)
882:(−3.6)
736:Climate
664:, 0.8%
660:, 3.4%
409:Hi-Line
277:Montana
269:Hingham
262:0772428
112:Montana
97:Country
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1752:Herron
1249:Amtrak
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932:(4.9)
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698:census
674:Latino
650:census
617:−24.8%
602:−13.3%
572:−29.0%
512:−18.3%
452:Census
119:County
1717:Azure
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1224:11.46
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703:White
666:Asian
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587:−2.7%
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497:63.0%
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228:59528
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1214:0.45
1209:0.62
1204:1.03
1199:1.20
1194:1.51
1189:1.90
1184:1.84
1179:0.87
1174:0.70
1169:0.36
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1045:48.0
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985:67.6
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930:40.8
925:59.4
920:71.9
915:83.9
910:84.6
905:77.4
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461:Note
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