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290:feature ID
198:Population
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99:32°06′53″N
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1420:July 14,
1044:Average
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549:, 0.73%
545:, 0.83%
282:35-35040
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1353:June 4,
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949:(15.7)
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934:(18.5)
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884:(26.8)
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849:(22.7)
844:(18.4)
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696:Climate
684:Airport
592:History
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293:2410131
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1178:(2.0)
1173:(1.5)
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1123:(3.3)
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505:2,047
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475:2,156
460:2,675
445:2,602
435:49.0%
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420:76.9%
415:2,047
400:1,157
328:Texas
259:88252
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246:UTC-6
225:UTC-7
206:2,202
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1051:0.41
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962:29.2
957:36.7
952:48.9
947:60.2
942:66.8
937:68.0
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922:47.6
917:38.8
912:32.4
907:27.9
897:79.5
892:61.0
887:68.6
882:80.3
877:88.8
872:95.0
867:96.3
862:95.6
857:89.0
852:81.8
847:72.9
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747:Sep
744:Aug
741:Jul
738:Jun
735:May
732:Apr
729:Mar
726:Feb
723:Jan
676:The
525:7.6%
516:2020
510:2.6%
501:2010
486:2000
471:1990
465:2.8%
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441:1970
426:1960
411:1950
396:1940
381:1930
369:Note
364:Pop.
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