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living together, 5.6% had a female householder with no husband present, 2.4% had a male householder with no wife present, and 34.3% were non-families. 32.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size
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1127:"Iowa Town Seeks Its Grump-of-the-Year"
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359:42.70333°N 92.22639°W
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307:2020 census
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1471:Categories
1384:Washington
1268:Plainfield
1262:Janesville
855:August 12,
849:census.gov
807:References
741:Readlyn's
656:As of the
600:As of the
350:92°13′35″W
347:42°42′12″N
285:feature ID
193:Population
79:92°13′35″W
76:42°42′12″N
1433:Footnotes
1396:community
1354:Lafayette
1349:Jefferson
1334:Frederika
1311:Townships
1257:Frederika
1008:August 6,
881:April 23,
826:March 16,
712:Education
575:March 29,
336:Geography
328:and area
273:FIPS code
261:Area code
215:Time zone
185:Elevation
1404:Artesian
1364:Maxfield
1329:Franklin
758:railroad
679:Hispanic
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311:Waterloo
277:19-65910
249:ZIP code
1344:Jackson
1339:Fremont
1324:Douglas
1289:Waverly
1284:Tripoli
1273:Readlyn
1234:Waverly
958:May 11,
933:June 4,
911:May 11,
724:Culture
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288:0460544
105:Country
1424:Wapsie
1419:Siegel
1414:Horton
1409:Bremer
1379:Warren
1359:Le Roy
1319:Dayton
1278:Sumner
1252:Denver
1244:Cities
683:Latino
658:census
634:Latino
602:census
506:+39.3%
493:+12.6%
480:+16.9%
454:+10.6%
428:+77.5%
150:Bremer
145:County
135:
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1002:(PDF)
789:Notes
762:nomad
743:motto
737:Grump
675:Asian
663:White
622:Asian
610:White
558:+4.6%
545:+2.8%
532:+1.7%
519:−9.9%
467:+9.9%
441:−4.5%
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322:Grump
254:50668
243:(CDT)
241:UTC-5
220:UTC-6
125:State
1369:Polk
1170:2024
1139:2024
1108:2024
1075:2024
1038:2024
1010:2020
985:2008
960:2012
935:2015
913:2012
883:2011
857:2021
828:2022
716:The
581:and
577:2020
551:2020
538:2010
525:2000
512:1990
499:1980
486:1970
473:1960
460:1950
447:1940
434:1930
421:1920
408:1910
396:Pop.
392:Year
303:Iowa
283:GNIS
156:Area
138:Iowa
33:City
681:or
632:or
555:845
542:808
529:786
516:773
503:858
490:616
477:547
464:468
451:426
438:385
425:403
412:227
266:319
234:DST
201:845
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