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731:Asian
719:White
693:−6.2%
688:1,051
678:−0.5%
673:1,120
658:1,126
643:1,119
628:1,245
613:1,207
598:1,155
583:1,112
573:20.2%
568:1,066
543:−9.4%
538:1,075
528:−1.7%
523:1,186
513:21.6%
508:1,207
340:is a
285:45882
274:(EDT)
272:UTC-4
251:UTC-5
232:1,051
178:Mayor
136:State
1124:City
1049:2013
1024:2015
1002:2013
968:OCLC
958:ISBN
925:2008
883:2022
684:2020
669:2010
663:0.6%
654:2000
639:1990
633:3.1%
624:1980
618:4.5%
609:1970
603:3.9%
594:1960
588:4.3%
579:1950
564:1940
549:1930
534:1920
519:1910
504:1900
489:1890
477:Note
472:Pop.
367:Name
350:Ohio
314:GNIS
187:Area
141:Ohio
82:Ohio
1291:CDP
786:or
741:or
553:887
493:993
344:in
297:419
265:DST
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