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98:Country
31:Village
1447:Wasepi
1367:Mendon
1337:Fabius
1299:Mendon
1236:Cities
782:Latino
749:census
725:Latino
693:census
495:−26.6%
405:Census
379:chief
120:County
1327:Colon
1289:Colon
766:Asian
754:White
713:Asian
701:White
675:12.9%
670:1,718
660:−6.5%
655:1,522
645:11.6%
640:1,627
630:−1.4%
625:1,458
610:1,478
595:1,455
585:25.7%
580:1,399
565:1,113
550:1,017
525:33.0%
510:−5.4%
480:−5.9%
465:10.7%
460:1,021
450:−3.9%
218:(EDT)
216:UTC-4
195:UTC-5
176:1,718
108:State
1382:Park
1145:2022
1091:2015
921:2022
666:2020
651:2010
636:2000
621:1990
615:1.6%
606:1980
600:4.0%
591:1970
576:1960
570:9.4%
561:1950
555:5.3%
546:1940
540:8.9%
531:1930
516:1920
501:1910
486:1900
471:1890
456:1880
441:1870
426:1860
414:Note
409:Pop.
234:GNIS
131:Area
780:or
723:or
535:966
520:887
505:667
490:705
475:961
445:922
430:959
268:of
209:DST
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