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733:Average
723:(−18.2)
673:(−17.2)
668:(−19.8)
497:Bismarck
477:Spectrum
276:38-88140
248:ZIP code
1501:Stanton
1463:Stanton
1393:article
1383:article
1356:June 1,
1053:, 1.3%
1049:, 3.0%
728:(−2.8)
718:(−6.7)
713:(−2.4)
703:(10.4)
698:(13.4)
683:(−1.1)
678:(−9.6)
658:(11.1)
653:(−6.3)
643:(13.1)
638:(21.4)
633:(27.1)
628:(28.4)
623:(23.3)
618:(18.1)
613:(11.6)
603:(−6.1)
598:(−6.9)
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502:hippies
429:scholar
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378:sources
327:of the
292:Website
287:1036345
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107:Country
1481:Beulah
1473:Cities
1287:
1262:May 6,
1236:May 6,
1087:census
1063:Latino
1039:census
976:−19.5%
961:−43.8%
931:−20.1%
916:−20.2%
901:−26.0%
826:Census
802:(380)
708:(5.5)
693:(9.4)
688:(3.0)
648:(6.8)
608:(2.5)
549:Month
431:
424:
417:
410:
402:
333:Mandan
133:Mercer
128:County
1491:Hazen
1092:White
1055:Asian
1047:White
1006:−6.8%
946:88.6%
886:41.4%
871:58.0%
797:(10)
792:(13)
787:(28)
782:(28)
777:(46)
772:(61)
767:(84)
762:(51)
757:(28)
752:(15)
747:(10)
742:(10)
588:Year
436:JSTOR
422:books
253:58580
242:(MDT)
240:UTC-6
219:UTC-6
116:State
1358:2013
1321:2012
1285:ISBN
1264:2011
1238:2011
1216:2023
1191:2023
1147:2022
1019:0.5%
997:2020
991:2.6%
982:2010
967:2000
952:1990
937:1980
922:1970
907:1960
892:1950
877:1940
862:1930
847:1920
835:Note
830:Pop.
800:15.1
726:27.0
721:−0.8
716:19.9
711:27.6
706:41.9
701:50.8
696:56.1
691:48.9
686:37.4
681:30.0
676:14.7
666:−3.7
656:52.0
651:20.6
646:44.3
641:55.5
636:70.5
631:80.8
626:83.1
621:74.0
616:64.6
611:52.9
606:36.5
601:21.1
596:19.6
585:Dec
582:Nov
579:Oct
576:Sep
573:Aug
570:Jul
567:Jun
564:May
561:Apr
558:Mar
555:Feb
552:Jan
408:news
376:any
374:cite
337:Zapp
282:GNIS
147:Area
142:1913
33:City
1506:Zap
1061:or
1014:222
1001:221
986:237
971:231
956:287
941:511
926:271
911:339
896:425
881:574
866:406
851:257
795:0.4
790:0.5
785:1.1
780:1.1
775:1.8
770:2.4
765:3.3
760:2.0
755:1.1
750:0.6
745:0.4
740:0.4
671:1.1
387:by
306:Zap
265:701
233:DST
200:222
192:221
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