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1338:Footnotes
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1254:Jefferson
1234:Coldwater
1206:Townships
1143:Aplington
873:April 23,
809:March 16,
726:Education
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357:Geography
298:Aplington
276:FIPS code
264:Area code
218:Time zone
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18:Aplington
1324:Sinclair
1020:Archived
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108:Country
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1264:Monroe
1239:Dayton
1229:Butler
1219:Beaver
1214:Albion
1168:Greene
1163:Dumont
1130:Cities
697:Latino
680:census
656:Latino
628:census
511:+11.4%
498:+19.7%
485:+19.4%
446:+33.5%
153:Butler
148:County
138:
118:
689:Asian
685:White
644:Asian
636:White
576:−1.1%
573:1,116
563:+7.0%
560:1,128
550:+1.9%
547:1,054
537:+0.7%
534:1,034
524:+9.7%
521:1,027
472:−5.5%
459:+4.0%
433:+4.9%
420:+0.0%
257:50604
246:(CDT)
244:UTC-5
223:UTC-6
204:1,116
128:State
1003:2011
977:2008
952:2012
927:2015
905:2012
875:2011
840:2021
811:2022
599:and
595:2020
569:2020
556:2010
543:2000
530:1990
517:1980
504:1970
491:1960
478:1950
465:1940
452:1930
439:1920
426:1910
413:1900
400:1890
388:Pop.
384:Year
286:GNIS
159:Area
141:Iowa
44:City
1026:."
695:or
654:or
508:936
495:840
482:702
469:588
456:622
443:598
430:448
417:427
404:427
269:319
237:DST
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