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1123:April 23,
1042:March 20,
937:, former
824:Education
769:, 37.75%
339:92°25′8″W
336:30°38′3″N
325:Geography
311:Louisiana
276:FIPS code
264:Area code
214:Time zone
184:Elevation
108:Louisiana
1445:Villages
1269:Archived
1251:Archived
1248:lsue.edu
1158:Archived
1064:June 16,
967:, singer
791:Hispanic
781:, 0.03%
777:, 0.06%
773:, 0.22%
731:Hispanic
280:22-48085
252:ZIP code
150:Pat Hall
1481:Reddell
1303:May 14,
1180:June 4,
929:Drastik
847:Culture
686:45.06%
672:47.55%
655:Number
405:mammoth
401:prairie
391:History
366:Reddell
285:Website
97:Country
1429:Basile
1296:
925:player
894:player
795:Latino
762:census
735:Latino
725:5.14%
712:0.51%
699:0.03%
683:1,323
669:1,396
450:Census
426:Cotton
420:Eunice
409:France
397:Indian
376:, the
370:Eunice
113:Parish
1491:Other
1435:Mamou
1421:Towns
853:Cajun
779:Asian
767:White
742:1.7%
705:Asian
664:White
652:Race
630:−9.4%
625:2,936
615:−9.1%
610:3,242
595:3,566
580:3,483
570:−2.5%
565:3,194
555:11.9%
550:3,275
540:29.9%
535:2,928
525:63.5%
520:2,254
510:72.4%
505:1,379
495:23.3%
303:Mamou
290:mamou
257:70554
240:UTC-5
219:UTC-6
200:2,936
105:State
1392:City
1305:2021
1294:ISSN
1232:2008
1207:2021
1182:2015
1125:2011
1099:2016
1066:2023
1044:2022
1022:2014
941:and
722:151
621:2020
606:2010
600:2.4%
591:2000
585:9.0%
576:1990
561:1980
546:1970
531:1960
516:1950
501:1940
486:1930
471:1920
459:Note
454:Pop.
434:rice
319:2000
294:.com
155:Area
32:Town
1473:CDP
943:CFL
939:NFL
914:NFL
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739:50
733:or
709:15
490:800
475:649
418:of
269:337
244:CDT
233:DST
223:CST
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