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1136:Percentage
457:Clark Gable
412:North Texas
399:2020 census
343:Burkburnett
120: /
1798:Categories
1328:References
1276:Government
1268:As of the
428:Frank Kell
317:feature ID
225:Population
175:Government
108:98°34′02″W
105:34°04′28″N
85:Show Texas
1696:Iowa Park
1467:March 28,
1348:August 7,
1300:Education
910:Source:
475:Geography
452:Boom Town
305:FIPS code
293:Area code
247:Time zone
217:Elevation
309:48-11368
281:ZIP code
1691:Electra
1539:May 18,
1514:May 20,
1489:June 4,
1248:11.25%
1150:77.87%
1133:Number
487:Climate
405:History
325:Website
320:2409941
161:Wichita
134:Country
46:Former
1673:Cities
1259:10,939
1245:1,231
1235:5.84%
1221:0.26%
1210:0.05%
1196:0.78%
1182:0.87%
1164:3.09%
1147:8,518
1104:10,939
1089:10,811
1074:10,927
1059:10,145
1044:10,668
989:−14.2%
974:−38.1%
929:Census
905:(−24)
900:(−22)
895:(−10)
855:(−14)
850:(−22)
845:(−24)
516:Month
463:. The
233:10,939
156:County
1756:Kamay
1289:circa
1254:Total
1229:(NH)
1204:(NH)
1190:(NH)
1188:Asian
1176:(NH)
1158:(NH)
1144:(NH)
1142:White
1130:Race
1094:−1.1%
1064:−4.9%
1049:15.6%
1034:21.1%
1029:9,230
1019:67.3%
1014:7,621
1004:61.9%
999:4,555
984:2,814
969:3,281
954:5,300
890:(−6)
880:(12)
875:(12)
870:(10)
860:(−4)
835:(10)
830:(−1)
820:(11)
815:(17)
810:(22)
805:(22)
800:(20)
795:(16)
775:(−1)
765:(18)
755:(12)
750:(18)
745:(24)
740:(29)
735:(29)
730:(27)
725:(22)
720:(17)
715:(12)
695:(24)
690:(13)
685:(18)
680:(25)
675:(31)
670:(36)
665:(36)
660:(33)
655:(29)
650:(24)
645:(19)
640:(14)
635:(12)
625:(47)
620:(31)
615:(32)
610:(39)
605:(44)
600:(45)
595:(46)
590:(47)
585:(43)
580:(39)
575:(38)
570:(34)
565:(32)
555:Year
455:with
286:76354
275:(CDT)
273:UTC-5
252:UTC-6
149:Texas
144:State
50:depot
1723:Town
1566:2019
1541:2022
1516:2022
1491:2015
1469:2016
1411:2023
1389:2008
1350:2020
1291:1920
1232:639
1161:338
1109:1.2%
1100:2020
1085:2010
1079:7.7%
1070:2000
1055:1990
1040:1980
1025:1970
1010:1960
995:1950
980:1940
965:1930
950:1920
938:Note
933:Pop.
885:(3)
865:(2)
825:(4)
790:(9)
785:(5)
780:(1)
760:(6)
710:(8)
705:(6)
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549:Nov
546:Oct
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537:Jul
534:Jun
531:May
528:Apr
525:Mar
522:Feb
519:Jan
459:and
446:wolf
422:the
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315:GNIS
188:Area
170:1923
33:City
1218:28
1193:85
1179:95
1172:or
903:−12
843:−12
623:117
608:102
603:111
598:113
593:114
588:117
583:110
578:103
573:100
501:Cfa
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848:−8
833:51
828:31
823:40
818:52
813:63
808:71
803:72
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783:41
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