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1214:El Paso
1210:Phoenix
1158:, 0.1%
1154:, 0.9%
1146:, 0.5%
757:(−5.1)
752:(−1.9)
742:(12.3)
737:(16.8)
732:(17.4)
727:(12.0)
712:(−0.6)
707:(−3.1)
702:(−4.6)
692:(26.2)
687:(15.3)
682:(20.1)
677:(26.8)
672:(32.3)
667:(34.7)
662:(36.2)
657:(36.1)
652:(30.9)
647:(26.3)
642:(21.7)
637:(18.3)
632:(15.6)
489:monsoon
468:Climate
455:Clifton
395:Anasazi
329:Website
324:2412451
166:Arizona
152:Country
1570:Stargo
1547:places
1496:Duncan
1172:Latino
1136:census
1108:−14.3%
1063:−22.0%
1048:−10.3%
973:Census
867:(9.7)
862:(9.7)
857:(6.1)
832:(−19)
827:(−19)
822:(−14)
787:(−11)
782:(−13)
777:(−18)
772:(−19)
762:(4.8)
747:(5.0)
722:(7.0)
717:(2.0)
513:Month
445:, and
345:Duncan
173:County
1483:Towns
1338:(PDF)
1218:Globe
1160:Asian
1148:Black
1144:White
1123:−0.3%
1093:22.7%
1033:−8.4%
949:52.8
900:12.28
897:(30)
892:(20)
887:(33)
882:(27)
877:(55)
872:(57)
852:(16)
847:(24)
842:(24)
817:(−8)
792:(−6)
622:(44)
617:(26)
612:(31)
607:(37)
602:(39)
597:(42)
592:(43)
587:(44)
582:(42)
577:(38)
572:(35)
567:(29)
562:(27)
552:Year
290:85534
269:UTC−7
161:State
1560:Blue
1535:York
1517:CDPs
1396:2008
1371:2016
1349:2016
1306:2019
1285:2016
1246:2021
1216:via
1114:2020
1099:2010
1084:2000
1078:9.8%
1069:1990
1054:1980
1039:1970
1024:1960
1018:6.1%
1009:1950
994:1940
982:Note
977:Pop.
946:4.7
943:2.9
940:4.4
937:4.6
934:8.5
931:8.5
928:2.2
925:1.9
922:1.5
919:4.1
916:4.5
913:5.0
895:1.19
890:0.77
885:1.30
880:1.06
875:2.18
870:2.26
865:0.38
860:0.38
855:0.24
850:0.62
845:0.94
840:0.96
812:(1)
807:(4)
802:(6)
797:(0)
760:40.6
755:22.9
750:28.5
745:41.0
740:54.2
735:62.2
730:63.3
725:53.6
720:44.6
715:35.6
710:31.0
705:26.5
700:23.7
690:79.1
685:59.6
680:68.2
675:80.3
670:90.1
665:94.4
660:97.1
655:96.9
650:87.7
645:79.3
640:71.0
635:65.0
630:60.0
549:Dec
546:Nov
543:Oct
540:Sep
537:Aug
534:Jul
531:Jun
528:May
525:Apr
522:Mar
519:Feb
516:Jan
387:York
385:and
319:GNIS
275:(no
205:Area
187:1938
62:Flag
35:Town
1170:or
1150:or
1118:694
1103:696
1088:812
1073:662
1058:603
1043:773
1028:862
1013:941
998:887
620:111
600:103
595:107
590:110
585:111
580:108
575:100
481:BSk
336:.us
302:928
277:DST
273:MST
250:694
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1387:.
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1268:^
1254:^
987:%±
830:−2
825:−2
815:17
810:34
805:39
800:42
795:32
790:22
785:13
775:−1
770:−2
615:78
610:87
605:99
570:95
565:85
560:80
457:.
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780:9
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