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280:Oklahoma
254:40-42200
226:ZIP code
115:Oklahoma
1516:Clarita
1492:Bromide
1328:June 4,
556:(10.1)
551:(−0.6)
541:(10.7)
536:(17.2)
531:(21.2)
526:(21.7)
521:(19.2)
516:(14.7)
511:(10.1)
501:(−0.3)
496:(−2.8)
486:(22.7)
481:(11.6)
476:(17.4)
471:(24.3)
466:(29.8)
461:(34.5)
456:(34.1)
451:(30.8)
446:(26.4)
441:(23.1)
436:(17.7)
431:(12.6)
364:Climate
290:History
265:2410817
100:Country
1462:Tupelo
1457:Lehigh
1439:Cities
1292:May 8,
881:census
868:−23.6%
778:−15.9%
763:−32.2%
733:−73.8%
658:Census
610:(120)
595:(110)
590:(130)
585:(120)
546:(4.9)
506:(4.8)
426:(9.6)
377:Month
345:, the
309:, the
272:Lehigh
122:County
1546:Olney
1541:Cairo
1531:Other
1484:Towns
1268:(pdf)
1238:(pdf)
949:Notes
853:13.0%
808:−4.1%
713:1,898
703:25.3%
698:1,880
683:1,500
625:(58)
620:(81)
615:(94)
605:(64)
600:(64)
580:(91)
575:(64)
570:(51)
416:Year
351:Atoka
231:74556
220:(CDT)
218:UTC-5
197:UTC-6
110:State
1508:CDPs
1330:2015
1294:2021
1259:help
1199:2021
1120:2015
1094:2008
1052:2022
898:The
859:2020
844:2010
838:4.0%
829:2000
823:6.7%
814:1990
799:1980
793:0.0%
784:1970
769:1960
754:1950
748:4.4%
739:1940
724:1930
718:1.0%
709:1920
694:1910
679:1900
667:Note
662:Pop.
628:41.3
554:50.1
549:30.9
544:40.9
539:51.3
534:63.0
529:70.1
524:71.0
519:66.6
514:58.5
509:50.2
504:40.6
499:31.4
494:27.0
484:72.8
479:52.9
474:63.4
469:75.7
464:85.7
459:94.1
454:93.4
449:87.4
444:79.6
439:73.5
434:63.9
429:54.6
424:49.2
413:Dec
410:Nov
407:Oct
404:Sep
401:Aug
398:Jul
395:Jun
392:May
389:Apr
386:Mar
383:Feb
380:Jan
260:GNIS
133:Area
127:Coal
33:City
1177:184
863:272
848:356
833:315
818:303
803:284
788:296
773:296
758:352
743:519
728:497
623:2.3
618:3.2
613:3.7
608:4.8
603:2.5
598:2.5
593:4.2
588:5.3
583:4.6
578:3.6
573:2.5
568:2.0
243:580
211:DST
178:272
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