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1698:communities
1468:County seat
1282:January 31,
1183:other races
1160:2000 census
1115:Other/Mixed
1068:Percentage
1052:2020 census
969:Fool-Killer
840:(≥ 0.01 in)
285:(formerly,
97: /
1798:Categories
1661:Fairplains
1638:Wilkesboro
1608:Rock Creek
1593:New Castle
1573:Lewis Fork
1568:Jobs Cabin
1509:Wilkesboro
1475:Wilkesboro
1220:References
1164:As of the
1145:As of the
971:, and the
939:Background
887:(≥ 0.1 in)
341:) and the
323:Pores Knob
287:Petersburg
273:feature ID
181:Population
85:81°10′50″W
82:36°06′26″N
1760:Footnotes
1530:Townships
1320:August 8,
996:in 2009.
949:foothills
945:waterfall
309:Geography
297:(CDP) in
261:FIPS code
249:Area code
203:Time zone
173:Elevation
1751:Thurmond
1721:Ferguson
1711:Clingman
1681:Mulberry
1623:Traphill
1588:Mulberry
1578:Lovelace
1187:Hispanic
1177:, 0.14%
1173:, 5.49%
1128:Hispanic
763:(1,260)
694:Average
689:(−23.3)
684:(−18.9)
679:(−14.4)
639:(−17.2)
634:(−21.7)
265:37-44280
237:ZIP code
1741:Radical
1736:Purlear
1726:McGrady
1656:Cricket
1618:Stanton
1558:Edwards
1538:Antioch
1366:June 4,
1082:72.66%
1065:Number
951:of the
947:in the
674:(−9.4)
669:(−1.7)
649:(−2.8)
644:(−7.8)
614:(−1.6)
599:(14.2)
594:(18.4)
589:(18.8)
584:(16.8)
579:(11.6)
564:(−1.4)
559:(−2.8)
549:(20.4)
544:(10.1)
539:(16.0)
534:(21.3)
529:(26.4)
524:(29.9)
519:(30.7)
514:(29.2)
509:(24.9)
504:(20.7)
499:(15.6)
494:(11.0)
479:(37.8)
474:(26.7)
469:(28.9)
464:(33.9)
459:(35.0)
454:(37.8)
449:(37.8)
444:(36.7)
439:(35.0)
434:(33.3)
429:(30.6)
424:(27.8)
419:(25.6)
329:Climate
293:) is a
276:2403307
254:336/743
111:Country
1613:Somers
1548:Boomer
1191:Latino
1166:census
1139:20.8%
1132:Latino
1122:0.78%
1109:1.44%
1096:4.16%
1079:1,313
1010:Census
967:, the
880:124.2
828:(2.5)
823:(0.0)
818:(0.0)
813:(0.0)
808:(0.0)
803:(0.0)
798:(0.0)
793:(0.0)
788:(0.0)
783:(2.5)
778:(5.1)
773:(5.1)
758:(100)
743:(104)
738:(122)
733:(114)
728:(112)
723:(107)
718:(104)
713:(114)
703:(107)
664:(5.0)
659:(6.1)
654:(2.2)
629:(−23)
619:(7.8)
609:(2.7)
604:(7.6)
574:(6.5)
569:(2.2)
489:(8.8)
370:Month
138:Wilkes
133:County
1716:Darby
1628:Union
1504:Ronda
1493:Elkin
1485:Towns
1179:Asian
1171:White
1074:White
1062:Race
1035:1,712
877:10.3
865:11.3
862:12.7
859:11.2
856:11.9
853:10.1
850:10.4
833:(15)
753:(89)
748:(89)
708:(99)
687:−10.0
477:100.0
452:100.0
447:100.0
409:Year
242:28654
231:(EDT)
229:UTC-4
208:UTC-5
189:1,712
121:State
1706:Call
1666:Hays
1648:CDPs
1393:2021
1368:2016
1322:2021
1284:2008
1242:2022
1136:374
1031:2020
1019:Note
1014:Pop.
988:The
973:Lash
927:2.5
924:0.3
921:0.0
918:0.0
915:0.0
912:0.0
909:0.0
906:0.0
903:0.0
900:0.0
897:0.2
874:9.5
871:8.2
868:9.5
847:9.6
844:9.5
776:2.01
771:2.01
761:49.7
751:3.50
746:3.50
741:4.10
736:4.80
731:4.50
726:4.40
721:4.20
716:4.10
711:4.50
706:3.90
701:4.20
682:−2.0
672:15.0
667:29.0
662:41.0
657:43.0
652:36.0
647:27.0
642:18.0
632:−7.0
617:46.0
612:29.2
607:36.8
602:45.7
597:57.6
592:65.1
587:65.8
582:62.3
577:52.9
572:43.7
567:36.0
562:29.4
557:27.0
547:68.8
542:50.2
537:60.8
532:70.3
527:79.6
522:85.9
517:87.3
512:84.5
507:76.9
502:69.3
497:60.0
492:51.8
487:47.9
472:80.0
467:84.0
462:93.0
457:95.0
442:98.0
437:95.0
432:92.0
427:87.0
422:82.0
417:78.0
406:Dec
403:Nov
400:Oct
397:Sep
394:Aug
391:Jul
388:Jun
385:May
382:Apr
379:Mar
376:Feb
373:Jan
355:EF 1
289:and
271:GNIS
144:Area
1563:Elk
1189:or
1130:or
1119:14
1106:26
1093:75
831:5.9
826:.98
821:0.0
816:0.0
811:0.0
806:0.0
801:0.0
796:0.0
791:0.0
786:0.0
781:.98
756:4.0
677:6.0
637:1.0
627:−10
339:Cfa
222:DST
44:CDP
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