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907:October 28,
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692:Haltom City
511:City /Town
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1104:Rio Grande
1089:East Texas
1049:Alamo Area
998:nctcog.org
963:2008-01-31
875:References
861:Greenville
796:Waxahachie
770:Little Elm
718:The Colony
653:Cedar Hill
490:Lewisville
477:Richardson
451:Carrollton
361:City/Town
314:Fort Worth
308:1,270,170
305:1,197,816
245:Palo Pinto
1140:Panhandle
835:Southlake
783:Lancaster
614:Grapevine
562:Mansfield
327:Arlington
260:Somervell
160:Arlington
129:7,831,768
118:6,539,950
107:5,309,277
46:Formation
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705:Rockwall
679:Burleson
497:103,640
484:107,400
471:128,160
468:113,383
458:130,820
455:119,097
445:143,060
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429:116,989
419:169,710
416:131,117
412:McKinney
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393:234,710
390:216,291
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377:226,875
347:277,720
344:259,842
334:382,230
331:365,348
321:815,430
318:741,205
255:Rockwall
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842:28,880
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235:Kaufman
230:Johnson
166:Purpose
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666:Keller
601:DeSoto
588:Euless
464:Denton
425:Frisco
386:Irving
301:Dallas
250:Parker
205:Denton
200:Dallas
195:Collin
149:NCTCOG
132:+19.8%
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