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953:Blas Elias
937:Carl Baugh
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402:Geography
287:FIPS code
275:Area code
229:Time zone
199:Elevation
1200:July 24,
1194:mysoutex
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876:, 0.17%
872:, 0.72%
868:, 0.72%
864:, 3.18%
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455:Beeville
291:48-38860
263:ZIP code
1507:Gillett
1309:May 18,
1273:May 24,
1248:June 4,
976:Climate
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730:23.24%
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413:28°49′N
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95:28°49′N
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1512:Hobson
1502:Ecleto
1497:Choate
1442:Kenedy
1424:Cities
1088:Online
890:Latino
857:census
825:2,479
815:1.32%
801:0.29%
790:0.03%
776:1.64%
762:0.06%
744:2.04%
644:−13.6%
494:Census
445:, the
325:Kenedy
151:Karnes
146:County
1472:Runge
874:Asian
862:White
839:3,473
834:Total
809:(NH)
784:(NH)
770:(NH)
768:Asian
756:(NH)
738:(NH)
724:(NH)
722:White
710:Race
684:3,473
674:−5.5%
669:3,296
659:−7.3%
654:3,487
639:3,763
624:4,356
614:−3.4%
609:4,156
594:4,301
584:46.5%
579:4,234
569:10.8%
564:2,891
554:29.5%
549:2,610
539:75.7%
534:2,015
519:1,147
333:Texas
268:78119
257:(CDT)
255:UTC-5
234:UTC-6
215:3,473
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134:State
1464:Town
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1275:2022
1250:2015
1228:2011
1202:2019
1119:2019
1068:2008
1042:2008
1014:2020
727:807
689:5.4%
680:2020
665:2010
650:2000
635:1990
629:4.8%
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605:1970
599:1.6%
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560:1940
545:1930
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