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80:Vermont
1385:Ripton
1380:Panton
1375:Orwell
1335:Goshen
897:, and
828:Latino
659:−11.4%
644:−11.5%
569:−11.1%
419:Census
364:, and
350:Benson
306:Orwell
142:County
1468:Other
1302:Towns
820:Asian
808:White
794:−0.9%
789:1,239
774:1,250
759:1,185
749:23.6%
744:1,114
704:−8.4%
629:−7.4%
624:1,065
614:−9.1%
609:1,150
599:−6.4%
594:1,265
584:13.3%
579:1,351
564:1,192
554:−8.8%
549:1,341
539:−2.3%
534:1,470
524:−5.9%
519:1,504
509:−7.6%
504:1,598
494:−6.4%
489:1,730
479:34.4%
474:1,849
464:76.9%
459:1,376
368:, in
360:, in
251:05760
240:(EDT)
238:UTC-4
217:UTC-5
198:1,239
131:State
1425:CDPs
1272:City
1139:2015
1117:2013
1091:2022
1066:2008
1040:2008
861:The
785:2020
779:5.5%
770:2010
764:6.4%
755:2000
740:1990
734:5.9%
725:1980
719:3.0%
710:1970
695:1960
689:3.0%
680:1950
674:4.9%
665:1940
650:1930
635:1920
620:1910
605:1900
590:1890
575:1880
560:1870
545:1860
530:1850
515:1840
500:1830
485:1820
470:1810
455:1800
440:1790
428:Note
423:Pop.
297:.org
280:GNIS
153:Area
33:Town
873:on
826:or
729:901
714:851
699:826
684:902
669:876
654:835
639:942
444:778
263:802
231:DST
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