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APPENDIX A TO PART 81—AIR QUALITY CONTROL REGIONS (AQCR's) |
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AQCR No. |
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Alabama: |
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Alabama and Tombigbee Rivers |
1 |
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Columbus-Phenix City |
2 |
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East Alabama |
3 |
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Metropolitan Birmingham |
4 |
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Mobile-Pensacola-Panama City-Southern Mississippi (Fla., Miss.) |
5 |
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Southeast Alabama |
6 |
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Tennessee River Valley-Cumberland Mountains (Tenn.) |
7 |
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Alaska: |
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Cook Inlet |
8 |
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Northern Alaska |
9 |
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South Central Alaska |
10 |
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Southeastern Alaska |
11 |
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Arizona: |
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Arizona-New Mexico Southern Border (N. Mex.) |
12 |
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Clark-Mohave |
13 |
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Four Corners (Colo., N. Mex., Utah) |
14 |
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Phoenix-Tucson |
15 |
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Arkansas: |
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Central Arkansas |
16 |
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Metropolitan Fort Smith |
17 |
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Metropolitan Memphis |
18 |
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Monroe-El Dorado (La.) |
19 |
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Northeast Arkansas |
20 |
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Northwest Arkansas |
21 |
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Shreveport-Texarkana-Tyler (La., Okla., Texas) |
22 |
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California: |
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Great Basin Valley |
23 |
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Metropolitan Los Angeles |
24 |
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North Central Coast |
25 |
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North Coast |
26 |
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Northeast Plateau |
27 |
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Sacramento Valley |
28 |
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San Diego |
29 |
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San Francisco Bay Area |
30 |
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San Joaquin Valley |
31 |
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South Central Coast |
32 |
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Southeast Desert |
33 |
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Colorado: |
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Comanche |
34 |
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Four Corners (Ariz., N. Mex., Utah) |
14 |
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Grand Mesa |
35 |
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Metropolitan Denver |
36 |
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Pawnee |
37 |
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San Isabel |
38 |
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San Luis |
39 |
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Yampa |
40 |
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Connecticut: |
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Eastern Connecticut |
41 |
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Hartford-New Haven-Springfield (Mass.) |
42 |
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New Jersey-New York-Connecticut (N.J., N.Y.) |
43 |
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Northwestern Connecticut |
44 |
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Delaware: |
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Metropolitan Philadelphia (N.J., Pa.) |
45 |
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Southern Delaware |
46 |
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District of Columbia: |
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National Capital (Md.) |
47 |
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Florida: |
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Central Florida |
48 |
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Jacksonville-Brunswick (Ga.) |
49 |
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Mobile-Pensacola-Panama City-Southern Mississippi (Ala., Miss.) |
5 |
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Southeast Florida |
50 |
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Southwest Florida |
51 |
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West Central Florida |
52 |
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Georgia: |
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Augusta-Aiken (S.C.) |
53 |
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Central Georgia |
54 |
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Chattanooga (Tenn.) |
55 |
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Columbus-Phenix City (Ala.) |
2 |
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Jacksonville-Brunswick (Fla.) |
49 |
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Metropolitan Atlanta |
56 |
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Northeast Georgia |
57 |
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Savannah-Beaufort (S.C.) |
58 |
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Southwest Georgia |
59 |
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Hawaii: |
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Entire State |
60 |
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Idaho: |
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Eastern Idaho |
61 |
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Eastern Washington-Northern Idaho (Wash.) |
62 |
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Idaho |
63 |
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Metropolitan Boise |
64 |
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Illinois: |
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Burlington-Keokuk (Iowa) |
65 |
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East Central Illinois |
66 |
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Metropolitan Chicago (Ind.) |
67 |
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Metropolitan Dubuque (Iowa, Wis.) |
68 |
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Metropolitan Quad Cities (Iowa) |
69 |
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Metropolitan St. Louis (Mo.) |
70 |
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North Central Illinois |
71 |
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Paducah-Cairo (Ky.) |
72 |
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Rockford-Janesville-Beloit (Wis.) |
73 |
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Southeast Illinois |
74 |
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West Central Illinois |
75 |
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Indiana: |
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East Central Indiana |
76 |
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Evansville-Owensboro-Henderson (Ky.) |
77 |
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Louisville (Ky.) |
78 |
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Metropolitan Chicago (Ill.) |
67 |
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Metropolitan Cincinnati (Ky., Ohio) |
79 |
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Metropolitan Indianapolis |
80 |
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Northeast Indiana |
81 |
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South Bend-Elkhart-Benton Harbor (Mich.) |
82 |
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Southern Indiana |
83 |
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Wabash Valley |
84 |
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Iowa: |
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Burlington-Keokuk (Ill.) |
65 |
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Metropolitan Dubuque (Ill., Wis.) |
68 |
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Metropolitan Omaha-Council Bluffs (Nebr.) |
85 |
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Metropolitan Quad Cities (Ill.) |
69 |
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Metropolitan Sioux City (Nebr., S. Dak.) |
86 |
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Metropolitan Sioux Falls (S. Dak.) |
87 |
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Northeast Iowa |
88 |
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North Central Iowa |
89 |
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Northwest Iowa |
90 |
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Southeast Iowa |
91 |
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South Central Iowa |
92 |
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Southwest Iowa |
93 |
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Kansas: |
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Metropolitan Kansas City (Mo.) |
94 |
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Northeast Kansas |
95 |
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North Central Kansas |
96 |
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Northwest Kansas |
97 |
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Southeast Kansas |
98 |
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South Central Kansas |
99 |
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Southwest Kansas |
100 |
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Kentucky: |
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Appalachian |
101 |
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Bluegrass |
102 |
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Evansville-Owensboro-Henderson (Ind.) |
77 |
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Huntington-Ashland-Portsmouth-Ironton (Ohio, W. Va.) |
103 |
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Louisville (Ind.) |
78 |
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Metropolitan Cincinnati (Ind., Ohio) |
79 |
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North Central Kentucky |
104 |
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Paducah-Cairo (Ill.) |
72 |
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South Central Kentucky |
105 |
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Louisiana: |
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Monroe-El Dorado (Ark.) |
19 |
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Shreveport-Texarkana-Tyler (Ark., Okla., Tex.) |
22 |
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Southern Louisiana-Southeast Texas (Tex.) |
106 |
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Maine: |
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Androscoggin Valley (N.H.) |
107 |
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Aroostook |
108 |
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Down East |
109 |
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Metropolitan Portland |
110 |
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Northwest Maine |
111 |
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Maryland: |
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Central Maryland |
112 |
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Cumberland-Keyser (W. Va.) |
113 |
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Eastern Shore |
114 |
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Metropolitan Baltimore |
115 |
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National Capital (D.C.) |
47 |
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Southern Maryland |
116 |
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Massachusetts: |
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Berkshire |
117 |
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Central Massachusetts |
118 |
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Hartford-New Haven-Springfield (Conn.) |
42 |
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Metropolitan Boston |
119 |
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Metropolitan Providence (R.I.) |
120 |
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Merrimack Valley-Southern New Hampshire (N.H.) |
121 |
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Michigan: |
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Central Michigan |
122 |
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Metropolitan Detroit-Port Huron |
123 |
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Metropolitan Toledo (Ohio) |
124 |
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South Bend-Elkhart-Benton Harbor (Ind.) |
82 |
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South Central Michigan |
125 |
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Upper Michigan |
126 |
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Minnesota: |
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Central Minnesota |
127 |
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Southeast Minnesota-La Crosse (Wis.) |
128 |
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Duluth-Superior (Wis.) |
129 |
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Metropolitan Fargo-Moorhead (N. Dak.) |
130 |
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Minneapolis-St. Paul |
131 |
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Northwest Minnesota |
132 |
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Southwest Minnesota |
133 |
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Mississippi: |
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Metropolitan Memphis (Ark., Tenn.) |
18 |
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Mississippi Delta |
134 |
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Mobile-Pensacola-Panama City-Southern Mississippi (Ala., Fla.) |
5 |
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Northeast Mississippi |
135 |
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Missouri: |
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Metropolitan Kansas City (Kans.) |
94 |
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Metropolitan St. Louis (Ill.) |
70 |
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Northern Missouri |
137 |
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Southeast Missouri |
138 |
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Southwest Missouri |
139 |
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Montana: |
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Billings |
140 |
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Great Falls |
141 |
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Helena |
142 |
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Miles City |
143 |
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Missoula |
144 |
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Nebraska: |
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Lincoln-Beatrice-Fairbury |
145 |
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Metropolitan Omaha-Council Bluffs (Iowa) |
85 |
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Metropolitan Sioux City (Iowa, S. Dak.) |
86 |
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Nebraska |
146 |
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Nevada: |
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Clark-Mohave (Ariz.) |
13 |
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Nevada |
147 |
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Northwest Nevada |
148 |
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New Hampshire: |
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Androscoggin Valley (Maine) |
107 |
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Merrimack Valley-Southern New Hampshire (Mass.) |
121 |
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New Hampshire |
149 |
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New Jersey: |
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Metropolitan Philadelphia (Del., Pa.) |
45 |
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New Jersey |
150 |
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New Jersey-New York-Connecticut (N.Y., Conn.) |
43 |
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Northeast Pennsylvania-Upper Delaware Valley (Pa.) |
151 |
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New Mexico: |
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Albuquerque-Mid Rio Grande |
152 |
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Arizona-New Mexico Southern Border (Ariz.) |
12 |
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El Paso-Las Cruces-Alamogordo (Tex.) |
153 |
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Four Corners (Ariz., Colo., Utah) |
14 |
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Northeastern Plains |
154 |
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Pecos-Permian Basin |
155 |
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Southwestern Mountains-Augustine Plains |
156 |
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Upper Rio Grande Valley |
157 |
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New York: |
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Central New York |
158 |
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Champlain Valley (Vt.) |
159 |
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Genesee-Finger Lakes |
160 |
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Hudson Valley |
161 |
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New Jersey-New York-Connecticut (N.J., Conn.) |
43 |
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Niagara Frontier |
162 |
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Southern Tier East |
163 |
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Southern Tier West |
164 |
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North Carolina: |
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Eastern Mountain |
165 |
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Eastern Piedmont |
166 |
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Metropolitan Charlotte (S.C.) |
167 |
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Northern Coastal Plain |
168 |
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Northern Piedmont |
136 |
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Sandhills |
169 |
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Southern Coastal Plain |
170 |
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Western Mountain |
171 |
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North Dakota: |
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Metropolitan Fargo-Moorhead (Minn.) |
130 |
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North Dakota |
172 |
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Ohio: |
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Dayton |
173 |
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Greater Metropolitan Cleveland |
174 |
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Huntington-Ashland-Portsmouth-Ironton (Ky., W. Va.) |
103 |
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Mansfield-Marion |
175 |
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Metropolitan Cincinnati (Ind., Ky.) |
79 |
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Metropolitan Columbus |
176 |
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Metropolitan Toledo (Mich.) |
124 |
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Northwest Ohio |
177 |
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Northwest Pennsylvania-Youngstown (Pa.) |
178 |
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Parkersburg-Marietta (W. Va.) |
179 |
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Sandusky |
180 |
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Steubenville-Weirton-Wheeling (W. Va.) |
181 |
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Wilmington-Chillicothe-Logan |
182 |
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Zanesville-Cambridge |
183 |
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Oklahoma: |
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Central Oklahoma |
184 |
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Metropolitan Fort Smith (Ark.) |
17 |
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North Central Oklahoma |
185 |
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Northeastern Oklahoma |
186 |
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Northwestern Oklahoma |
187 |
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Shreveport-Texarkana-Tyler (Ark., La., Texas) |
22 |
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Southeastern Oklahoma |
188 |
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Southwestern Oklahoma |
189 |
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Oregon: |
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Central Oregon |
190 |
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Eastern Oregon |
191 |
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Northwest Oregon |
192 |
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Portland (Wash.) |
193 |
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Southwest Oregon |
194 |
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Pennsylvania: |
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Central Pennsylvania |
195 |
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Metropolitan Philadelphia (Del., N.J.) |
45 |
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Northeast Pennsylvania-Upper Delaware Valley (N.J.) |
151 |
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Northwest Pennsylvania-Youngstown (Ohio) |
178 |
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South Central Pennsylvania |
196 |
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Southwest Pennsylvania |
197 |
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Rhode Island: |
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Metropolitan Providence (Mass.) |
120 |
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South Carolina: |
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Augusta-Aiken (Ga.) |
53 |
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Camden-Sumter |
198 |
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Charleston |
199 |
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Columbia |
200 |
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Florence |
201 |
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Greenville-Spartanburg |
202 |
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Greenwood |
203 |
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Georgetown |
204 |
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Metropolitan Charlotte (N.C.) |
167 |
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Savannah-Beaufort (Ga.) |
58 |
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South Dakota: |
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Black Hills-Rapid City |
205 |
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Metropolitan Sioux City (Iowa, Neb.) |
86 |
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Metropolitan Sioux Falls (Iowa) |
87 |
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South Dakota |
206 |
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Tennessee: |
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Chattanooga (Ga.) |
55 |
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Eastern Tennessee-Southwestern Virginia (Va.) |
207 |
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Metropolitan Memphis (Ark., Miss.) |
18 |
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Middle Tennessee |
208 |
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Tennessee River Valley-Cumberland Mountains (Ala.) |
7 |
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Western Tennessee |
209 |
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Texas: |
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Abilene-Wichita Falls |
210 |
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Amarillo-Lubbock |
211 |
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Austin-Waco |
212 |
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Brownsville-Laredo |
213 |
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Corpus Christi-Victoria |
214 |
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El Paso-Las Cruces-Alamagordo (N. Mex.) |
153 |
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Metropolitan Dallas-Ft. Worth |
215 |
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Metropolitan Houston-Galveston |
216 |
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Metropolitan San Antonio |
217 |
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Midland-Odessa-San Angelo |
218 |
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Shreveport-Texarkana-Tyler (Ark., La., Okla.) |
22 |
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Southern Louisiana-Southeast Texas (La.) |
106 |
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Utah: |
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Four Corners (Ariz., Colo., N. Mex.) |
14 |
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Utah |
219 |
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Wasatch Front |
220 |
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Vermont: |
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Champlain Valley (N.Y.) |
159 |
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Vermont |
221 |
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Virginia: |
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Central Virginia |
222 |
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Eastern Tennessee-Southwestern Virginia (Tenn.) |
207 |
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Hampton Roads |
223 |
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National Capital (D.C., Md.) |
47 |
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Northeastern Virginia |
224 |
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State Capital |
225 |
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Valley of Virginia |
226 |
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Washington: |
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Eastern Washington-Northern Idaho (Idaho) |
62 |
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Northern Washington |
227 |
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Olympia-Northwest Washington |
228 |
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Portland (Ore.) |
193 |
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Puget Sound |
229 |
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South Central Washington |
230 |
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West Virginia: |
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Allegheny |
231 |
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Central West Virginia |
232 |
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Cumberland-Keyser (Md.) |
113 |
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Eastern Panhandle |
233 |
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Huntington-Ashland-Portsmouth-Ironton (Ky., Ohio) |
103 |
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Kanawha Valley |
234 |
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North Central West Virginia |
235 |
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Parkersburg-Marietta (Ohio) |
179 |
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Southern West Virginia |
236 |
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Steubenville-Wierton-Wheeling (Ohio) |
181 |
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Wisconsin: |
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Duluth-Superior (Minn.) |
129 |
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Lake Michigan |
237 |
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Metropolitan Dubuque (Ill., Iowa) |
68 |
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North Central Wisconsin |
238 |
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Rockford-Janesville-Beloit (Ill.) |
73 |
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Southeastern Wisconsin |
239 |
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Southeast Minnesota-La Crosse (Minn.) |
128 |
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Southern Wisconsin |
240 |
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Wyoming: |
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Casper |
241 |
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Metropolitan Cheyenne |
242 |
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Wyoming |
243 |
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Puerto Rico: |
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Puerto Rico |
244 |
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American Samoa: |
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American Samoa |
245 |
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Guam: |
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Guam |
246 |
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U.S. Virgin Islands: |
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U.S. Virgin Islands |
247 |
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