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      "state": "NC"
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      "city": "Deep Gap",
      "state": "NC"
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    {
      "zip": "28661",
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      "city": "Patterson",
      "state": "NC"
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    {
      "zip": "28645",
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      "city": "Lenoir",
      "state": "NC"
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    {
      "zip": "28626",
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      "city": "Fleetwood",
      "state": "NC"
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    {
      "zip": "28697",
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      "state": "NC"
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      "state": "NC"
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    {
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    "note": "A null value means the source did not publish that figure for this ZIP code. It does not mean zero."
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