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- 1 2 "1920 Census: Outlying Possessions" (PDF). US Census Bureau. p. 1231. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
- ↑ "U.S. Decennial Census". Census.gov. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
- ↑ "American Samoa" (PDF). US Census Bureau. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
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