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I visited this page by chance, via the one on the President of the USA who is sleeping near my house tonight, and I cannot find what are the culinary specialties, the local food of this state. Cordially, --94.109.142.116 (talk) 03:24, 24 March 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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The recent edit is misleading, because it does not distinguish between land area and water+land. The U.S.Census publishes several tables which present this information clearly, e.g., State Area Measurements and Internal Point Coordinates. TEDickey (talk) 20:30, 12 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Can someone link the color buff in state colors to the wiki page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buff_(colour) 73.247.62.171 (talk) 14:49, 19 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

No problem. Done. GreenLoeb (talk) 15:37, 29 May 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The term "concentrated" says in effect that African-Americans are found in Wilmington in a higher percentage than anywhere else in Delaware. The provided source has no relevant information to support this statement (and is by the way redundant for the subsequent comment given the other sources in the topic). TEDickey (talk) 18:55, 9 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]