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  "sources": [
    {
      "name": "SAMHSA FindTreatment.gov treatment locator",
      "url": "https://findtreatment.gov/"
    },
    {
      "name": "2020 Census redistricting data (P.L. 94-171), table P1",
      "url": "https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/about/rdo/summary-files.html"
    },
    {
      "name": "2020 cartographic boundary files, counties (1:500,000)",
      "url": "https://www.census.gov/geographies/mapping-files/time-series/geo/cartographic-boundary.html"
    },
    {
      "name": "2020 Census Gazetteer files, counties",
      "url": "https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html"
    }
  ],
  "state": "NC"
}