{{Short description|County in Washington, United States}} {{Use American English|date=June 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox U.S. county | county = Cowlitz County | state = Washington | ex image = Cowlitz_County_Courthouse.jpg | ex image size = 300px | ex image cap = Cowlitz County Courthouse | flag = | seal = | coordinates = {{Coord|46|11|48|N|122|40|42|W|region:US-WA_type:county|display=inline}} | founded year = 1854 | founded date = April 21 | named for = | seat wl = Kelso | largest city wl = Longview | area_total_sq_mi = 1166 | area_land_sq_mi = 1140 | area_water_sq_mi = 26 | area percentage = 2.2% | population_total = 110730 | population_as_of = 2020 | population_est = 114885 {{increase}} | pop_est_as_of = 2025 | density_sq_mi = auto | time zone = Pacific | district = 3rd | website = {{URL|https://www.co.cowlitz.wa.us/|co.cowlitz.wa.us}} }}

'''Cowlitz County''' is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2020 census, its population was 110,730.<ref name="QF">{{Cite web |title=State & County QuickFacts |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/cowlitzcountywashington/PST045223 |access-date=November 10, 2024 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> The county seat is Kelso,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Find a County |url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011 |access-date=June 7, 2011 |publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> and its largest city is Longview. The county was formed in April 1854.<ref name="historylink">{{Cite web |date=March 6, 2003 |title=Milestones for Washington State History — Part 2: 1851 to 1900 |url=https://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=5380 |publisher=HistoryLink.org}}</ref> Its name derives from the anglicized version of the Cowlitz Indian term ''Cow-e-liske'', meaning either 'river of shifting sands' or 'capturing the medicine spirit.'{{citation needed|date=August 2022}} Cowlitz comprises the Longview, WA Metropolitan statistical area, which is also included in the Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA Combined statistical area.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 28, 2013 |title=Revised Delineations of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and Combined Statistical Areas, and Guidance on Uses of the Delineations of These Areas |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/omb/bulletins/2013/b13-01.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170121004708/https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/omb/bulletins/2013/b13-01.pdf |archive-date=January 21, 2017 |access-date=July 5, 2015 |publisher=Office of Management and Budget}}</ref>

==History== Prior to the Europeans' arrival to the area, it was inhabited by numerous Native American tribes, with the Cowlitz tribe being the largest. They were drawn to the region by the abundance of salmon. The Cowlitz are considered to be the first regional inhabitants to engage in commerce as they traded extensively with other tribes in Western and Eastern Washington. The Cowlitz Indian population declined significantly from the 1829-1830 smallpox outbreak.

European explorers discovered and began navigating the Columbia River in 1792 as British Lieutenant W. R. Broughton sailed up the river to and past present-day Cowlitz County. Then on November 5, 1805, Lewis and Clark camped at the mouth of the Kalama River. Over the following days, they reached the present sites of Kelso and Longview.

By the 1820s, the Hudson's Bay Company had established a lucrative fur trade in the region. Furs were shipped down the Cowlitz River to the Columbia, where they were loaded and shipped around the world. Trade declined significantly in the late 1830s, as overhunting reduced the annual yields, and wearing fur had become less fashionable.

During the next several decades, white settlement of the region was in full swing. Most of the settlers homesteaded near the tributaries that fed the Columbia River, forming settlements. The first was Monticello, near present-day Longview. In 1841, several families with the HBC directed Sinclair expedition from Red River Colony settled there.

On November 25, 1852, at Monticello, settlers from the Cowlitz and Puget Sound regions drafted a petition (the Monticello Convention) to the federal government, calling for a separate territory north of the Columbia River to be carved out of the existing Oregon Territory. The petition was successful; three months later, the United States Congress formed the Columbia Territory, although it was soon renamed Washington Territory.

The newly separated territory was governed by two existing counties. In August 1845, the Oregon territorial government had created Vancouver County. Its boundary covered the entire area of present-day Washington. In December of that same year, the Oregon territorial government sliced off the eastern portion to create Lewis County. In 1849, the reduced Vancouver County was renamed Clark County. When the new Washington territorial government began functioning, among its first actions was the creation of Cowlitz County from the southwestern portion of Clark County. This proclamation was finalized on April 24, 1854, signed into law by Governor Isaac Stevens. Later in 1854, the western portion of the new county was partitioned off to form Wahkiakum County; otherwise, the county's boundary has remained unchanged until the present.

Nearly every town that sprang up in the late 19th century began around a logging or lumber-milling operation. In the latter half of the 1920s, the Weyerhaeuser Company and Long-Bell Lumber Company established processing facilities. At the time, these two facilities were the first- and second-largest in the world. The county is still heavily dependent on the timber industry.<ref name="ESD">{{Cite web |date=October 1998 |title=Cowlitz and Wahkiakum County Profile |url=http://govdocs.evergreen.edu/wastate/wslmia/countyprofiles/cowlitz-wahkiakum/1998oct.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100703092708/http://govdocs.evergreen.edu/wastate/wslmia/countyprofiles/cowlitz-wahkiakum/1998oct.pdf |archive-date=July 3, 2010 |access-date=September 14, 2009 |publisher=Employment Security Department |format=CSV}}</ref>

Four towns have functioned as the Cowlitz County seat:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cowlitz County |url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wasgs/cowlitz.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110626224834/http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wasgs/cowlitz.pdf |archive-date=June 26, 2011 |access-date=September 14, 2009 |format=CSV}}</ref> * Monticello (1854–1865) * Freeport (1865–1872) * Kalama (1872–1922) * Kelso (1922–Present)

==Geography== Cowlitz County is in the southwestern part of Washington <!--Wa IS the state state -->. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of {{convert|1166|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|26|sqmi}} (2.2%) are covered by water.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 22, 2012 |title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files |url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_53.txt |access-date=July 4, 2015 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>

Cowlitz County is part of the Puget Sound – Willamette Depression, a geologic formation extending southward from the Puget Sound to the Willamette Valley in Oregon. Nestled against the Cascade Mountains, many of the county's major rivers originate in this range, including the Columbia, Cowlitz, Coweeman, Kalama, Lewis and Toutle.<ref name=ESD/>

Cowlitz County is one of the state's smaller counties (28th of 39).<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 2004 |title=Region 4 |url=http://www.emd.wa.gov/plans/documents/reg-4-profile.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719120102/http://www.emd.wa.gov/plans/documents/reg-4-profile.pdf |archive-date=July 19, 2011 |access-date=September 14, 2009 |publisher=Washington State Hazard Mitigation Plan |format=CSV}}</ref>

===Geographic features=== *Cascade Mountains *Columbia River *Cowlitz River

===Major highways=== *20px Interstate 5 *20px State Route 4 *20px State Route 411 *20px State Route 432 *20px State Route 503 *20px State Route 504

===Adjacent counties=== *Lewis County - north *Skamania County - east *Clark County - south *Wahkiakum County - west *Columbia County, Oregon - south

===National protected areas=== * Gifford Pinchot National Forest (part) * Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument (part)

===County parks=== * Catlin Cemetery * Cougar Wayside * Finn Hall Wayside * Harry Gardner Park * Hog Island Access * Riverside Park * SRS Viewpoint * Woodbrook Park<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 10, 2009 |title=Cowlitz County Parks and Recreation Division |url=http://www.co.cowlitz.wa.us/Maintenance/parks/index.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090614092031/http://www.co.cowlitz.wa.us/Maintenance/parks/index.htm |archive-date=June 14, 2009 |website=co.cowlitz.wa.us/}}</ref>

==Demographics== {{US Census population |1860= 406 |1870= 730 |1880= 2062 |1890= 5917 |1900= 7877 |1910= 12561 |1920= 11791 |1930= 31906 |1940= 40155 |1950= 53369 |1960= 57801 |1970= 68616 |1980= 79548 |1990= 82119 |2000= 92948 |2010= 102410 |2020= 110730 |estyear=2025 |estimate=114885 |estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2025">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-counties-total.html|title=County Population Totals and Components of Change: 2020-2025|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=April 10, 2026}}</ref> {{increase}} |align-fn=center |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. Decennial Census |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html |access-date=January 7, 2014 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref><br/>1790–1960<ref>{{Cite web |title=Historical Census Browser |url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811110448/http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/ |archive-date=August 11, 2012 |access-date=January 7, 2014 |publisher=University of Virginia Library}}</ref> 1900–1990<ref>{{Cite web |title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990 |url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/wa190090.txt |access-date=January 7, 2014 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref><br/>1990–2000<ref>{{Cite web |title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000 |url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226035610/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-date=February 26, 2015 |access-date=January 7, 2014 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> 2010–2020<ref name="QF" /> | align = right }}

===2020 census=== As of the 2020 census, 110,730 people, 42,787 households, and 28,644 families were residing in the county.<ref>{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table P16: Household Type |url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Cowlitz%20County%2C%20Washington%20p16&y=2020 |access-date=November 10, 2024 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> The population density was {{convert|97.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. The 45,424 housing units had an average density of {{convert|39.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}.

About 22.7% of residents were under 18, 5.6% were under 5, and 19.8% were 65 or older; the median age was 41.0 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.1 males, and for every 100 females 18 and over, there were 96.6 males.<ref name="Census2020DP">{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census Demographic Profile (DP1)|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/dp?get=NAME%2CDP1_0021P%2CDP1_0024P%2CDP1_0025C%2CDP1_0049C%2CDP1_0045C%2CDP1_0069C%2CDP1_0073C%2CDP1_0125P%2CDP1_0126P%2CDP1_0129P%2CDP1_0138P%2CDP1_0139P%2CDP1_0141P%2CDP1_0142P%2CDP1_0143P%2CDP1_0145P%2CDP1_0146P%2CDP1_0147C%2CDP1_0148C%2CDP1_0149C%2CDP1_0156C%2CDP1_0157C%2CDP1_0158C%2CDP1_0159P%2CDP1_0160P&for=county%3A015&in=state%3A53|publisher=United States Census Bureau|year=2021|access-date=2025-12-07|df=mdy}}</ref> 67.0% of residents lived in urban areas and 33.0% lived in rural areas.<ref name="Census2020DHC">{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census Demographic and Housing Characteristics (DHC)|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/dhc?get=NAME%2CP2_002N%2CP2_003N&for=county%3A015&in=state%3A53|publisher=United States Census Bureau|year=2023|access-date=2025-12-07|df=mdy}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |+'''Cowlitz County, Washington – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small> !Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small> !Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Cowlitz County, Washington|url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALSF12000.P004?q=P004:+HISPANIC+OR+LATINO,+AND+NOT+HISPANIC+OR+LATINO+BY+RACE+[73]&g=050XX00US53015|publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date= }}</ref> !Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Cowlitz County, Washington|url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALPL2010.P2?q=p2&g=050XX00US53015|website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> !{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Cowlitz County, Washington|url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALPL2020.P2?q=p2&g=050XX00US53015|website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> !% 2000 !% 2010 !{{partial|% 2020}} |- |White alone (NH) |83,571 |87,825 |style='background: #ffffe6; |88,067 |89.91% |85.76% |style='background: #ffffe6; |79.53% |- |Black or African American alone (NH) |448 |572 |style='background: #ffffe6; |746 |0.48% |0.56% |style='background: #ffffe6; |0.67% |- |Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) |1,280 |1,361 |style='background: #ffffe6; |1,409 |1.38% |1.33% |style='background: #ffffe6; |1.27% |- |Asian alone (NH) |1,195 |1,472 |style='background: #ffffe6; |1,721 |1.29% |1.44% |style='background: #ffffe6; |1.55% |- |Pacific Islander alone (NH) |112 |209 |style='background: #ffffe6; |643 |0.12% |0.20% |style='background: #ffffe6; |0.58% |- |Other race alone (NH) |62 |64 |style='background: #ffffe6; |485 |0.07% |0.06% |style='background: #ffffe6; |0.44% |- |Multiracial (NH) |2,049 |2,932 |style='background: #ffffe6; |6,857 |2.20% |2.86% |style='background: #ffffe6; |6.19% |- |Hispanic or Latino (any race) |4,231 |7,975 |style='background: #ffffe6; |10,802 |4.55% |7.79% |style='background: #ffffe6; |9.76% |- |'''Total''' |'''92,948''' |'''102,410''' |style='background: #ffffe6; |'''110,730''' |'''100.00%''' |'''100.00%''' |style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%''' |}

The racial makeup of the county was 82.0% White, 0.7% Black or African American, 1.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.6% Asian, 4.3% from some other race, and 9.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino residents of any race comprised 9.8% of the population.<ref name="Census2020PL">{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171)|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=NAME%2CP1_001N%2CP1_003N%2CP1_004N%2CP1_005N%2CP1_006N%2CP1_008N%2CP1_009N%2CP2_001N%2CP2_002N%2CH1_001N%2CH1_002N&for=county%3A015&in=state%3A53|publisher=United States Census Bureau|year=2021|access-date=2025-12-07|df=mdy}}</ref>

Of the 42,787 households in the county, 29.8% had children under 18 living with them and 24.4% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present. About 25.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.5% had someone living alone who was 65 or older.<ref name="Census2020DP"/>

Of those 45,424 housing units, 5.8% were vacant. Among occupied housing units, 67.7% were owner-occupied and 32.3% were renter-occupied. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.2% and the rental vacancy rate was 5.5%.<ref name="Census2020DP"/>

===2010 census=== As of the 2010 census, 102,410 people, 40,244 households, and 27,241 families were living in the county. The population density was {{convert|89.8|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people|}}. The 43,450 housing units had an average density of {{convert|38.1|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the county was 88.9% White, 1.5% Asian, 1.5% American Indian, 0.6% black or African American, 0.2% Pacific islander, 3.5% from other races, and 3.7% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 7.8% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 24.4% were German, 15.0% were Irish, 12.3% were English, 6.2% were Norwegian, and 5.4% were American.

Of the 40,244 households, 31.8% had children under 18 living with them, 50.2% were married couples living together, 11.8% had a female householder with no husband present, 32.3% were not families, and 25.8% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 2.99. The median age was 40.2 years.

The median income for a household in the county was $45,877 and for a family was $55,002. Males had a median income of $48,329 versus $32,438 for females. The per capita income for the county was $22,948. About 11.8% of families and 16.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 23.3% of those under 18 and 7.1% of those 65 or over.

==Politics== The county had been reliably Democratic in Presidential elections for over three decades, and Walter Mondale won this county in Ronald Reagan's 49-state landslide in 1984. Donald Trump won a majority of the vote in 2016, 2020, and 2024, becoming the first Republican to win this county since Reagan in 1980.

{{PresHead|place=Cowlitz County, Washington|whig=no|source1=<ref>{{Cite web |last=Leip |first=David |title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections |url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS |access-date=April 6, 2018 |website=uselectionatlas.org}}</ref>|source2=<ref>The leading "other" candidate, Progressive Theodore Roosevelt, received 1,006 votes, while Socialist candidate Eugene Debs received 527 votes, Prohibition candidate Eugene Chafin received 79 votes, and Socialist Labor candidate Arthur Reimer received 10 votes.</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/results_report.aspx?e=67&c=&c2=&t=772&t2=1&p=&p2=&y=|title=Elections Search Results November 2004 General President/Vice President|last=Reed|first=Sam|author-link=Sam Reed|date=November 2, 2004|work=Secretary of State of Washington|access-date=November 6, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://results.vote.wa.gov/results/20081104/president-vice-president_bycounty.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250628184837/https://results.vote.wa.gov/results/20081104/president-vice-president_bycounty.html |archive-date=June 28, 2025 |url-status=live|title=President/Vice President - County Results|last=Reed|first=Sam|author-link=Sam Reed|date=November 4, 2008|work=Secretary of State of Washington|access-date=August 9, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://results.vote.wa.gov/results/20121106/president-vice-president_bycounty.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250628184545/https://results.vote.wa.gov/results/20121106/president-vice-president_bycounty.html |archive-date=June 28, 2025 |url-status=live|title=President/Vice President - County Results|last=Reed|first=Sam|author-link=Sam Reed|date=November 6, 2012|work=Secretary of State of Washington|access-date=August 9, 2025}}</ref>}} <!-- PresRow should be {{PresRow|Year|Winning party|GOP/Whig vote #|Dem vote #|3rd party vote #|State}} --> {{PresRow|1892|Republican|738|566|466|Washington}} {{PresRow|1896|Republican|989|974|25|Washington}} {{PresRow|1900|Republican|1,171|619|59|Washington}} {{PresRow|1904|Republican|1,589|317|149|Washington}} {{PresRow|1908|Republican|1,573|617|206|Washington}} {{PresRow|1912|Republican|1,348|919|1,622|Washington}} {{PresRow|1916|Republican|2,113|1,282|439|Washington}} {{PresRow|1920|Republican|2,267|801|619|Washington}} {{PresRow|1924|Republican|3,274|927|1,681|Washington}} {{PresRow|1928|Republican|5,882|2,581|91|Washington}} {{PresRow|1932|Democratic|3,767|5,443|1,903|Washington}} {{PresRow|1936|Democratic|3,617|10,147|528|Washington}} {{PresRow|1940|Democratic|6,078|11,420|216|Washington}} {{PresRow|1944|Democratic|6,157|10,485|157|Washington}} {{PresRow|1948|Democratic|7,098|11,075|729|Washington}} {{PresRow|1952|Republican|12,366|11,242|138|Washington}} {{PresRow|1956|Democratic|11,912|12,448|50|Washington}} {{PresRow|1960|Republican|12,103|12,054|153|Washington (state)}} {{PresRow|1964|Democratic|6,708|17,605|188|Washington (state)}} {{PresRow|1968|Democratic|10,842|13,363|1,545|Washington (state)}} {{PresRow|1972|Republican|14,431|12,682|1,069|Washington (state)}} {{PresRow|1976|Democratic|12,531|14,958|917|Washington (state)}} {{PresRow|1980|Republican|13,154|12,560|2,925|Washington (state)}} {{PresRow|1984|Democratic|14,858|15,361|749|Washington (state)}} {{PresRow|1988|Democratic|12,009|16,090|366|Washington (state)}} {{PresRow|1992|Democratic|10,000|15,052|9,477|Washington (state)}} {{PresRow|1996|Democratic|11,221|18,054|4,240|Washington (state)}} {{PresRow|2000|Democratic|16,873|18,233|1,856|Washington (state)}} {{PresRow|2004|Democratic|20,217|21,589|667|Washington (state)}} {{PresRow|2008|Democratic|19,554|24,597|1,078|Washington (state)}} {{PresRow|2012|Democratic|20,746|22,726|1,148|Washington (state)}} {{PresRow|2016|Republican|24,185|17,908|5,049|Washington (state)}} {{PresRow|2020|Republican|34,424|23,938|1,918|Washington (state)}} {{PresRow|2024|Republican|34,580|22,825|1,920|Washington (state)}} {{PresFoot}}

==Communities==

===Cities=== {{Div col|colwidth=15em}} *Castle Rock *Kalama *Kelso (County seat) *Longview *Woodland (Partly in Clark County) {{div col end}}

===Census-designated places=== {{Div col|colwidth=15em}} *Beacon Hill *Cougar *Lexington *Longview Heights *Ryderwood *West Side Highway (former) {{div col end}}

===Unincorporated communities=== {{div col|colwidth=12em}} *Ariel *Bunker Hill *Caples *Caples Landing *Carrolls *Coal Creek *Columbia Heights *Davis Terrace *Eufaula *Eufaula Heights *Evergreen Terrace *Kid Valley *Oak Point *Olequa *Ostrander *Pleasant Hill *Rocky Point *Rose Valley *Saint Helens *Sandy Bend *Sightly *Silver Lake *Stella *Toutle *Vision Acres *West Longview *Yale {{div col end}}

==See also== * National Register of Historic Places listings in Cowlitz County, Washington * Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on the meat industry in the United States

==References== {{Reflist|30em}}

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