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<br />fi", ~ ! '" ') <br /> <br />-.- ., <br />::,.,~ <br /> <br />Missouri River Basin <br />Comprehensive Framevork Studies <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />>, <br />, <br /> <br />.~r-: <br /> <br />~ .,' <br /> <br />Economic Base StudY'" <br /> <br />One of the basic precepts of the Comprehensive Framevork Study of <br />the Missouri Basin is that this plan viII be based on projected future <br />economic conditions. This study viII, t!lerefore, be based on people <br />and their needs, now and in the future, not J~st on current problems. <br />To give a better understanding of the projected future, it is well to <br />take a brief look at the present and past trends. In 1960, the last <br />census year, the Missouri Basin had a total population of 7,931,000. <br />Of this total population, 2,985,000 were employed. Employment in <br />agriculture totaled 512,000; manufacturing, 411,000; other commodity- <br />producing industries, 216,000; and in the non-commodity sector 1,846,000 <br />people. The per capita income vas $1,813. <br /> <br />.p.. <br /> <br />,. <br /> <br />.; <br /> <br />-. -'.' <br /> <br />t"_.. <br /> <br />.;' <br /> <br />.......', <br /> <br />Brief comparison with the U. S. indicates that in 1960 population <br />of the Basin was 4.5 percent of the Nation. Employment was the same <br />proportion in the Missouri Basin as in the U. S. and the per capita <br />income vas about 91 percent of the average U. S. income. From 19J~0 to <br />1960 the U. S. population increased 33.6 percent, while the Missouri <br />Basin only increased 17.1 percent. In large part, this may be ascribed <br />to the exodus of rural farm population which started in the 1930's. The <br />total population of the Basin increased from 6,772,000 in 1940 to <br />7,931,000 in 1960. During the sam~ period urban population increased <br />from 2,728,000 to 4,556,000; rural non-farm population from 1,571,000 to <br />1,903,000, but.farm population decreased from 2,472,000 to 1,472,000. <br /> <br />:;:-;i' <br />~i;: <br />;.,.v< <br />If-''''. <br /> <br />,. <br />""~-> <br /> <br />. <br />., <br />;<iv"~ <br />.. <br />.',". <br /> <br />:.' <br /> <br />,.., " <br /> <br />The eight planning subregions in the Missouri Basin had similar <br />changes vith the Platte-Niobrara region showing the greatest growth <br />over all, and the Eastern Dakota Tributaries the least growth. Similar <br />comparisons can be made for employment and income. This can be broadly <br />interpreted to tndicate what most of us already know _ that the <br />Missouri Basin was predominantly an agricultural region but agriculture <br />and agri-business being tbe predominant economic activity in the Basin. <br />This has been changing during the more recent years with the Basin be- <br />coming more urbanized and industrialized and agricultural influence <br />lessening somewhat although it is still a dominant characteristic of the <br />Basin. For, although farm employment and farm population had been de- <br />creasing, tbe total land area in farms has stayed relatively constant. <br /> <br />{." <br /> <br />'..-:.:: <br /> <br />F., <br />~ <br />~"'" <br /> <br />,<.:.' <br /> <br />, <br />. :' ~ <br />{',~ <br /> <br />;.",.:. <br />:'-'>" <br /> <br />. < <br />....", <br />.F~.,< <br />t~::.\ <br />$-",< <br />.~'-' '- <br />.~/'~: <br /> <br />,. <br /> <br />'-.< <br /> <br />4 Presentation of this subject made by Charles Haj1nian, FWPCA, Chairman <br />of the Economic Base Study Work Group <br /> <br />. <br />., <br />, <br /> <br />21 <br /> <br />~'" <br /> <br />: -,.,~ -. .-: <br /> <br />"',' <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />'~-:;-; ~;::~ <br /> <br />."- <br /><. <br />",,+"':;'_~~"'r_ <br /> <br />I;", ..A:,'>'<:,~:.Y<;~:'.r:~ .,': <br />;.-t-........"~.c.:.-y~:-JIO."..~. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />, <br />, <br /> <br />,. <br /> <br />......._ ,W <br /> <br />'.... <br /> <br />,.-- <br /> <br />"".A~ ...~... <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- ""t' <br />