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<br />OJil:ilS <br /> <br /> <br />POPULA TION <br /> <br />Populalinn or Ihl' Big Blue River Ba"in f('adll'd its maximum of arrroxirnatdy 140,000 <br />In ]H90 and l1a:-. since dt'dilll'd 10 an t'slimatl.'J popublion uf IOS,DOO in 19h6. 111Sluric <br />population dala from I ~PO tu 196U arc shown in Tabk' 2. <br /> <br />Tht' 1960 Population Cl'nsus shows that Ilt'arly 107.700 pt'opk IiwJ in the Big Blue <br />Ri....l'r Basin of which O\'\.'f 3~ pl'reent resided in till' six urb:m arl'<Js of ,\urora, Ik;Jtrin', Crl'II:. <br />IIa:-.tillgs. SI.'w;JrJ. and York. Anotht'f 31 pl'reen! lived on ramlS :JnJ Iht' rem:Jining 37 pl'recn! <br />lived in rural non.farm af!;';!S or in collllllunilit's or k'ss tllom 2.500 popul:Jlion. 1111 <br /> <br />TABLE ~ <br />POPULATIO:\'l>.-\TA <br />BIG BLUE BASL~ <br /> <br />YEAR IOTAL <br />]870 8..-1-06 <br />]880 76.374 <br />1890 ]-;0,450 <br />]900 ] 32.821 <br />19]0 135.579 <br />1920 131.70SJ <br />1930 IJ 1.622 <br />\q..tO 120.61U <br />lCl50 111.760 <br />1960 107.6S4 <br />lq66* 1 O~.OOO <br />-- <br /> <br />URB", <br />Ton L <br /> <br />RURAL <br />TOTA L <br /> <br />FAR.\! <br /> <br />:\O:\FAR\l <br /> <br />~OA07 <br />15..s36 <br />~1.bJ4 <br />~4.660 <br />29,900 <br />~S.J35 <br />32.345 <br />33.988 <br /> <br />1 ~O.043 <br />116.985 <br />113.945 <br />107.123 <br />101.722 <br />Q2.275 <br />79.415 <br />73.6'1(1 <br /> <br />56.903 <br />45,000 <br />33.S3! <br /> <br />35.372 <br />34.415 <br />3Q.S65 <br /> <br />. D'''fl~~J frum llrt>an and "ollnl~ poplllahon c,llmaU, pllt>l1,h~d hy Ih,' Rllr<'all of <br />1l11'lnc" Re"',lfch. rm'C'r<lI~' of S,'hr"""J <br />SOl'RC~ t' S, [~p;Hlm,'nl of CommC'J"c. 1l111.....11 oi the Ccmll~. ;tnd <br />11.S Ccnsll'olPopllblion <br /> <br />]7 <br />