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<br />000;;', <br /> <br />If the rural nonfarm category is broken down in more detail and the communities <br />separated as in 1 able 10, a residual population is revealed. This residual segment is composed <br />of people who live outside corporate limits of cities and villages, but are not classified as <br />farmen. The growth in this residual segment has been greater than the growth in Ihe total <br />rural nonfarm category during the 1940-1960 period. This points out that tht' growth in the <br />rural nonfann category has been linked to the rural nonfann segment, rather than growth in <br />any of the smaller communities. Analysis of this segment by counties shows that t......o-thirds of <br />this gain came in the six counties where urban areas are located and suggests that the growth <br />in the rural nonfarm category is more closely related to urban growth. <br /> <br />Table 10 shows that the overall performance of the smaller communities was much <br />better during the 1950 to 1960 decade than during the previous decade. This might indicate <br />that some stabilizing effect is taking place in these areas. <br /> <br />The fann population of the Big Blue Basin has decreased from 47 percent of Ihe total <br />population in 1940 to 31 percent in 1960. (6) This trend in quite similar to the decreasing <br />farm populations both in the state and the nation. Increases in farm size and concurrent <br />decreases in farm numbers, caused by the substitution of agricullural technology for labor. has <br />resulted in this decreased farm population. <br /> <br />TABLE 10 <br />POPULATION CIIANGES IN TIlE RURAL NONFAR" CATEGORY <br />BIG BLUE BASIN <br /> <br /> I I "... 1950 196<) Change 19..0.1960 Olange 1950-1960 <br />Category /I ~O. POP. POP. POP. Total PeTcen1 Total Percen1 <br />250 I 31 5.935 -t728 I 4.562 .1.373 .23.1 . 166 . 3.5 <br /> I <br />250-500 IS 6,220 5.628 5.202 .1,018 . 16.4 . 426 . 7.6 <br />500-1,000 7 4,483 I 4,295 4,494 + II + , + 199 + 4.6 <br /> .- <br />1.000-1,500 7 7.556 7.91 I 8,659 +1,103 + 14.6 + 748 + 9.5 <br />1.500.,,500 3 I 6.617 6,610 I 6,631 14 , " .3 <br /> + + + + <br />Othern 4,356 4,920 10,191 +5.835 +134.0 +5.271 +107.1 <br />TOTAL 63 35.167 I 34,092 39.739 +4.572 + 13.0 +5.M7 16.6 <br /> + <br /> <br />If Citie$ and village$ of leu than 2,500 population grouped by 1960 mt'. <br />2f ThO$< peoplit' who reside outridt' or incorpontt'd places. bUI not on farms. <br /> <br />SOURCE: U. S. Depanment of ConunerCt', BlIIt':au of C'rnsus,l!. S. Census or Population <br /> <br />38 <br />