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<br />10 Farm population for Mesa County in 1970 totaled 3,898. This is a 42.7 <br /> <br />11 percent decrease since 1960. Farms by census definition totaled 1,320 <br /> <br />12 in 1974; a 21 percent decrease since 1964. <br /> <br />13 Agricultural income from the sale of farm products in the Grand Valley <br />14 unit amounts to about 40 percent of the total for the upper main stem of <br /> <br />15 the Colorado River in Colorado. Grand Valley contains about 65 percent <br />16 of the irrigated cropland in Mesa County, but the value of farm product <br /> <br />17 sales amounts to about 75 percent of the total for the county. <br /> <br /> <br /><:) <br />~ <br />\"'~J 2 <br />.... <br />Q <br /> 3 <br /> 4 <br /> <br />.~ <br /> <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Median years of school completed by persons 25 years and over in 1970 <br /> <br />was 12.3. Completing four years of high school or more is 59. J percent. <br /> <br />Only 4 percent of this .age group had completed less than five years of <br /> <br />school. <br /> <br />5 The City of Grand Junction (1973 population 25,740), lying near the <br /> <br />6 <br /> <br />center of the irrigated area is the major municipal, commercial and <br />industrial area in the Upper Colorado River Basin. In addition to <br />agriculture and reta i I and wholesale trade, mining, recreat ion, tourism, <br />government construction and manufacturing are maj or sources of earnings. <br /> <br />7 <br /> <br />8 <br /> <br />9 <br /> <br />18 In 1974, there were 766 farm operating units with sales of $2,500 and <br />19 over. Of these, 352 had sales between $2,500 and $9,999; 145 had sales <br />20 between $10,000 and $19,999; and 269 had sales over $20,000. The average <br />21 age of farm operators with sales of $2,500 and over was 54 years in 1974 <br />22 as compared with 52. J years in 1969. <br /> <br /> <br />21 <br />