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Table 1
<br />ECONOMIC INDICATORS
<br />Trades & Services
<br />Population
<br />Platte
<br />- --- Percent--- -
<br />Agriculture
<br />Platte River
<br />1,254.0
<br />2,164.8
<br />River
<br />2.80
<br />United
<br />Basin's Share
<br />Category
<br />Unit
<br />Basin
<br />Nebraska
<br />States
<br />of
<br />f
<br />Receipts
<br />991.0
<br />1,628.5
<br />28,526.1
<br />3.50
<br />the U.S.
<br />Nebraska
<br />Trades & Services
<br />Population
<br />-- - - - - -- Million Dollars--- - - - - --
<br />- --- Percent--- -
<br />Agriculture
<br />1969
<br />1,254.0
<br />2,164.8
<br />45,448.1
<br />2.80
<br />57.9
<br />Crops
<br />Cash
<br />263.0
<br />536.3
<br />16,922.0
<br />1.60
<br />49.0
<br />Livestock
<br />Receipts
<br />991.0
<br />1,628.5
<br />28,526.1
<br />3.50
<br />60.9
<br />Forestry
<br />1970 Est.
<br />0.4
<br />1.0
<br />3,210.0
<br />0.01
<br />40.0
<br />Timber
<br />Sales
<br />0.4
<br />1.0
<br />3,210.0
<br />0.01
<br />40.0
<br />Manufacturing
<br />1967
<br />421.1
<br />1,150.0
<br />261,984.0
<br />0.20
<br />36.6
<br />5,711.0
<br />Value Added
<br />12.3
<br />Personal Income
<br />1970
<br />2,996.0
<br />5,764.0
<br />Trades & Services
<br />Population
<br />2,520.0
<br />7,263.0
<br />830,256.0
<br />0.30
<br />34.7
<br />Wholesale
<br />1967
<br />1,167.0
<br />4,385.0
<br />459,500.0
<br />0.25
<br />26.6
<br />Retail
<br />Sales
<br />1,224.0
<br />2,555.0
<br />310,214.0
<br />0.39
<br />47.9
<br />Selected Services
<br />129.0
<br />323.0
<br />60,542.0
<br />0.21
<br />39.9
<br />Minerals
<br />1970
<br />32.0
<br />110.9
<br />21,906.0
<br />0.15
<br />29.0
<br />Fuels
<br />Value of
<br />23.0
<br />37.9
<br />16,195.0
<br />0.14
<br />60.6
<br />Nonmetallic
<br />Products
<br />9.0
<br />73.0
<br />5,711.0
<br />0.20
<br />12.3
<br />Personal Income
<br />1970
<br />2,996.0
<br />5,764.0
<br />803.500.0
<br />0.40
<br />52.6
<br />Total Earnings
<br />2,000,0
<br />4,437.0
<br />648,345.0
<br />0.30
<br />46.1
<br />Farm
<br />434.0
<br />651.0
<br />22,309.0
<br />1.90
<br />66.7
<br />Nonfarm
<br />1,566.0
<br />3,786.0
<br />626,036.0
<br />0.30
<br />41.4
<br />PRESENT ECONOMY
<br />The economy of the Platte River Basin is related
<br />closely to that of the .agricultural sector of the
<br />United States. In each, the sale of livestock pro-
<br />duces more income than the sale of crops, as
<br />shown in Table 1. However, much of the value of
<br />crops is realized through their use for livestock
<br />feeding rather than direct sales.
<br />Trades and services provide work for many peo-
<br />ple in the basin. Although the basin is not consid-
<br />ered a manufacturing area, there are many small
<br />plants producing a variety of items, particularly for
<br />use in agricultural production.
<br />POPULATION AND EDUCATION
<br />There were 648,400 people in the basin in 1970.
<br />Table 2 shows the composition of the population in
<br />each subbasin. The basin's population is greatest in
<br />the eastern portion, primarily east of Grand Island.
<br />However, there is a corridor of concentrated popu-
<br />lation extending west from Grand Island along and
<br />adjacent to the Platte River and Interstate 80, and a
<br />smaller concentration in the North Platte valley
<br />around Scottsbluff. Population density for the basin
<br />as a whole is about 16 persons per square mile.
<br />Table 2
<br />COMPOSITION OF 1970 POPULATION
<br />Subbasin
<br />Population
<br />Share
<br />Composition
<br />Urban
<br />Rural
<br />Nonfarm
<br />Rural
<br />Farm
<br />---------- - - - - -- Percent---------- - - - - --
<br />Number
<br />Elkhorn
<br />143,400
<br />Loup
<br />66,500
<br />Upper Platte
<br />209,100
<br />Lower Platte
<br />229,400
<br />Platte Basin
<br />648,400
<br />Source: 1970 Census of Population.
<br />---------- - - - - -- Percent---------- - - - - --
<br />22
<br />36
<br />37
<br />27
<br />10
<br />6
<br />49
<br />45
<br />32
<br />58
<br />23
<br />19
<br />36
<br />77
<br />13
<br />10
<br />100
<br />55
<br />25
<br />20
<br />25
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