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<br />FIGURE II <br />RURAL FARM, RURAL NONFARM AND URBAN POPULATION <br />MISSOURI RIVER REGION AND SUBREGIONS <br />HISTORICAL <br /> <br />8 <br /> <br />,,~- <br />I <br /> <br /> <br />7 <br /> <br />00 6 <br />z <br />o <br />~ <br />c:::! 5 <br />> <br /> <br />'"I <br /> <br />" 4 <br />z <br />o <br />C <br />. <br />" <br />o <br />o <br />~ 2 <br /> <br />RURAL NONFARM <br /> <br />~ 1.5 <br />z <br />o <br />C <br />. <br />~ <br />o <br />o <br />o <br />o <br /> <br />. RURAL FARM <br /> <br />o <br /> <br /><\0 '~C' '60 <br /> <br />TQT.o.L REGIOt. <br /> <br />10-- <br /> <br />J <br /> <br />, <br />i <br />! <br /> <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />'010 '50 '1;0 <br />UPPER <br />MISSOURI <br /> <br />'4050 ';:'0 <br />YELLOW- <br />STONE <br /> <br />"'0 '~O '60 <br />WESfERN <br />OAr-OTA <br /> <br /> <br />"10 "0'60 <br />EASTERN <br />DAI(OTA <br /> <br />'40 '':>0 '&0 <br />PLATTE- <br />NIOBRARA <br /> <br />'40 "0 '60 <br />MIDDLE <br />MISSOURI <br /> <br />40 '50 'GO <br />K.ANSAS <br /> <br />'40 '':>0 '60 <br />LOWER <br />MISSOURI <br /> <br />suBREGIONS <br /> <br />industry which is not adversely affected by high trans- <br />portation costs, and several large military installations. <br />One of the very striking characteristics of the region <br />is the absence of large urban populations on the plains. <br />By far the largest concentration of the urban population <br />is along the eastern edge and there is a secondary <br />concentration along the foot of the mountains in the <br />west. <br /> <br />POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS <br /> <br />There is a large variation in the portions of the 10 <br />States lying within the region, ranging from less than I <br />percent of Minnesota to 100 percent of Nebraska_ <br />Within these portions are found 8 of the 10 State <br />capitols and from \.5 to 100 percent of their respective <br />total populations. In 1960 the total population of those <br />portions of Ihe States within the region and their <br /> <br />30 <br /> <br />percentage relationship to the total population is shown <br />in table 2. <br />ReOecting largely the original pattern of county <br />jurisdictions established at the time of statehood. that <br />portion of the) 0 States within the region contains 427 <br />counties, counting Yellowstone National Park as one. <br />The counties vary greatly in size, but in number they are <br />distributed as indicated in table 3_ <br />The population of these counties varies considerably. <br />Jackson County, Missouri, comprising a large part of <br />Kansas City, had a population of nearly 623,000 in 1960 <br />whereas Arthur County, Nebraska, in the Sand Hills <br />grazing area, had but 680. Several counties in the <br />predominantly grazing areas of Colorado, Montana, <br />North Dakola, Sonth Dakota, and Wyoming had popula- <br />tions of less than 5,000 in 1960. Figure 12 shows the <br />population density of th(' counties within the region. <br />There are 250 incorporated urban places over 2,500 <br />population that have organized dty governments, as <br />