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<br />. OC18C8 <br /> <br />ECONOMIC DATA <br /> <br />Las Animas County <br /> <br />With a 1930 population of 36,000 this county ranked <br /> <br />fifth for the State of Colorado in that year, which position <br /> <br />has been held since the year 1900. It is the largest county of <br /> <br />Colorado, with an area of about 4800 square mUes. The follow- <br /> <br />ing data, taken from the Colorado Year Book, present its position <br /> <br />with referenoe to other counties in the state for the years shown: <br /> <br />:Coal:Y~nu- :Miles : Miles <br />Beef :Min-:fac- : of of <br />:cattle:ing :turing:railroad:highway <br /> <br />:Pop-: As-: :Agri-: <br />Year:Area:ula-;sessed: Bank :cul- <br />:tion: val. :deposits:ture <br /> <br /> 192.5: 1 .5 7 .5 36 3 1 l2 : 3 1 <br />. 1930: 1 .5 7 .5 34 1 - . 12*: 2 2 <br /> 193.5: 1 5 7 7 41 1 2 8**: 2 2 <br /> * 1919 <br /> *'" 1933 <br /> The assessed valuation in 1937 wc\s $28,600,000, compared <br /> to $42,000,000 in 1930, $43,000,000 in 1925, and $42,000,000 in <br /> 1920. Although it is understood from the Las Animas County <br /> <br />assessor's office that only 2.5 percent of the 1937 farm taxes in this <br /> <br />area have been paid todate (1939), the tax collections on farms <br /> <br />for the entire county for the period 1932 to 1936 was 7.5 percent. <br /> <br />The present delinquency, it is understood, is not due to inability to <br /> <br />pay but rather for personal reasons on the part of farmers. An <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />30 <br /> <br />, <br />.-",- <br /> <br />