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<br />h;JUo::1>l'}n <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />of agriculture, manufacturing, other commodity-producing industry and <br />the non-commodity sector, it is noted that agriculture has decreased from <br />about 36 percent of the total employed in 1940 to 17 percent in 1960 and <br />to a little over 3 percent by 2020. Actually, because of the increasing <br />employment in the basin the numbe~ employed in agriculture does not <br />change as much as the percentage changes. In 1940 there were 792,000 <br />employed in agriculture; in 1960, 512,000 employed in agriculture; and by <br />2020 it is projected there will be 249,000 employed in agriculture. During <br />the same period manufacturing increases from 8.5 percent of the total <br />employed in 1940 to 13.8 percent of the total employed in 1960, and 15.4 <br />percent by 2020. The values for manufacturing are 190,000 in 1940; 411,000 <br />in 1960; and 1,202,000 by 2020. Other commodity-producing industry <br />incresses its proportion of the total employment somewhat in the early <br />years, and from 1960 on, holds about the same percentage. The non-commodity- <br />producing industry increases from 51 percent of the total population in <br />1940 to about 62 percent in 1960, and 74 percent by 2020. <br /> <br />The economy of the Missouri River Basin is growing and is becoming <br />diversified. The major urban areas are rapidly expanding in terms of <br />population and industrial activity and are characterized by a variety of <br />industries. Agriculture is still one of the more important economic <br />activities of the Basin, but given the continued growth in the non- <br />agricultural sector, it is expected that the basin's economy will compare <br />favorably with the Nation in the future. <br /> <br />21 <br /> <br />