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The reversal did not, however, alter the general down- 

 ward trend of jjopulation in the poorer counties, 

 while that of the better groups continued to gain. 



A somewhat different picture is that presented by 

 the data for North Dakota and South Dakota. Popu- 

 lations of all groups of counties in South Dakota have 

 consistently increased during the period from 1920 to 

 1931. The proportionate increase for the poorest 

 group of counties has been umnistakably greater than 



that for the other groups. Each group of counties in 

 this State showed a significant drop in school popula- 

 tion since 1933. The situation in North Dakota has 

 been substantially the same, except that declines for 

 all groups began in 1931. The persistent increases 

 in rural population in these two States, and particularly 

 in the lower-income counties, are perhaps characteristic 

 of relatively new country in which the better 

 aie settled first. 



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