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APPENDIX 



Fatting off in Rural Population for the Decade 1900-1910 by Per Cents 

 Table showing (1) total increase in population of each State; (2) total increase in urban 



population for each State; (3) total increase or decrease in rural population for the State 



as a whole; (4) decrease in rural population in certain counties. Any place having fewer 



than 2,500 inhabitants is called "rural." 



This table shows that of our 48 States, only 6 show no decrease in rural population for 



the decade. These 6 States are Arizona, Connecticut, Idaho, Massachusetts, New Mexico, 



Rhode Island. 



Alabama State increase 16.9 per cent 



Urban increase 55.9 



Rural increase 11.1 



County decreases in rural population. 



Barbour 7.0 



Bullock 10.8 



Cherokee 4.1 



Colbert 0.3 



Dallas 13.5 



Greene 6.1 



Hale 10.1 



Lowndes 10.5 



Perry 1.8 



Russell 6.5 



Sumter 12.3 



Wilcox 5.1 



Arizona State increase 66.2 per cent 



Urban increase 195.5 



Rural increase 39.0 



County decrease in rural population, none. 



Arkansas State increase 20.0 per cent 



Urban increase 53.9 



Rural increase 16.3 



County decreases in rural population: 



Boone 12.7 



Carroll 11.0 



Fulton 5.6 



Little River 1.0 



Madison 19.2 



Marion 10.3 



Newton 15.4 



Ouachita 1.5 



Polk 11.2 



Sharp 4.2 



Washington 2.6 



(NOTE. This table is to be completed by the student by adding statistics for the remaining 

 45 States. Also construct a similar table for the decade, 1910-1920.) 



