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CHART 3. The Cost of Govemment, Showing the Percentage Distribution for the 

 State, Counties, and Cities and Towns, 1926. 



2.8 Yo 



Towns 

 Undlr 



5000 



Towns 



6 7<^1 Over 5ooo 



15 O c/o 



State 

 13 9 =/o 



Cities 

 Qi 6 % 



Table 4. — Total Expenditures Per Capita, by Size of City or Town, 

 1907, 1912, 1917, 1922 and 1926. 



Size of City 



or Toivn 1907 



Towns 



Under 1,000 $18.12 



1,000-2,000 .. 17.91 



2,000-3,000 . 19.21 



3,000-4,000 15.53 



4,000-5,000 . 21.83 



5,000-7,000 23.11 



7,000-10,000 . 23.10 



10,000-15,000 25.07 



Over 15,000 69.78 



Cities 



Under 25,000 25.91 



25,000-50,000 27.33 



50,000-75,000 29.58 



75,000-100,000 26.92 



100,000-150,000 23.88 



150,000-200,000 



Over 200,000 52.43 



