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STATION BULLETIN 346 



Comparison of Towns Having Five Selected Factors below Average 

 with Towns Having the Same Factors above Average 



As a matter of interest and for comparative analysis, data were 

 tabulated for two groups of towns according to whether the towns 

 were below or above median average in five factors, namely : 



1. Population in 1940. 



2. Population per square mile. 



3. Population in 1940 as percent of population in 1880. 



4. Population in 1940 as percent of population in 1910. 



5. Assessed valuation. 



The comparison is shown in Table 10. For convenience, the two 

 groups are referred to as Group A and Group B, respectively, accord- 

 ing to whether they are below or above median average with respect 

 to the five factors. 



The Group A towns had an average population of only 317 and 

 a density of only 8.1 persons per square mile compared with a popu- 

 lation of 1,284 and 41.8 persons per square mile for Group B towns, 



Table 11. Comparison of the Distribution of Expenses for Towns Which 

 Were Below Median Average in Five Factors with Towns Which 

 Were Above Median Average in the Same Factors 



Group A 



Group B 



Expense items 



Towns having all Towns having all 



factors below average factors above average 



Number of towns 



27 



28 



Highways 



General government 



Welfare 



Debt service 



Protection 



Libraries 



Health 



Other public services 



Capital outlays 



-'Ml other 



Totals 



Expenses per town 



$4,906 

 1,226 

 861 

 799 

 320 

 122 

 70 

 132 

 164 

 149 



$ 9,718 



2,937 



2,784 



2,944 



2,135 



436 



476 



1,443 



711 



882 



$8,749 



$24,466 



Highways 



General government 



Welfare 



Debt service 



Protection 



Libraries 



Health 



Other public services 



Capital outlays 



All other 



Totals 



Percent of total expenses 



56.1 

 14.0 

 9.8 

 9.2 

 3.6 

 1.4 

 0.8 

 1.5 

 1.9 

 17_ 



100.0 



39.7 



12.0 



11.4 



12.0 



8.7 



1.8 



2.0 



5.9 



2.9 



3.6 



100.0 



