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105 stores average one for every 1,732 inhabitants. (See Table 22.) 
If it be assumed that this ratio is representative of rural districts 
of the entire country, the number of stores selling fresh meats in 
the rural districts was approximately 30,000. The division here 
used between urban and rural districts is that of the United States 
census, classing- as urban all incorporated place of 2,500 inhabitants 
or more and as rural all such places with less than 2,500 inhabitants 
in addition to the open country. 
Table 8. — Relation of number of stores retailing fresh meats to population, 1920 
City 
Population 
1920 
• 
Number of 
stores 
Inhabitants 
per store 
Northeast section: 
22, 167 
6,318 
112,759 
138, 036 
88, 190 
588, 343 
66, 083 
20, 906 
234, 693 
14, 010 
5,140 
41,611 
126, 468 
62, 662 
39,631 
15,494 
15, 040 
30, 070 
9,638 
24,418 
48, 395 
37, 524 
83, 252 
11, 555 
178, 806 
21, 782 
258, 288 
576, 675 
26 
9 
162 
218 
90 
648 
149 
10 
181 
10 
3 
82 
193 
118 
93 
20 
12 
23 
27 
26 
49 
30 
168 
13 
371 
19 
179 
575 
852. 58 
Franklin, N. H 
702. 00 
Lowell, Mass 
696.04 
633. 19 
Binghamton, N. Y., and suburbs. ... . . -. 
979. 89 
Binghamton 66,800 
Union 3,303 
Endicott 9,500 
Johnson City . 8,587 
Pittsburgh, Pa - 
907. 94 
Central section: 
Terre Haute, Ind._ - 
443.51 
2, 090. 60 
St. Paul, Minn 
1, 296. 67 
1,401.00 
1,713.33 
Butte, Mont : .. . .. 
507. 45 
655. 27 
Lincoln, Nebr., and suburbs. . . . ... 
531. 03 
Lincoln 54,948 
Havelock . 3,602 
University Place 4,112 
Springfield, Mo ... 
426. 14 
Amarillo, Tex _ 
774. 70 
Paris, Tex 
1, 253. 33 
Southeast section: 
Lynchburg, Va _ 
1, 307. 39 
Bowling Green, Ky . 
356. 96 
Raleigh, N. C 
939. 15 
Winston-Salem, N. C... 
987. 65 
Columbia, S. C 
1, 250. 80 
Savannah, Ga 
495. 55 
888, 85 
481. 96 
Baton Rouge, La _ 
1, 146. 42 
Pacific coast section: 
Portland, Oreg .. . . 
1, 442. 95 
Los Angeles, Calif 
1, 002. 91 
Total 
2, 877, 959 
3,504 
821. 34 
New York City, 1 population (1920) 
5, 620, 048 
Number of stores (1918) : 
Gentile 
3,894 
1,797 
Total 
5,691 
Number of inhabitants per store 
987. 53 
i Data for New York City from a canvass by the Federal food board in 1918. 
On the basis of these estimates the total number of stores in the 
entire country selling fresh meats during the entire year or substan- 
tially the entire year in 1920 was approximately 100,000. The addi- 
tional n'umber selling fresh meats for only two to six months of the 
year, ordinarily in the winter months and usually in connection 
with a small grocery or general store business conducted throughout 
the entire year, may be estimated roughly at 10,000. Since straight 
meat markets, including also stalls in public markets, were in general 
found to be less than one-third of the total in the urban districts and 
