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An analysis of the demographic and economic characteristics of the Great Plains region, including its geographic territory, population distribution, and economic types. data on the number and percentage of metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties, as well as their economic and policy types. It also discusses the different ways to define the Great Plains and provides references to relevant literature.
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States in the Great Plains
County Economic Type
Total Counties
Farming Dependent Mining Dependent Manufacturing Dependent Government Dependent Services Dependent Non-specialized Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Colorado 63 17 27.0 6 9.5 0 0.0 6 9.5 20 31.7 4 6. Iowa 99 41 41.4 0 0.0 11 11.1 2 2.0 9 9.1 26 26. Kansas 105 44 41.9 1 1.0 7 6.7 5 4.8 14 13.3 25 23. Minnesota 87 29 33.3 0 0.0 10 11.5 6 6.9 7 8.0 17 19. Montana 56 21 37.5 7 12.5 1 1.8 7 12.5 14 25.0 4 7. Nebraska 93 70 75.3 0 0.0 4 4.3 0 0.0 7 7.5 6 6. New Mexico 33 7 21.2 4 12.1 1 3.0 10 30.3 3 9.1 2 6. North Dakota 53 28 52.8 3 5.7 1 1.9 2 3.8 11 20.8 4 7. Oklahoma 77 19 24.7 4 5.2 4 5.2 13 16.9 7 9.1 16 20. South Dakota 66 49 74.2 1 1.5 11 16.7 6 9.1 6 9.1 1 1. Texas 254 65 25.6 30 11.8 0 0.0 19 7.5 24 9.4 47 18. Wyoming 23 0 0.0 8 34.8 0 0.0 9 39.1 1 4.3 2 8. TOTAL 1,009 390 38.7 64 6.3 50 5.0 85 8.4 123 12.2 154 15.
1989 County Typology Codes : The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service identifies 11 types of non-metropolitan counties according to their economic or policy type. This classification scheme reduces the wide range of economic and social diversity to a few important themes relevant to rural policy making. For more information, visit the following URL: http://www.ers.usda.gov/Briefing/Rurality/.
Economic Types: Farming-Dependent : Farming contributed a weighted annual average of 20 percent or more labor and proprietor income over the three years from 1987 to 1989. Mining-Dependent : Mining contributed a weighted annual average of 15 percent or more labor and proprietor income over the three years from 1987 to 1989. Manufacturing-Dependent : Manufacturing contributed a weighted annual average of 30 percent or more labor and proprietor income over the three years from 1987 to 1989. Government-Dependent : Government activities contributed a weighted annual average of 25 percent or more labor and proprietor income over the three years from 1987 to 1989. Services-Dependent : Service activities contributed a weighted annual average of 50 percent or more labor and proprietor income over the three years from 1987 to 1989. Non-specialized : Counties not classified as a specialized economic type over the three years from 1987 to 1989.
States in the Great Plains
County Policy Type
Total Counties
Retirement Destination Federal Lands Commuting Persistent Poverty Transfers Dependent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Colorado 63 10 15.9 33 52.4 6 9.5 7 11.1 10 15. Iowa 99 0 0.0 0 0.0 7 7.1 0 0.0 0 0. Kansas 105 0 0.0 0 0.0 9 8.6 0 0.0 2 1. Minnesota 87 1 1.1 2 2.3 4 4.6 2 2.3 10 11. Montana 56 3 5.4 23 41.1 1 1.8 3 5.4 4 7. Nebraska 93 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 3.2 2 2.2 1 1. New Mexico 33 4 12.1 12 36.4 3 9.1 13 39.4 7 21. North Dakota 53 0 0.0 1 1.9 0 0.0 7 13.2 7 13. Oklahoma 77 1 1.3 0 0.0 5 6.5 20 26.0 28 36. South Dakota 66 0 0.0 2 3.0 2 3.0 17 25.8 5 7. Texas 254 27 10.6 1 0.4 25 9.8 72 28.3 26 10. Wyoming 23 0 0.0 12 52.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0. TOTAL 1,009 46 4.6 86 8.5 65 6.4 143 14.2 100 9.
1989 County Typology Codes : The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service identifies 11 types of non-metropolitan counties according to their economic or policy type. This classification scheme reduces the wide range of economic and social diversity to a few important themes relevant to rural policy making. For more information, visit the following URL: http://www.ers.usda.gov/Briefing/Rurality/.
Policy Types: Retirement Destination : The population ages 60 years and older in 1990 increased by 15 percent or more from 1980-90 through in-movement of people. Federal Lands : Federally-owned lands made up 30 percent or more of a county’s land area in the year 1987. Commuting : Workers ages 16 years and older commuting to jobs outside their county of residence were 40 percent or more of all the county’s workers in 1990. Persistent Poverty : Persons with poverty-level income in the preceding year were 20 percent or more of total population in each of four years, 1960, 1970, 1980, and 1990. Transfers Dependent : Income from transfer payments (Federal, state, and local) contributed a weighted annual average of 25 percent or more total personal income over the three years from 1987 to 1989.