Table 3.

Agriculture and population in Great Plains counties, 1880–1940: Eastern and Western tier states

Eastern Tier Statesd	1880	1890	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940
Number of Counties	206	302	302	339	351	352	352
Cropland Acreage	3,561,960	20,551,025	35,607,851	58,749,488	75,078,229	98,016,466	118,999,365
Farmland Acreage	17,661,562	54,939,683	123,513,578	157,197,256	181,496,302	194,819,902	204,539,152
Total County Acreage	145,247,093	198,595,026	216,908,160	229,296,640	231,579,320	231,904,000	231,494,960
Population	601,155	1,530,874	1,991,630	3,311,120	3,625,143	4,181,089	3,901,720
% Farmland in Crops	20.2	37.4	28.8	37.4	41.4	50.3	58.2
% County Area in Crops	2.5	10.3	16.4	25.6	32.4	42.3	51.4
% Farmland	12.2	27.7	56.9	68.6	78.4	84.0	88.4
Population Density	2.6	4.9	5.9	9.2	10.0	11.5	10.8
Adult Sex Ratio	154	130	128	124	120	113	107
Child-Woman Ratio	723	646	617	557	514	434	352
Western Tier Statese	1880	1890	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940
Number of Counties	28	46	57	63	92	98	98
Cropland Acreage	267,741	877,928	1,874,659	3,608,170	8,679,488	19,887,836	29,446,372
Farmland Acreage	1,540,517	5,847,145	19,806,385	32,462,027	71,110,363	93,696,344	100,368,086
Total County Acreage	133,963,365	120,831,516	154,885,760	153,259,520	148,192,000	151,628,800	151,723,520
Population	187,331	430,908	618,696	1,038,743	1,337,279	1,460,074	1,557,872
% Farmland in Crops	17.4	15.0	9.5	11.1	12.2	21.2	29.3
% County Area in Crops	0.2	0.7	1.2	2.4	5.9	13.1	19.4
% Farmland	1.1	4.8	12.8	21.2	48.0	61.8	66.2
Population Density	0.9	2.3	2.6	4.3	5.8	6.2	6.6
Adult Sex Ratio	205	177	141	140	120	113	107
Child-Woman Ratio	543	481	448	432	444	382	338

^dKansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas.

^eColorado, Montana, New Mexico, Wyoming.