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Chapter 2: Additional Figures -
Historical Interrelationships Between Population Settlement
and Farmland in the Conterminous United States, 1790 to 1992

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Percent of Land in Farms, 1850 - 1992

Percent of land in farms, 1850 Percent of land in farms, 1860 Percent of land in farms, 1880 Percent of land in farms, 1890 Percent of land in farms, 1900 Percent of land in farms, 1910 Percent of land in farms, 1920 Percent of land in farms, 1930 Percent of land in farms, 1940 Percent of land in farms, 1950 Percent of land in farms, 1982 Percent of land in farms, 1987 Percent of land in farms, 1992

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Population, 1790 - 1990

Population, 1790 Population, 1800 Population, 1810 Population, 1820 Population, 1830 Population, 1840 Population, 1850 Population, 1860 Population, 1870 Population, 1880 Population, 1890 Population, 1900 Population, 1910 Population, 1920 Population, 1930 Population, 1940 Population, 1850 Population, 1960 Population, 1970 Population, 1990

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