. Western agriculture. large centers of popu-lation has been one of the most important tendencies, froma sociological point of view, in modern times. The extent of this movement is shown by comparingthe percentage of increase of the population of the entireUnited States with that of the rural and urban population,respectively. The following table shows the relativeincrease for the last thirty years: Table xiu.—Increase in Population in Percentage—General 1910 1900 1890 Average Total population • Urban Rural The average for the last three de
. Western agriculture. large centers of popu-lation has been one of the most important tendencies, froma sociological point of view, in modern times. The extent of this movement is shown by comparingthe percentage of increase of the population of the entireUnited States with that of the rural and urban population,respectively. The following table shows the relativeincrease for the last thirty years: Table xiu.—Increase in Population in Percentage—General 1910 1900 1890 Average Total population • Urban Rural The average for the last three decades shows that theurban population has increased times as fast as hasthe rural population. 436 THE FARM COMMUNITY 437 For the United States as a whole, there has not been anabsolute decrease in rural population, but in a few sectionsand in a number of states there has been an actual declinein the rural population during the last ten years. The NewEngland States lost 5 per cent; the East Central States lost. Figure 192.—Hume Economics Association. 2 per cent; New Hampshire, Vermont, Ohio, Indiana, Illi-nois, Iowa, and Missouri, lost in ratios varying from percent in Iowa to .5 per cent in Illinois. The following tables show the. facts with reference tothe rural population in the State of Utah. These figuresreflect conditions which may be regarded as fairly typical ofthe mountain states: Table XIV.—Increase in Population in Percentage—Utah Years Population Increase Inc. inUrban Inc. inRural 1900-1910 373,351276,749 1890-1900 Urban population increased a little more than three timesas fast as rural during the last ten years. 438 WESTERN AGRICULTURE The following table shows the percentage of the totalpopulation which is rural or urban: Table XV.—Per Cent of Total Population—Utah 1880-1890 1890-1900 1900-1910 Total Population of Population 100 Rural Population Although the above sh
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