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AREA AND POPULATION OF NEBRASKA BY COUNTIES--Continued
Population 1855-1930
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Counties
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Area in Square Miles
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1930
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1920
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1910
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1900
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1890
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1885 1
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1880
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I 870
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1860
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1856
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1855 2
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| Nemaha |
389
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12,356
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12,547
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13,095
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14,952
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12,930
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13,134
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10,451
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7,593
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3,139
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1,281
|
604
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| Nuckolls |
579
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32,629
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13,236
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13,019
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12,414
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11,417
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7,953
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4,235
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8
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22
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| Otoe |
I 606
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19,901
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19,494
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19,323
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22,288
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25,403
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19,366
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15,727
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12,345
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4,211
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1,862
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1,188
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| Pawnee |
431
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9,423
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9,578
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10,582
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11,770
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10,340
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9,802
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6,920
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4,171
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882
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301
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142
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| Perkins |
886
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5,834
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3,967
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2,570
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1,702
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4,364
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4,364
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| Phelps |
538
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9,261
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9,900
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10,451
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10,772
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9,869
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6,073
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2,447
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| Pierce |
577
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11,080
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10,681
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10,122
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8,445
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4,864
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3,869
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1,202
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152
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| Platte |
673
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21,181
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19,464
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19,006
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17,747
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15,437
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12,590
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9,511
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1,899
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782
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35
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| Polk |
430
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10,092
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10,714
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10,521
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10,542
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10,817
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9,805
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6,846
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136
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19
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| Red Willow |
720
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13,859
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11,434
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11,056
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9,604
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8,837
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6,192
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3,044
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| Richardson |
545
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19,826
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18,968
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17,448
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19,614
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17,574
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18,688
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15,031
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9,780
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2,835
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532
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299
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| Rock |
1,004
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3,366
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3,703
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3,627
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2,809
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3,083
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3,079
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| Saline |
573
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16,356
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16,514
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17,866
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18,252
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20,097
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19,706
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14,491
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3,106
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39
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| Sarpy |
240
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10,402
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9,370
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9,274
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9,080
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6,875
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5,867
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4,481
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2,913
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1,201
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| Saunders |
756
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20,167
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20,589
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21,179
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22,085
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21,577
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20,427
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15,810
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4,547
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| Scotts Bluff |
723
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28,644
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20,710
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8,355
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2,552
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1,188
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1,886
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| Seward |
574
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15,938
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15,867
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15,895
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15,690
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16,140
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15,225
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11,147
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2,953
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| Sheridan |
2,469
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10,793
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9,625
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7,328
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6,033
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8,687
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2,916
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| Sherman |
573
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9,122
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8,877
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8,278
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6,560
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6,309
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4,916
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2,061
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| Shorter |
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117
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| Sioux |
2,055
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4,667
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4,528
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5,599
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2,055
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2,452
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279
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699
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| Stanton |
431
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I 7,809
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7,756
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7,542
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6,959
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4,619
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3,460
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1,813
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636
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| Taylor |
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97
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| Thayer |
578
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13,684
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13,976
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14,775
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14,325
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12,738
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10,330
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6,113
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| Thomas |
716
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1,510
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1,773
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1,191
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628
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617
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517
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| Thurston |
387
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10,462
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9,589
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8,704
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6,517
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3,176
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3,161
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109
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31
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| Valley |
570
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I 9,533
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9,823
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9,480
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7,339
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7,092
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5,835
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2,324
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| Washington |
380
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I 12,095
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12,130
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12,738
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13,086
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11,869
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11,855
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8,631
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4,452
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1,249
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751
|
207
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| Wayne |
450
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10,566
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9,725
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10,397
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9,862
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6,169
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3,585
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813
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182
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| Webster |
578
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10,210
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10,922
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12,008
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11,619
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11,210
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10,221
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7,104
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16
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| Wheeler |
578
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2,336
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2,531
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2,292
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1,362
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1,683
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1,301
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644
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| York |
575
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17,239
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17,146
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18,721
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18,206
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17,279
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15,082
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11,170
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604
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| Unorganized Territory |
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2,913
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235
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1,765
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| Winnebago Indian Reservation |
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31
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1 State census.
2 For census figures of 1854, see Nebraska Blue Book, 1928.
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The following statistics, illustrative of the wealth and debt of Nebraska, are compiled from the United States census publications:
| Years |
Total Wealth
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Total Public Debt of State, County and All Minor Subdivisions 2
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| 1860 |
$ 8,181,066
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| 1870 |
69,277,488 1
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| 1880 |
386,000,000
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$12,875,209
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| 1890 |
1,275,686,614
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26,776,205
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| 1900 |
1,626,201,203
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87,404,071
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| 1904 |
2,009,563,633
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| 1912 |
8,794,986,781
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| 1922 |
5,320,015,000
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| 1930 |
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109,884,868
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FARM PROPERTY
| Number, Area and Value of Farms |
1930
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1920
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Increase or Decrease
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Amount
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Per Cent
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| Population |
1,377,968
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1,296,372
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*81,591
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*6.8
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| Number of farms |
129,632
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124,417
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*6,115
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*4.l
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| Approximate land area of the state, acres |
49,157,120
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49,157,120
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| Land in farms, acres |
48,214,420
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42,226,475
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6,988,945
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*14.2
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1 These U. S. census figures for 1870 are for taxable wealth only on a paper currency basis.
2 The figures for public debt are taken from the U. S. census report on wealth, debt and taxation, and from the reports of the State Auditor.
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