Figure 2.9 (above)

Great Plains urban and rural population per square mile. Source: U. S. Census Bureau

Agriculture is still the dominant lifestyle in this region in spite of the fact that narrowing profit margins are leading to consolidation into fewer and larger farms.

Figure 2.10 (above)

Total number of commercial farms on the Great Plains

Sources: U. S. Census Bureau and state statistics

Figure 2.11

Total Great Plains cropland. Sources: U. S. Census Bureau and state statistics