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Show 72 Population The rate of growth since the turn of the century. decades from 1920-1950. moverne nt of of population. war Table 8 shows comparative rapid data for the Vast numbers of workers man new were plants engaged attracted from in the production goods. In the decade 1940-1950, of the United States increased Western States showed a California accounted for population during with the of in the West has been very Wodd War II accelerated the natural westward other sections of the nation to of population exception growth the as is shown in Table only 14. 5 per cent, .40.9 per cent increase over while the eleven 1940. over The State· of three-fourths of the total increase in past decade. However, all other Western States, of Montana and Idaho, than did the nation, 9, the population as a showed a greater percentage rate whole. By 1950 the population of the eleven Western States exceeded 19.5 .million persons, ing in the region as compared in 1940. The 1940 of the total for the United country's population evenly distributed to the slightly under 14 million resid population approximated States; whereas, by 1950, 13 lived in this area. per Population growth within the eleven Western States. c 10. 5 per cent ent of the was The three Pacific Coast States accounted for 80 per cent of the total increase in during the last decade. not population |
