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| Table 4-15 | |
| Urban Areas, in Idaho, the Region, and the U.S., Selected Years, 1960-1987 (in 1,000 Acres) | |
| 1960[1] | 1970[1] | % Change 1960-1970 | 1980[1] | % Change 1970-1980 | 1987[2] | % Change 1980-1987 | % Change 1960-1987 | |
| Idaho | 74 | 105 | 41.89 | 154 | 46.67 | 187 | 21.43 | 152.7 |
| Alaska | 14 | 68 | 385.71 | 285 | 319.12 | 535 | 87.72 | 3,721.43 |
| Montana | 54 | 76 | 40.74 | 118 | 55.26 | 142 | 20.34 | 162.96 |
| Nevada | 72 | 255 | 254.17 | 238 | -6.67 | 300 | 26.05 | 316.67 |
| Oregon | 239 | 333 | 39.33 | 458 | 37.54 | 519 | 13.32 | 117.15 |
| Utah | 190 | 254 | 33.68 | 420 | 65.35 | 526 | 25.24 | 176.84 |
| Washington | 422 | 607 | 43.84 | 845 | 39.21 | 1,012 | 19.76 | 139.81 |
| Wyoming | 36 | 49 | 36.11 | 91 | 85.71 | 111 | 21.98 | 208.33 |
| U.S. | 25,500 | 34,557 | 35.52 | 47,314 | 36.92 | 56,642 | 19.72 | 122.13 |
| Source: | A. B. Daugherty, Major Uses of Land in the United States: 1987 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, Resources & Technology Division, 1991), Agricultural Economic Report no. 643. |
| [1] | Urbanized areas and places of 2,500 or more population outside urban areas defined by the U.S. Bureau of the Census, Geography Division and summarized in H. Thomas Frey, Expansion of Urban Area in the United States: 1960-1980 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. |
| [2] | Estimates based on trends in urban population and land per capita in urban areas. |
Compiled by: Diane Prorak, data input assisted by:
Robert Anton-Erik
Contact: Lily Wai
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