Fig. 4

Fig. 4. Nonmetropolitan population change by economic subregion, 1970-1976.
[From 1979 Handbook of Agricultural Charts (USDA/ESCS Agriculture Handbook
561), 1979.]

1. northern New England-St. Lawrence 2. northeastern metropolitan belt

3. Mohawk Valley and New York-pennsylvania border 4. northern Appalachian coal fields

5. lower Great Lakes industrial 6. upper Great Lakes

7. dairy belt 8. central corn belt

9. southern corn belt 10. southern interior uplands

11. southern Appalachian coal fields 12. Blue Ridge, Great Smokies, and Great Valley

13. southern piedmont 14. coastal plain tobacco and peanut belt

15. old coastal plain cotton belt 16. Mississippi delta

17. Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic coast 18. Florida peninsula

19. east Texas and adjoining coastal plain 20. Ozark-Ouachita uplands

21. Rio Grande 22. southern great plains

23. northern great plains 24. Rocky mountains, Idaho-Utah valleys, and Columbia Basin

25. north Pacific coast (including Alaska) 26. the southwest (including Hawaii)

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1. northern New England-St. Lawrence	2. northeastern metropolitan belt
3. Mohawk Valley and New York-pennsylvania border	4. northern Appalachian coal fields
5. lower Great Lakes industrial	6. upper Great Lakes
7. dairy belt	8. central corn belt
9. southern corn belt	10. southern interior uplands
11. southern Appalachian coal fields	12. Blue Ridge, Great Smokies, and Great Valley
13. southern piedmont	14. coastal plain tobacco and peanut belt
15. old coastal plain cotton belt	16. Mississippi delta
17. Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic coast	18. Florida peninsula
19. east Texas and adjoining coastal plain	20. Ozark-Ouachita uplands
21. Rio Grande	22. southern great plains
23. northern great plains	24. Rocky mountains, Idaho-Utah valleys, and Columbia Basin
25. north Pacific coast (including Alaska)	26. the southwest (including Hawaii)