The Great Plains during World War II

Appendix of Tables

Table 1 Population (in thousands) 1 1939 1945 Percentage Change Colorado 1,120 1,071 -4.3 Kansas 1,824 1,793 -1.6 Montana 555 446 19.0 Nebraska 1,318 1,230 -6.6 New Mexico 523 515 -1.5 North Dakota 644 510 -20.0 Oklahoma 2,333 2,195 -5.9 South Dakota 645 539 -16.0 Texas2 6,360 6,708 +5.4 Wyoming 248 252 +1.5 California 6,785 9,073 +25.0 1 Excludes members of the armed forces. 2 Includes state population not in the Great Plains. Source: Statistical Abstract of the United States (1949), 31. Appendix 402 Table 2 Personal income: Great Plains states1 Total Income (in Millions of Dollars) Per Capita Income (in Dollars) 1940 1948 1940 1948 Colorado 615 1,810 544 1,433 Kansas 756 2,523 423 1,333 Montana 316 876 566 1,616 Nebraska 573 1,909 890 1,814 New Mexico 198 655 373 1,084 North Dakota 218 813 340 1,401 Oklahoma 851 2,390 366 1,144 South Dakota 231 916 360 1,497 Wyoming 151 429 606 1,595 California 5,802 17,633 835 1,752 1 Texas is not included in this table because so much of the state is not part of the Great Plains, and most of the income from defense industries came from beyond the Plains. Source: Historical Statistics of the United States, 242–45. 403 Table 3 Manufacturing (money in thousands of dollars) 1939 1947 Number of Workers Value Added Number of Workers Value Added by Manufacturer1 by Manufacturer Colorado 23,388 90,330 44,153 286,774 Kansas 30,935 117,391 59,363 461,061 Montana 8,802 38,828 13,606 92,258 Nebraska 18,416 68,139 37,338 260,658 New Mexico 3,219 8,640 6,349 53,486 North Dakota 2,605 10,984 3,823 29,461 Oklahoma 27,642 101,782 44,302 341,027 South Dakota 5,421 19,619 8,062 51,398 Texas2 125,115 448,523 242,014 1,727,464 Wyoming 3,351 15,336 4,285 34,957 California 271,290 1,122,545 530,283 3,994,981 1 Value of manufactured products less cost of materials. 2 Includes figures for region not in the Great Plains. Source: Statistical Abstract of the United States (1949), 805. 404 Table 4 Manufacturing expenditures: New plant and equipment (in thousands of dollars) 1939 1947 Colorado 6,037 32,189 Kansas 7,346 36,787 Montana 3,046 7,446 Nebraska 3,682 18,402 New Mexico 993 5,431 North Dakota 583 2,250 Oklahoma 5,551 25,504 South Dakota 749 3,371 Texas1 48,502 304,944 Wyoming 748 10,235 California 58,860 410,553 1 Includes figures for the region not in the Great Plains. Source: Statistical Abstract of the United States (1951), 770. 405 Table 5 Paid civilian employment: Executive branch of the federal government December 1938 June 1945 June 1950 June 1950 (Defense Department) Colorado 8,692 28,839 23,191 5,742 Kansas 8,964 32,455 18,555 3,583 Montana 8,157 9,150 8,564 699 Nebraska 8,979 27,850 15,282 3,378 New Mexico 7,201 16,206 12,595 3,635 North Dakota 3,820 6,047 6,914 718 Oklahoma 10,631 47,878 31,725 16,955 South Dakota 4,691 10,438 8,363 1,020 Texas1 27,777 140,899 87,060 38,303 Wyoming 3,095 5,067 5,990 944 California 48,334 317,236 177,136 97,224 1 Includes figures for the region not in the Great Plains. Source: Statistical Abstract of the United States (1951), 196. 406 Table 6 Estimated number of women in farm labor through the Extension Farm Labor Program (seasonal and year-round) 1943 1944 1945 Colorado 4,075 3,891 2,484 Kansas 663 1,408 392 Montana 1,472 602 713 Nebraska 1,592 1,043 461 New Mexico 1,249 2,234 1,047 North Dakota 4,879 5,600 6,768 Oklahoma 8,231 15,961 18,499 South Dakota 755 1,178 778 Texas1 75,707 51,200 53,868 Wyoming 288 268 171 1 Includes farm women not in the region of the Great...