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Show 31 MILLIONS OF c This Is About Three-tenths of Country's Total Population I . WASHINGTON Julv IT The farm population of the United s,atos. on January i 1920, was 31,61 4,269, or JO 3 per ct nt Of tbe total population of the Country, according to returns of the last census announced today by the census bureau. Of this number. num-ber. 31.360.640 were enumerated In rural territory and 'J55,6'-'9 on farms located within the limits of cities and other Incorporated communities having hav-ing 6608 inhabitants or more. The total farm population, which i he flnt time was enumer.it id separately from the rural population v, bole and therefore has PO comparative com-parative figure In the preceding cen- us. amount to 61 per cent of tho rural ru-ral population. vi:l,h includes renl- dents of Incorporated cities and vll-lu;e vll-lu;e ha vine fewer thn". 2500 Inhabitants, In-habitants, unincorporated hamlets, n Ining regions and other areas not devoted to agriculture. Thus while tho rural Dooulatlon constituted. It was said nearly one-half of ih country's coun-try's total, only about throe-tcntlis of its Inhabitants were living n fa rms. The proportion of the farm pi i latino to the -total In the various states ranx il from Tl per rent it, Isslppi tu 2 . 0 in Rhode Island. ( |