Trade Centers of the Upper Midwest: Changes from 1960 to 1989.

Significant changes occurred in the economy of the Upper Midwest in the thirty years from 1960 to 1989. This study presents a new profile of trade centers in Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, the Dakotas, Nebraska, and Montana. Data about the trade centers in 1960 and 1989 are compared. A large number of tables, figures, and maps present the story of changes in the number of business establishments and the kind of businesses operating in the whole range of trade centers, from hamlets to metropolitan areas. The report examines wholesale trade, retail trade, agricultural services, construction, manufacturers, transportation and communications, banks, and services