The data below is in a format known as tab-delimited values. You can open this file with any spreadsheet application and the data will be distributed into the appropriate rows and columns. 		

Year	Urban	Rural 
1891	270343	352097
1896	307294	391735
1901	350202	417596
1906	424614	458797
1911	505598	496779
1916	585306	501259
1921	681988	530852
1926	953173	448501
1936	1065228	503885
1945	1227069	427076
1951	1406516	527078
1956	1600808	568806
1961	1840202	569217
1966	2119085	553023
1971	2328876	528609
1976	2614119	511004

"Source: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990"		

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