KING COUNTRY REGION
Statistics of the Western Uplands – King Country Region
| Urban Population |
| Town | 1911 | 1936 | 1951 | 1961 | 1961 Maoris |
| Te Kuiti | 1,266 | 2,499 | 3,304 | 4,492 | 896 |
| Taumarunui | 1,128 | 2,640 | 3,220 | 4,961 | 685 |
| Otorohanga | 323 | 712 | 1,569 | 2,002 | 221 |
| Total | 2,717 | 5,851 | 8,093 | 11,455 | 1,802 |
| County Population |
| County | 1911 | 1936 | 1951 | 1961 | 1961 Maoris |
| Otorohanga | .. | 5,440 | 6,183 | 8,196 | 1,993 |
| Waitomo | 4,752 | 9,847 | 9,537 | 8,789 | 3,049 |
| Taumarunui | 5,376 | 10,273 | 10,371 | 10,476 | 3,430 |
| Clifton | 2,198 | 2,876 | 2,612 | 2,600 | 313 |
| Total county | 12,326 | 28,436 | 28,703 | 30,061 | 8,785 |
| Total region | 15,043 | 34,287 | 36,796 | 41,516 | 10,587 |
| Cows in Milk |
| County | Cows in Milk | | | Dairy Cows in Milk per 100 Sheep Shorn 1960 |
| 1921–22 | 1951–52 | 1959–60 | |
| Otorohanga | 19,888* | 56,120* | 45,250 | 9.05 |
| Waitomo | | | 11,004 | 1.35 |
| Taumarunui | 9,199 | 9,046 | 5,434 | 0.78 |
| Clifton | 10,297 | 14,491 | 13,571 | 7.92 |
| Total | 39,384 | 79,657 | 75,259 | .. |
*Separate figures for each county not available.
| Land Occupation |
| County | Average Area of Holdings 1960 | Area Occupied 1960 |
| acres | acres |
| Otorohanga | 338 | 371,908 |
| Waitomo | 585 | 625,337 |
| Taumarunui | 826 | 657,713 |
| Clifton | 459 | 178,584 |
| Sheep and Breeding Ewes |
| County | 1921 | 1951 | | 1961 | |
| Sheep | Sheep | Breeding Ewes | Sheep | Breeding Ewes |
| Otorohanga | 287,405 | 977,042 | 621,252 | 489,181 | 359,538 |
| Waitomo | | | | 972,897 | 657,878 |
| Taumarunui | 322,064 | 557,545 | 307,296 | 848,239 | 559,168 |
| Clifton | 80,143 | 147,712 | 93,725 | 170,789 | 123,679 |
| Total | 689,612 | 1,682,299 | 1,022,273 | 2,481,106 | 1,700,263 |
by Samuel Harvey Franklin, B.COM.GEOG., M.A.(BIRMINGHAM), Senior Lecturer, Geography Department, Victoria University of Wellington.
- The Land Utilisation Survey of North-east Taranaki, Department of Lands and Survey (1962)
- Livestock Farming in the North Island – a Study in Production Trends and Potentials, White, J. U. (1954)
- New Zealand Geographer, Vol. 6, Oct 1950, “Te Kuiti and the Northern King Country – a Region of Agricultural Transition”, Fox, J. W.
