In 1940, Houston was a city of 400,000 population dependent on shipping and oil.

So we are talking about a fairly dependent population.

Nor is it clear what the long-term consequences will be of filling larger new buildings with a 100 percent dependent population.

The country will need a rapidly growing economy to support this dependent population.

Agriculture is dominant economy, with 80% of the population dependent on Agriculture.

Cities minister to a disproportionate share of the nation's dependent population.

The pace of legislative change and the increase in the population dependent on benefits have contributed to this.

The proportion of the population dependent on agriculture stayed unchanged at around 70% for several decades, but is now falling.

An aging, dependent population, often living alone, will share the county's communities with growing numbers of single parents, usually female.

The base's civilian dependent population continued to grow during the early 1960s and the schools expanded along with them.