Did you that into account that the counties with the highest population per square mile are the counties with some of the biggest cities?
There is population per square mile and then there is population density (which is how many people are crammed into which square miles within the county). Density is the only thing that matters with what CNC is reaching to prove. Also, if there is any correlation between population per sq mile and harvest, then why havent Mobile, Baldwin, Coffee, Dale, and Houston counties crashed already. They are holding steady or increasing this year.