A 1985 report by the Council of Agriculture shows that the farming population of Tali Village dropped from nearly 19,000 in 1952 to 12,000 by 1985 and that the cultivated land surface declined from more than 1,800 hectares to around 1,500.
民國七十四年由行政院農委會策畫的「台中縣大里鄉農地利用綜合規劃」中統計，大里鄉民國四十一年的農業人口將近有一萬九千人，至民國七十四年降到一萬二千人，耕地面積也從一千八百多公頃降到一千五百公頃左右。