Today, less than one-third of the native population lives as nomads. Many non-tribal Aborigines live on supervised reservations, and large numbers live among the white Australians or are employed as stockmen on cattle ranches. The primary loss of habitat is due to farming and grazing. Even today the spread of metropolitan areas is insignificant compared to that in other countries such as the United States. With approximately the same land area as the U.S., the population of Australia is about the same as New York City and its suburbs.
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