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<br />OiJ2157 <br /> <br />ECONOMIC GROWTH <br /> <br />10 <br /> <br />POPULATION <br /> <br />(/) <br />z <br />o <br />-l <br />-l <br />:x ( . <br />; <br /> <br /> <br />o <br /> <br /> <br />5 <br /> <br />EMPLOYMENT <br /> <br />(/) <br />z <br />o <br />-l <br />-l <br />~ <br /> <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />200 <br /> <br />GROSS REGIONAL PRODUCT <br /> <br />(/) <br />z <br />o <br />-l <br />-l <br />'" <br /> <br /> <br />o <br />1965 <br /> <br />2020 <br /> <br />The Lower Colorado Region is a <br />part of the fastest growing area in <br />the United states. Population pro- <br />jections reflect an annual regional <br />growth of 3.7 percent from year 1965 <br />to 1980, 3.2 percent from year 1980 <br />to 2000, and 2.3 percent from year <br />2000 to 2020 compared with the pro- <br />jected annQal growth rate for the <br />Nation of 1.3 percent. Regional <br />population is projected to increase <br />from 1.9 million in 1965 to almost <br />7 million by 2020. <br /> <br />Employment in the Region is <br />projected to increase from about <br />676,000 in 1965 to almost 3 million <br />by year 2020 (320 percent increase), <br />when about 40 percent of the total <br />pOPQlation will be employed. <br /> <br />Per capita personal income in <br />the Region for 1965 was $2,292, <br />about 10 percent below the national <br />average, and is projected to nearly <br />equal that of the Nation, more than <br />$12,000 in 2020. <br /> <br />In general, output levels of the <br />primary industries, agriculture, <br />forestry, and mining, are expected <br />to more than double during the pro- <br />jection period, but manufacturing <br />and the noncommodity producing <br />industries will contribute greater <br />percentages of total output in 2020. <br />Gross regional product is projected <br />to increase from the 1965 level of <br />$6.0 billion to $113.5 billion in <br />year 2020. <br /> <br />9 <br /> <br />