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<br />Reflect the most current U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics <br /> <br />forecasts for the Nation; and <br /> <br />Maintain but not increase differences between the region rates <br /> <br />for the United States and Denver for specific age groups of males and <br /> <br /> <br />females. <br /> <br />After the DRCOG 1984 policy forecasts were adjusted to remove <br /> <br /> <br />incompatible elements, the resulting population projections through the <br /> <br />year 2010 were within 4 percent of the projections used in draft <br /> <br />Technicsl Appendix 2, as shown in table 1. The COE decided that it <br /> <br />would serve no substantive purpose to calculate new water demand <br /> <br />forecasts on the basis of the modified policy projections. <br /> <br />Table 1 <br />Task 2 Population Forecasts Compared to <br />Modified 1984 DRCOG Policy Projections <br /> <br /> 1982 DRCOG 19f12 DRCOG <br /> Mod if ied Policy With Policy With <br /> 1984 DRCOG COE Series 1 COE Series 2 <br />Year Policy Extension Extensions <br />--- <br />1980 1,619 1,619 1,619 <br />1990 2,103 2,020 2,020 <br />2000 2,449 2,513 2,513 <br />2010 2,836 2,948 2,964 <br /> <br />LONG-TERM ECONOMIC/DEMOGRAPHIC FORECASTS <br /> <br />Summary of Comments <br /> <br /> <br />There were a number of comments associated with population, house- <br /> <br />hold. and employment forecasts beyond the year 2010 to year 2035. The <br /> <br />essence of those comments focused on the selection of Series 1 or <br /> <br /> <br />Series 2 forecasts, the convergence of national versus Denver metro- <br /> <br />politan area growth rates, and the implication for Denver's economic <br /> <br />14 <br />