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<br />Increased e~ployment is expected thereafter, but at a reduced rate. <br />Recreational impact on the local economy, reflected primarily in the <br />retail trade and service sectors, is expected to be of major importance <br />throughout the projection period. The transportation and utilities <br />sectors are expected to increase at a higher rate during the 1970~1990 <br />Period and increase in proportion to the basic industries thereafter. <br />Employment in government is expected to increase rather rapidly during <br />the 1960-1985 period. An increase at a reduced rate is expected <br />following 1985. <br /> <br />The number of unemployed persons is estimated to drop from 6.8 <br />percent of the labor force in 1960 to 4.0 percent of the labor force <br />by 1985 and to remain at 'about 4.0 percent of the labor force after <br />1985. <br /> <br />Urban residents in the study area are expected to increase from <br />78.9 percent of the total population in 1960 to 84.6 in 2060. The <br />percentage of rural residents is expected to decline; however, an <br />increase in absolute numbers is expected throughout the period (Table <br />IV). Population trends and projections for the study area compared to <br />the State of Colorado and the United States are shown in Figure 2. <br /> <br />ARriculture: The number of farms and farm population is expected <br />to increase in initial stages of the projection period with develop- <br />ment of the proposed Dallas Creek Project. H~ver, farm population, <br />farm labor force and farm numbers are expected to decline during the <br />100~year projection period. Agricultural incomes are expected to <br />increase in line with past trends for the industry involving increases <br />in technology, productivity, and managerial skills as well as the <br />trend to larger farm units. <br /> <br />Minerals: Small increases in mining employment throughout the <br />projection period are based upon increased activity in the base <br />metals; future growth for the coal industry, particularly the possi- <br />bility of producing chemical products from coal; and develop.ent of <br />oil shale reserves. ' <br /> <br />Industrial minerals and mineral fuels now having a predominant <br />place in the State's mineral industry will have an indirect impact <br />on the study area. Uranium, vanadium, coal, 011 shales, and ga~ <br />have been only partially developed to their ultimate capacity. 8) <br /> <br />16 <br />