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<br />Appendix A <br /> <br />a. Population Projections <br /> <br />The current population of Lamar is approximately 8,440. Since 1950, the City of Lamar has <br />experienced an annual growth rate of about 0.5%. The City's Comprehensive Plan, developed in <br />1985, projected the population of Lamar would reach 11,936 by 1995 and 14,707 by ZOOS. <br />However, it appears that projection was a bit optimistic and that the actual rate of growth has <br />continued to follow the historical trend. The growth in the number of taps served by the City for <br />the period of 1980 to 1996 was 0.74% per year. Figure 1 is a graph of the historical and <br />projected population of the City. For the purposes of this report, an annual growth rate of 1.0% <br />has been used. <br /> <br /> 16,000 <br /> 14,000 <br /> 12,000 <br /> 10,000 <br />z <br />Q <br />e- <br />" 8,000 <br />~ <br />co <br />"- <br />0 <br />"- <br /> 6,000 <br /> 4,000 <br /> 2,000 <br /> <br />CITY OF LAMAR <br /> <br /> / <br /> /" /" <br /> /" ----- <br />./ <br />~ ~ 33.059x - fi1.5..:U. <br /> <br />1950 <br /> <br />1960 <br /> <br />1970 <br /> <br />1980 <br /> <br />1990 <br /> <br />2000 <br /> <br />2010 <br /> <br />2020 <br /> <br />I~Historic -+-Comp_ Plan -'-'@l%-Linear(Historic) I <br /> <br />Figure 1 <br />