PUB00017

• Year: 1997
• Title: Colorado Water Development Study
• CWCB Section: Finance
• Author: Buford Rice, Ray Christensen
• Description: Study to assist Colorado Farm Bureau in developing recommendations and strategies for dealing with future water resource issues
• Publications - Doc Type: Brochure

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Section 3
Colorado
Population
Projections

Statewide population
is projected to grow
from 3.3 million
in /995 to nearly
9.0 million in 2/00.

Historical population data and population projections for all Colo-
rado counties were obtained from the Colorado Division of Lo,
cal Government, Demography Section. Demographic data was
assembled by the Demography Section in 1994, and includes
historical census data through 1990 and projections to the year
2020.

The county,based population data was reaggregated according
to State Water Division boundaries. Boundaries of the seven
Water Divisions are shown in Figure 2. In most cases counties
fall entirely in one Water Division, but in a few cases county
population estimates had to be split between two Water Divi,
sions. This reaggregation provided population projections to the
Year 2020. Projections were extended to the Year 21 00 based on
the projected rate of growth between 20 IS and 2020, because
these were the most distant years for which projections were pro'
vided by the State Demographics Section.

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Figure 2
Water Division Areas of Colorado

These projections are likely to be conservatively high because
they do not account for local buildout, natural resource limita-
tions, social changes, or other obstacles to growth. Therefore,
the projections are assumed to approximate a "worst case" see,
nario for statewide growth.

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