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<br />Per capita income is bas.cd on regularly received income before personal income <br />taxes, Medicare deductions, and Social Security. LarimerCollnty is very close to the <br />national average and at about 92 percent of the State average. Table 3-5 summarizes per <br />capita income for 1985 for Larimer County and Colorado, <br /> <br />the fact that CSU is located in Fort Collins, Table ].6 compares the educational <br />attainment levels of Larimer County and Colorado to national levels, <br /> <br />I;.<COME <br /> <br />TabLe 3-6 <br />Comparieonof <br />Educational AttaLnment Leve~8 <br /> <br />'l'able3-S <br />Income Characterietlce <br /> <br />High SchooL DLploma-4 ~oar9 <br />(percenti <br /> <br />college D..gr~o-4 ~~~r8 <br />(percent) <br /> <br />Per Capita Income <br />(198SI <br /> <br />LarLm..r County <br />Colorado <br />UnLted States <br /> <br />"' <br />" <br />" <br /> <br />" <br />" <br />" <br /> <br />Lad.merCounty <br />colorado <br />United stat..e <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />10,710 <br />11,713 <br />10,791 <br /> <br />Source, 'county and Ci.ty Data Book 19S5-, U.S. O..partment of <br />Commerce, Bureau of the Census. <br /> <br />Source, "county and City Data Book 198e", U.S, Department of Com- <br />merce, Bureau of the Census <br /> <br />CULTURAL RESOL'RCES <br /> <br />Personal income in the Fort Collins-Loveland MSA is forecast by the BEA to grow <br />slightly in real terms between 1990 and 2000. An inerC<l5e of I percent in real dollars <br />is forecast for the I\1S,.I,. This i~ in line with the rate of growth ]llUjectc.:l for the r'<.lio:1 <br />as a whole over the same period, Pcr capita income in dollar amounts will likely <br />increase much more and is largely dqJ<:ndenton inf1ation. <br /> <br />Prehistoric archcological sites in the Fort Collins area includc small campsites. <br />animal processing sites, andothcre~idencesofthe nomadic lifcstyle ofthclocal Native <br />Americans. <br /> <br />ThcperccntagcofindividualS,'OI11plctillga4.YC<lfhighschoolcduCationanda4.ycar <br />collegc degree is high for both La.rilner County and Colorado The stmistics also sh\w.' <br />that both Ihe county and Sm~c n:crtd the national a\crages. This may Ill" attrihuted to <br /> <br />A military outpost was established in this area in 1864 that was named after its <br />founder, Lieutenant William Collins. A community developed around the outpost and <br />continued to grow after the fort was abandoned in 1872, A town de~clopment company <br />promoted scalemen! in the area. The town of Fort Collins grew successfully because of <br />the arri~al ofthc railroad, the foundation ofa land grant college (now CSU), and the <br />k>c~1 sugar beet industry. Sugar beet production and othcr forms of agriculturc in the <br />area were dependcnt on the rapid and cxtcnsivcdc~elopmentofirrigation systems. <br /> <br />EDL'CATIO!\ <br /> <br />Irrigation ~y~tems ha.'e bc'Cn identified as important historic resources in hisloric <br />cor.lt"Xl reports proouctXJ by the C"olorado Historical Society tilled 'Colorado Mountains <br /> <br />3-5 <br /> <br />].6 <br />