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<br />1= ' <br />I <br />I. <br />l. <br />-~ <br />I~ <br />. . <br /> <br />I'. <br />~. <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />,~... <br /> <br />I' <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />. , <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />., <br /> <br />1 <br />I <br /> <br />p. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br /> <br />( <br />1 <br />I <br />I <br />j <br /> <br />V POPULA TION ANALYSIS <br /> <br />Introduction <br /> <br />An examination of past, present and expected population levels that have or <br />might affect the Canon City planning area helps establish the foundation <br />for sound comprehensive planning practices. This chapter focuses on past <br />population trends and distribution patterns, estimates current and future <br />population levels and briefly describes some of the planning area's unique <br />demographic characteristics. <br /> <br />Population Trends and Distribution Patterns <br /> <br />Table 5 below illustrates population trends for the planning area and Fremont <br />County from 1960 to June of 1978. <br /> <br />TABLE S <br />POPULATION TRENDS <br /> <br />1960 <br /> <br />Percent Percent Percent June <br />Ch an ge 1970 Change 1975 Ch an ge 1978 <br />2.6% 9,206 12,791 13,870 <br />63.9% 1,805 13.8704 <br />9.3% 11.011 16.2% 12,7913 8.4% <br />14.6% 4,6642 30.7% 6,070 5.8% 6,4245 <br />43.1% 2,984 13.0% 3.3733 7.7% 3,6326 <br />6.7% 174 19. O~~ 207 6.3% 220 <br /> <br />Can on Ci ty <br />Eas t Canon 1 <br />Subtotal <br /> <br />8,973 <br />1,101 <br />10,074 <br /> <br />Unincorporated <br />Porti ons of the <br />Planning Area 4.0502 <br />Lincoln Park 2,085 <br />Brookside 163 <br /> <br />Total Canon <br />City Pl an- <br />ning Area 14,124 <br /> <br />10 .8% <br /> <br />15.655 20.5% 18,861 <br /> <br />7.6% 20,204 <br /> <br />F remon t Co un ty <br />20,196 8,6% 21,942 19.5% 26,2263 <br /> <br />lEast Canon was annexed by Canon City in 1974. <br />2The figure does not include East Canon. <br />3State of Colorado, U. S. Bureau of the Census, Population Estimates and <br />Projections, Series P-25, No. 654. May 1977. <br />4Based on 4,388 housing units multiplied by 2.5 persons per unit. <br />also takes into account approximately 2,900 people who reside in <br />quarters (the State Penitentiary, nursing holl'es, private schools, <br />houses. <br />5Based on 2,215 housing units multiplied by 2.9 persons per unit. <br />6Sased on 1,297 housing units multiplied by 2.8 persons per unit. <br /> <br />5.2% <br /> <br />28,000 <br /> <br />The figure <br />group <br />boarding <br /> <br />Source: State of Colorado, U.S. Bureau of the Census, Number of Inhabi- <br />tants 1960 and 1970; U.S. Bureau of the Census, Population Estimates <br />and Projections, Series P-25. No. 654, May 1977; and Oblinger-Smith <br />Corporation, Consultants in Planning. Design and Development, 1978. <br /> <br />47 <br />