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<br />OOl1l9'~ <br /> <br />Dr aft - 9/ 81 <br /> <br />.... <br /> <br />years. Although not all counties in the region will experIence <br />high growth rates, the key to the region as a whole is the fact <br />that several populous count ies which comprise the heart of the <br />~ greater Denver metropolitan area and the Fort Collins-Greeley <br />area are found wIthln It. Even the low projections for the year <br />2000 show that Weld County will be near 200,000; Larim~r and <br />Boulder Counties will be above 250,000; Adams County will be <br />above 367,000; Arapahoe County, above 422,000; Denver County, <br />above 457,000; and Jefferson County will be the largest with a <br />population of 576,100. (Complete regional population figures are <br />given in Tables 2 and 3 of the section in Chapter 5 entitled, <br />"Municipal Treated Water.") On a regional basis, the low projec- <br />tion involves a 49 percent increase in populat ion over the 21 <br />, years in question, or an average annual growth rate of 2.33 per- <br />cent. <br /> <br />Under the medlum and high projections the growth is even <br />more massive. The medium projection for the year 2000 involves a <br />60.6 percent increase in population and the high projection an <br />absolute increase of 1,356,980 people, or an average annual in- <br />crease of 3.51 percent! <br />Further discussion of projections has led personnel of the <br />Division of Planning to conclude that the most likely growth <br />trends will fall between the medium and high esti~ates for the <br />following reasons: Larimer County will experience additional <br />growth because of Hewlett-Packard's decision to expand there. <br />Similarly, Weld County will feel the effects of Kodak's location <br /> <br />5 <br />