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<br />co <br />00 <br />, \:;.> <br />~ <br />'7.; <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />(;:) <br /> <br />Economy <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />The 1975 population in the Grand Valley area was about 62,000 with a <br /> <br /> <br />projected 1990 population of 90,000 (Colorado Division of Planning <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br />4 1976). Total change from 1970 has been a 13.8 percent increase. Net <br /> <br />5 migration from 1970 to 1975 has been 11.2 percent. The white population <br /> <br />6 comprises 99 percent of the total. The median age of the population is <br /> <br />7 30.4 years. <br /> <br />8 Oil shale development in the adjacent area, expected to have a significant <br /> <br />9 impact on the population and local economy, accounts for a major part of <br /> <br />10 the expected population increase. <br /> <br />11 In Mesa County, there were 17,640 housing units in 1970. The medJan <br /> <br />12 value of an owner-occupied single family unit was $13,413 with 72.4 <br /> <br />13 percent of the homes being owner-occupied. Lacking in some or all <br /> <br /> <br />14 plumbing facilities were 4.7 percent. Average occupancy per housing <br /> <br /> <br />15 unit was three. <br /> <br />16 Per capita income for Mesa County in 1972 was $3,409, with projected <br /> <br />17 1990 per capita income of $4,894 and 2020, $12,493. This compares with <br /> <br /> <br />18 a 1972 state per capita income of $4,006. Families with income less <br /> <br /> <br />19 than poverty level was 4 percent in 1970. The median income of families <br /> <br /> <br />20 in 1970 was $8,065. Civilian labor force unemployed in Mesa County for <br /> <br />21 <br /> <br />October 1976 was 4.3 percent compared to the state unemployment rate of <br /> <br />22 <br /> <br />5.3 percent. <br /> <br />20 <br />