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<br />OOOCl4t, <br /> <br />-12- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />workers: that total new population has been allocated to the communities mast <br />likely to become the residential location for these additional energy workers. <br />This influx of basic and non-basic new workers and their dependents has then <br />been added to the baseline projections of population for communities and counties <br />developed by the State Demographer within the Department of Local Affairs, <br />with a series of adjustments to reflect the fact that this baseline demographic <br />projection series includes some future additional energy development and its <br />associated workers. The population projections for northwest Colorado for <br />the high scenario of energy production are shown as follows: <br /> <br />POPULATION LEVELS <br />(Population in Thousands of Persons) <br /> <br /> Actual Actual Projected for High Scenario <br /> 1974 1978 of Energy Production <br /> 1985 1990 <br />Region 10 47.5 53.6 65.7 77.0 <br />Region 11 87.9 105.9 ~ ~ <br />Region 12 19.3 24.0 44.1 60.1 <br /> <br />As in the case of energy production, both levels and rates of growth are <br />important in looking at expected population impact. The population growth <br />for regions and counties to 1990 for the high scenario of energy production <br />is shown below: <br /> <br /> PROJECTED POPULATION AS <br /> PER CENT OF 1978 ACTUAL BASE <br /> FOR THE HIGH SCENARIO <br /> 1985 1990 <br />REGION 10 123 % 144 % <br />Delta 138 170 <br />Gunnison 134 168 <br />Montrose 104 110 <br />San Miguel 121 148 <br />REGION 11 180 229 <br />Garfield 214 405 <br />Mesa 132 141 <br />Moffat 267 351 <br />Rio Blanco 504 462 <br />REGION 12 184 250 <br />Jackson 172 228 <br />Pitkin 125 156 <br />Routt 241 344 <br />