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<br /> TABLE 3 . .~. ,..
<br /> COMPONENTS OF POPULATION CHANGE
<br /> El Paso County
<br /> 1970-1979
<br /> Net Total
<br />Year Births Oeaths Migration Change
<br />1970 5,445 1,425 12,980 17,000
<br />1971 5,595 1,497 17,302 21,400
<br />1972 5,454 1,583 10,629 14,500
<br />1973 5,807 1,634 -1,473 2,700
<br />1974 5,729 1,563 -2,266 1,900
<br />1975 5,837 1,574 2,137 6,400
<br />1976 5,696 1,607 1,511 5,600
<br />1977 5,387 1,513 9,726 13,600
<br />1978 5,632 1,650 7,618 11 , 600
<br />1979 5,755 1,690 535 4,600
<br />Numbers are subject to revision upon receipt of detailed 1980 Census data.
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<br />Note: Births and deaths are from the Colorado Department of Health. Fig-
<br />ures for 1979 are preliminary and are subject to revision. Net mi-
<br />gration was calculated as a residual.
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<br />Source: Pikes Peak Area Council of Governments, Housing Market Analysis,
<br />1980.
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<br />increased by 71 %. Annual growth rates
<br />during this period widely fluctuated from
<br />a high of 13% to a low of 1.8%. Over the
<br />1970s, the City's average annual growth
<br />rote has been 6.6%.
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<br />Although the City of Colorado Springs
<br />accounts for only 5% of the area of EI
<br />Paso County, the City represented nearly
<br />70% of the County's 1980 population of
<br />333, 100. Despite rapid growth over the
<br />past decade, EI Paso County has dropped
<br />from the second to the third most
<br />populous county in the State.4 The Pikes
<br />Peak Region, composed of EI Paso, Park
<br />and Teller Counties, had a 1980
<br />population of 346,300 with nearly 96% of
<br />these persons residing in EI Paso County.
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<br />POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS
<br />COMPONENTS OF GROWTH
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<br />The two major components of population
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<br />growth are natural increase/decrease and
<br />in-migration/out-migration. Births minus
<br />deaths yields a figure known as the net
<br />natural increase. During 1979, there were
<br />5,755 births in EI Paso County and 1,690
<br />deaths, yielding a net natural increase of
<br />4,065 persons. Net migration is the
<br />number of people moving into an area
<br />minus those moving out. It was estimated
<br />that net migration into the County was
<br />535 persons in 1979. Table 3 and Figure 2
<br />indicate the trends in births, deaths and
<br />net migration and the relationship of
<br />these factors to total change in
<br />population during the 1970s. As can be
<br />seen, net migration fluctuated widely
<br />from a positive net migration of 17,302 in
<br />1971 to a loss, or out-migration, of 2,266
<br />people in 1974. The major reason for this
<br />fluctuation is related to variations in
<br />economic growth in the community. For
<br />example, in 1972, the number of new jobs
<br />in 'the area increased by about 9,500,
<br />while in 1975, only 1,900 new jobs were
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