WSP04638

• File Number: 8136.500.10
• Description: Local Governments - Municipalities - Colorado Springs
• State: CO
• Basin: Arkansas
• Water Division: 2
• Date: 1/1/1981
• Author: Colorado Springs
• Title: Community Profile for the City of Colorado Springs
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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TABLE 7
PROJECTIONS OF POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLDS
LOW SERIES (SLOW GROWTH) AND HIGH SERIES (RAPID GROWTH)
El Paso County
1980-2000

Population
Population in
group quarters
Population in
households
Number of
households
Household size
Change in number
of households
from 1980

1980
333,100
19,880
313,220
107,770
2.91

LOW SERIES HIGH SERIES
1985 2000 1985 2000
366,400 476,000 400,000 620,000
20,400 22,800 21,100 25,900
346,000 453,200 378,900 594,100
125,800 177,700 136,800 227,600
2.75 2.55 2.77 2.61
18,030 69,930 29,030 119,830

Numbers are subject to revision upon receipt of detailed 1980 Census data.

Group Quarters: Included institutions such as boarding houses, nursing homes,
boarding schools, residential hotels with common eating
areas, etc.

Source: Pikes Peak Area Council of Governments, Housing Market Analysis, 1980.

in the local labor force, will average
1,900 jobs per year which will be filled by
new people coming into the community.

Retirement-related migration is assumed
to have a continued impact on population
change using both alternative forecasts.
Most of the past retirement-related
migration hos been attributable to retired
military personnel who have been
attracted to the area for a variety of
reasons, including mi Iitary heolth core,
commissary privileges, etc., available at
the major mil itary installations in the
area. This trend is expected to continue
in varying degrees.

MILlT ARY CHANGE

The methodology used in
considers the civilian
populations separately.

these forecasts
and military
Under the

alternatives the distribution of the
military population is assumed to shift
slightly toward the older age groups as a
result of the rece~t move toward an all-
volunteer military. In addition, military
fam i I y si ze is expected to increase
slightly for the same reason. At the
present time, the total military
population, which includes in-service
personnel and their dependents, makes up
about 25% of total County population.
This is expected to decline to 15% by the
Year 2000 in the slow growth forecast,
further declining to 10% in the rapid
growth alternative. This is primarily due
to this segment of the population
becoming 0 smaller proportion of an
increasing population base. As the
expansion of Fort Carson has not yet been
approved nor is the extent of expansion
finalized, neither alternotive takes this
expansion into account.

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