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 10
ESTIMATED AND PROJECTED AGE DISTRIBUTION OF THE POPULATION
El Paso County
1970-2000

PERCENT OF TOTAL POPULATION
BY AGE GROUP
Year 0-4 5-19 20-39 40-64 65 and Over
1970~ 8.84 30.33 34.94 19.97 5.89
1980b 9.68 26.57 38.16 19.55 6.04
1985 Low 8.51 26.02 38.62 20.22 6.65
1990b High 9.23 25.75 38.38 19.97 6.67
Low 8.04 25.41 37.55 21. 75 7.25
1995b High 8.70 25.59 37.26 21. 19 7.25
Low 7.92 24.41 35.86 24.04 7.77
2000b High 8.57 24.95 35,.68 23.03 7.77
Low 7.65 23.22 35.18 26.10 7.85
High 8.28 24.24 35.02 24.53 7.92
Numbers are subj ect to revision upon receipt of detailed 1980 Census data.
Note: ~Figures for April 1 and from the United States Bureau of the Census.
Figures for January 1 and Pikes Peak Area Council of Governments
projections.

Source: Pikes Peak Area Council of Governments estimate, 1977.

AGE SUMMARY

Migration and natural increase affect not
only the size of the population but also
the age composition. Table 10 is a
summary of the age distribution of the
population for each of the forecast
alternatives. Higher birth rates for the
rapid growth alternative produce a larger
percentage of the population in the
younger age groups. Lower birth rates in
the slow growth forecast result in a
higher percentage of the total population
in the older age groups. In both
alternatives there is a general tendency
toward an ever-increasing percentage in
the older age groups, especially the 40 to
64 category. This is illustrated by Figure
7 which shows age distribution of the
population from 1960 to the Year 2000.

This section has focused on statistical
changes and projections of growth. The
historical rate of growth in the City
showed a doubling of the population in the
1960s and a 71% increase between 1970
and 1980. Projections indicate that the
population will at least double again by
the Year 2000.

This projected growth may cause the
character of the City to be substantially
altered such that current residents will
feel "the City isn't like it used to be" just
as long-time residents say the City today
is vastly different from the earlier days
they remember. How the City changes to
accommodate this growth will be the
major topic of the Comprehensive Plan.
Whether the quality of life is adversely
affected depends in part upon the
decisions made in the planning process.

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