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<br />-229- <br /> <br /> <br />" <br />GJ.td':~t) <br /> <br />Missouri Basin's total. Within the subbasin, 66 percent of the <br />population (1.4 million) was urban. Two Standard Metropolitan <br />Statistical Areas, Kansas City, Missouri-Kansas, and Columbia, <br />Missouri are located in the subbasin. The remaining 34 percent <br />of the subbasin's population (707,900) lived in rural areas in <br />1975. Demographic projections for the period 1975 to 2000 <br />suggest that the subbasin will experience continued population <br />growth, but at a decreasing annual rate. <br /> <br />Over 1 million persons were employed in the subbasin in <br />1975; 102,000 agricultural workers and 908,300 nonagricultural <br />workers. Employment projections suggest the number of <br />agricultural workers may decline by 29 percent by the year 2000, <br />with nonagricultural employment increasing 64 percent. Total <br />employment, therefore, should increase by 35 percent to 1.4 <br />million by the end of this century. <br /> <br />A significant portion of the land in the Lower Missouri <br />Subbasin is used for agricultural production. Major dryland and <br />irrigated crops consist of corn, winter wheat, alfalfa, fruits <br />and nuts, and COIIIIIIercial vegetables. Further, beef, pork, and <br />dairy products contribute substantially to agricultural sales. <br /> <br />Forests and woodlands cover a large portion of the subbasin <br />and commercial forestry activities are profitable. <br /> <br />Assorted mineral and fuel resources are mined and refined <br />throughout the subbasin. Coal deposits are the most notable. <br />Manufacturing consists largely of processing food. Other <br />manufacturing activity includes fuels, printing, and paper <br />products. <br /> <br />Natural outflow from the Missouri River Basin was calculated <br />in 1971 to be about 65 million acre-feet. Based upon this total <br />and accounting for State estimates of depletions, 1975 average <br />annual remaining out flows were estimated to.be 49.5 million <br />acre-feet. Future flows at Hermann, Missouri, near the mouth of <br />the Missouri River are predicted to decline to a level of 46 <br />million acre-feet by 1985 and to 42 million by the year 2000. <br /> <br />Water withdrawals within the Lower Missouri Subbasin are <br />moderate, considering available flows. Cooling at steam electric <br />power plants is the purpose for which the largest water <br />withdrawals are made. However, consumptive use of water is <br />minimal, with livestock and municipal and industrial uses <br />accounting for about two-thirds of the total 177,000 acre-feet <br />per year. <br />