WSP06469

• File Number: 8407.500
• Description: Platte River Basin - River Basin General Publications - Missouri River
• State: CO
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 8/1/1976
• Author: MRBC
• Title: Water and Related Land Resources in the Missouri River Basin - Present and Future Uses and Associated Problems and Issues - Technical Memorandum Number 2 - 1975 - Part One - Chapters I and II
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

C. SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHARACrERISTICS
AND PRIMARY LAND USE

General

Socio-economic characteristics, comprising such information as popula-
tion, employment and income, serve as important guiding parameters to
planners and decision-makers involved in water resources. These data are
used to describe the existing social and commercial nature of an area and
its inhabitants, and to indicate certain emerging trends. Data describing
associated primary land uses further aids in characterizing a planning area,
as is evident in the predominantly agricultural land use patterns found in
the Missouri basin.

Scope and Format

Table series SRF-l report socio-economic characteristics and associated
primary land use for each of the region's 11 ASA's, the individual state
portions of each ASA and as a region summary for the years 1975, 1985 and
2000. Ratios of the 1985 to 1975 and 2000 to 1975 data are displayed to
show percent change from the 1975 estimated conditions.

Socio-economic information reported in the State/Regional Future inclydes
population, employment, per capita income and electric energy production.-
Total population is broken down into urban (places of 2,500 or more) and
rural. Employment information is reported for the agricultural, manufacturing
and mining sectors as well as other employment and totals. Per capita income
estimates are given in 1967 dollars; units for electric energy production
are gigawatt hours (GWH).

Land use information for the SRF is broken down into four major categories--
agricultural, mining, urban and transportation and other land (including
recreation lands, wildlife lands, military lands, etc.). Total agricultural
lands are further broken down into irrigated lands, non-irrigated lands, forest
and woodland, range and pasture, and other agricultural. Total land area
and total water surface area are also displayed for each ASA and state portion.

Summary of Findings

Socio-Economic Characteristics

The total population of the Missouri region, estimated at 9,065,700 in
1975, is projected to increase to approximately 10 million persons by 1985
and to 11.8 million by the year 2000. These projections, which are aggregates
of the 10 basin states' inputs, represent increases above 1975 of 11 percent
and 30 percent, for 1985 and 2000, respectively.

The urban sector accounts for all of the anticipated population growth,
increasing 48 percent by the year 2000; while rural population is expected to
decline by four percent in the same period, a decrease of some 133,700 persons
from the present level.

1/ Estimates for electric power production include fossil-steam, nuclear,
IC/CT and hydro.

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