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<br />52. POPULATION.- The population of Colorado at the tiMe it
<br />achieved tcrritoria1 status in ]86] was about 25,000. By ]900 the
<br />population had grown to 539,700 and has continued to grow since that
<br />time in an orderly manner.
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<br />53 As shown in table 4, thc population of thc 13-county study area
<br />was 370,529 at thc timc of thc 1960 census. This total reprcsented about
<br />21.09 perccnt of the total population of Colorado and 0.21 percent of the
<br />population of the Unitcd States. Thc 1960 population represcnts an
<br />average annual increase of 2.73 pcrccnt over the ]950 population of
<br />2R2,354. During the same period, thc averagc annual pcrcent increase
<br />in population was 2,85 for Colorado as a whole and 1. 7] for the Unit cd
<br />States. The bulk of population increase of thc basin arca came from
<br />growth of urban population in Colorado Springs, E] Paso County, and
<br />Pueblo, Pueblo County. Other areas showing significant pcrcentage
<br />increases were Canon City, Fremont County, East Canon, Frcmont County;
<br />Ivywild, E 1 Paso County; and r,lani tou Springs, E1 Paso County. Additional
<br />data on population are presented in paragraph 68.
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<br />TAGLE 4. -- Area and ,Fopu]ation of Counties
<br />Within the Study Area - Arkansas River
<br />lJasin Upstream from John Martin Dam
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<br />County (so. mi,) ]950 ]960
<br />Bent 1,517 8,775 7,419
<br />Chaffee 1,039 7,168 8,298
<br />CrOldcy 803 5,222 3,978
<br />Custer 737 1,573 1,305
<br />-El- ~Paso - - - - - -2,158~ - - - -74 ,5-23- -14-3,-742-
<br />Fremont 1,562 18,366 29,196
<br />Huerfano 1,578 10,549 7,867
<br />Lakc 380 6,150 7,10]
<br />Las Animas 4,794 25,902 19,983
<br />Lincoln 2,593 5,909 5,310
<br />Otcro 1,267 25,275 24,128
<br />Pueblo 2,40] 90,188 ]18,707
<br />Tc 11 er 554 2,754 2,495
<br />Tota] 21,383 2R2,354 370,529
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<br />54. EMPLOYMENT AND INCOME.- Employment in the base study arca is
<br />an important segment of the Colorado total and, as indicated in tablc 5,
<br />closely l'arn1Ie1s that of the State as a whole. 1100,ever, there arc
<br />noteworthy differences; for example, the area contained ]9.9 percent of
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