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-- As would be expected tne population in the Platte-Niobrara Subbasin shows the largest increase and that for the IHddle Missouri River Tributaries shows the lowest projected increase, which is consistent with the growth pattern of these two regions during' the period of 1940 to 1960. Employment follows about the same pattern. Of some interest is the relative distribution of the population among the subregions. r- - Ill!! ~ J~ J ... J j 4' ~ ~ ~~ 4 :J i , " . ~ ~, .. ~JJjJIllJ1J~J JJj;lilli.lJIll!JJ"" ~ I. UPPUI MISSOURI RIVUI IklllJUoIUH 2. YnlOWSTOIE J WIST Duoa TR1BUTUI!S 4. UST DAK(lT Tl:lftll II S. PLATTE. NIOBRARA 6. MIDDLE MISSOURI RIVER TRIBUTARIES f 7 KANSAS 8. ,OWER MISSOURI RIVER TRIBUTARIES d ~ IJJ~ IJJ~ I 1'11'1' -.J l.d~ l.UU~ This chart shows many of the subbasins carrying through time both historical and projected with approximately the same proportion of the Basin's population. The Platte River Basin shows an increasing proportion of the Basin's population, both historical and during the projected period. The Eastern Dakota Tributaries, the Middle Missouri Tributaries and the Kansas all show some decrease, both historically and projected. This follows the projection technique where the historical trends are used for projecting. It should be brought out that tire trends indicated in this projection are merely indications and can be changed due to various resource develop- ment and activities on the part of the people or other circumstances which might substantially change the trends at any time in the future. One gets further insight into the future of the Missouri Basin by looking at the projections'for the various types of employment. Overall employment has increased from 2,236,000 in 1940 to 2,985,000 in 1960 and is expected to increase to 7,826,000 by 2020. But, looking at the various components of the employment, and here just the major components 20