TABLE 3.    PRELIMINARY  POPULATION   FORECASTS  BY  COUNTY,   2000  -  2035
	CDS Est.	CDS Proj.	CDS Proj.	CDS Proj.	CDS Proj.	CDS Proj.	CDS Proj.		Average Annual Percent Change
COUNTIES	July, 2000	July, 2005	July, 2010	July, 2015	July, 2020	July, 2025	July, 2030	July, 2035	00-05	05-10	10-15	15-20	20-25	25-30	30-35
COLORADO	4,338,808	4,720,772	5,196,401	5,705,646	6,235,712	6,787,649	7,325,138	7,835,445	1.7%	1.9%	1.9%	1.8%	1.7%	1.5%	1.4%
Adams	366,658	402,317	452,884	505,523	559,589	614,522	669,061	707,085	1.9%	2.4%	2.2%	2.1%	1.9%	1.7%	1.1%
Alamosa	15,139	15,860	16,976	18,193	19,466	20,708	21,933	23,154	0.9%	1.4%	1.4%	1.4%	1.2%	1.2%	1.1%
Arapahoe	491,143	532,998	563,377	593,589	637,904	696,833	754,220	819,923	1.6%	1.1%	1.1%	1.5%	1.8%	1.6%	1.7%
Archuleta	10,028	11,888	14,289	16,812	19,718	23,037	26,956	30,686	3.5%	3.7%	3.3%	3.2%	3.2%	3.2%	2.8%
Baca	4,516	4,260	4,106	4,089	4,101	4,119	4,154	4,180	-1.2%	-0.7%	-0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%
Bent	5,971	6,402	6,612	6,823	6,978	7,092	7,111	7,023	1.4%	0.6%	0.6%	0.5%	0.3%	0.1%	-0.2%
Boulder	296,022	289,953	311,326	330,420	349,058	366,693	380,641	384,721	-0.4%	1.4%	1.2%	1.1%	1.0%	0.7%	0.2%
Broomfield		44,529	48,540	52,559	56,645	60,621	64,170	81,330		1.7%	1.6%	1.5%	1.4%	1.1%	5.3%
Chaffee	16,298	17,122	19,122	21,186	23,338	25,428	27,349	29,074	1.0%	2.2%	2.1%	2.0%	1.7%	1.5%	1.3%
Cheyenne	2,230	2,163	2,161	2,202	2,245	2,268	2,287	2,294	-0.6%	0.0%	0.4%	0.4%	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%
Clear Creek	9,391	9,618	10,530	11,651	12,774	13,850	14,853	15,778	0.5%	1.8%	2.0%	1.9%	1.6%	1.4%	1.2%
Conejos	8,400	8,537	8,901	9,324	9,655	9,954	10,195	10,395	0.3%	0.8%	0.9%	0.7%	0.6%	0.5%	0.4%
Costilla	3,675	3,781	3,967	4,164	4,314	4,469	4,599	4,714	0.6%	1.0%	1.0%	0.7%	0.7%	0.6%	0.5%
Crowley	5,513	5,817	5,799	5,809	5,820	5,848	5,814	5,722	1.1%	-0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	-0.1%	-0.3%
Custer	3,540	4,062	4,815	5,674	6,562	7,447	8,266	9,009	2.8%	3.5%	3.3%	3.0%	2.6%	2.1%	1.8%
Delta	28,009	30,728	34,994	40,608	46,727	52,751	57,875	61,517	1.9%	2.6%	3.0%	2.8%	2.5%	1.9%	1.3%
Denver	555,782	572,116	591,003	614,501	644,809	680,304	719,585	760,950	0.6%	0.7%	0.8%	1.0%	1.1%	1.1%	1.1%
Dolores	1,844	1,884	2,060	2,221	2,381	2,553	2,724	2,884	0.4%	1.8%	1.5%	1.4%	1.4%	1.3%	1.2%
Douglas	180,690	245,112	296,615	352,031	400,005	439,947	474,786	522,053	6.3%	3.9%	3.5%	2.6%	1.9%	1.5%	2.0%
Eagle	43,354	48,820	57,324	65,544	73,098	80,387	88,389	97,580	2.4%	3.3%	2.7%	2.2%	1.9%	1.9%	2.1%
Elbert	20,188	23,321	28,003	34,578	42,611	51,476	59,161	65,728	2.9%	3.7%	4.3%	4.3%	3.9%	2.8%	2.2%
El Paso	520,572	564,776	647,060	707,570	762,151	815,265	868,222	934,554	1.6%	2.8%	1.8%	1.5%	1.4%	1.3%	1.5%
Fremont	46,439	47,985	52,018	56,914	62,334	67,786	72,502	76,940	0.7%	1.6%	1.8%	1.8%	1.7%	1.4%	1.2%
Garfield	44,267	50,194	62,770	79,711	97,603	114,776	130,383	145,729	2.5%	4.6%	4.9%	4.1%	3.3%	2.6%	2.4%
Gilpin	4,775	4,926	5,385	5,906	6,459	7,002	7,519	8,075	0.6%	1.8%	1.9%	1.8%	1.6%	1.4%	1.5%
Grand	12,884	14,317	16,855	19,765	22,766	25,952	29,087	32,004	2.1%	3.3%	3.2%	2.9%	2.7%	2.3%	2.0%
Gunnison	13,967	14,264	15,227	16,512	17,884	19,169	20,259	21,217	0.4%	1.3%	1.6%	1.6%	1.4%	1.1%	0.9%
Hinsdale	791	845	910	1,007	1,100	1,186	1,277	1,370	1.3%	1.5%	2.0%	1.8%	1.5%	1.5%	1.5%
Huerfano	7,861	8,183	9,147	10,006	10,849	11,650	12,129	12,457	0.8%	2.3%	1.8%	1.6%	1.4%	0.8%	0.5%
Jackson	1,586	1,601	1,692	1,758	1,841	1,920	1,965	2,008	0.2%	1.1%	0.8%	0.9%	0.8%	0.5%	0.4%
Jefferson	528,010	538,556	571,288	605,399	638,148	668,065	693,198	675,378	0.4%	1.2%	1.2%	1.1%	0.9%	0.7%	-0.5%
Kiowa	1,622	1,514	1,487	1,493	1,519	1,534	1,553	1,561	-1.4%	-0.4%	0.1%	0.3%	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%
Kit Carson	8,012	8,037	8,291	8,607	8,879	9,099	9,289	9,421	0.1%	0.6%	0.8%	0.6%	0.5%	0.4%	0.3%
Lake	7,908	7,995	9,540	11,685	13,912	16,354	18,666	20,834	0.2%	3.6%	4.1%	3.6%	3.3%	2.7%	2.3%
La Plata	44,566	47,980	54,815	61,794	68,589	75,027	80,943	86,351	1.5%	2.7%	2.4%	2.1%	1.8%	1.5%	1.3%
Larimer	253,137	271,551	296,198	330,543	365,882	402,782	438,856	472,799	1.4%	1.8%	2.2%	2.1%	1.9%	1.7%	1.5%
Las Animas	15,276	16,517	18,217	19,988	21,756	23,336	24,679	25,883	1.6%	2.0%	1.9%	1.7%	1.4%	1.1%	1.0%
Lincoln	6,170	6,075	6,316	6,562	6,831	7,113	7,378	7,553	-0.3%	0.8%	0.8%	0.8%	0.8%	0.7%	0.5%
Logan	20,862	22,089	24,096	26,586	29,050	31,386	33,145	34,625	1.1%	1.8%	2.0%	1.8%	1.6%	1.1%	0.9%
Mesa	117,656	130,417	144,689	162,253	181,927	202,721	224,351	246,041	2.1%	2.1%	2.3%	2.3%	2.2%	2.0%	1.9%
Mineral	833	974	1,055	1,120	1,174	1,228	1,211	1,202	3.2%	1.6%	1.2%	0.9%	0.9%	-0.3%	-0.1%
Moffat	13,185	13,501	14,304	15,851	17,792	19,697	21,763	23,831	0.5%	1.2%	2.1%	2.3%	2.1%	2.0%	1.9%
Montezuma	23,864	25,344	28,071	31,116	34,221	37,279	40,092	42,479	1.2%	2.1%	2.1%	1.9%	1.7%	1.5%	1.2%
Montrose	33,666	37,552	43,177	51,188	57,065	64,905	70,139	75,044	2.2%	2.8%	3.5%	2.2%	2.6%	1.6%	1.4%
Morgan	27,261	28,902	32,347	36,140	40,155	44,327	48,564	52,767	1.2%	2.3%	2.2%	2.1%	2.0%	1.8%	1.7%
Otero	20,244	19,718	20,342	21,297	22,211	22,774	23,121	23,368	-0.5%	0.6%	0.9%	0.8%	0.5%	0.3%	0.2%
Ouray	3,771	4,280	4,792	5,845	6,711	6,924	7,024	7,067	2.6%	2.3%	4.1%	2.8%	0.6%	0.3%	0.1%
Park	14,703	17,255	25,242	37,202	51,139	67,953	86,141	103,424	3.3%	7.9%	8.1%	6.6%	5.9%	4.9%	4.0%
Phillips	4,486	4,679	4,814	4,955	5,093	5,221	5,283	5,314	0.8%	0.6%	0.6%	0.6%	0.5%	0.2%	0.1%
Pitkin	15,913	15,959	17,138	19,212	21,467	23,790	26,181	28,527	0.1%	1.4%	2.3%	2.2%	2.1%	1.9%	1.8%
Prowers	14,434	14,086	14,693	15,322	15,909	16,472	16,988	17,448	-0.5%	0.8%	0.8%	0.8%	0.7%	0.6%	0.5%
Pueblo	142,054	151,383	163,971	178,877	194,440	210,259	225,849	243,559	1.3%	1.6%	1.8%	1.7%	1.6%	1.4%	1.6%
Rio Blanco	5,986	6,115	6,506	7,107	7,613	8,026	8,402	8,749	0.4%	1.2%	1.8%	1.4%	1.1%	0.9%	0.8%
Rio Grande	12,434	13,348	14,004	14,753	15,394	15,911	16,251	16,479	1.4%	1.0%	1.0%	0.9%	0.7%	0.4%	0.3%
Routt	20,102	22,140	24,930	28,400	31,905	35,734	39,893	43,888	2.0%	2.4%	2.6%	2.4%	2.3%	2.2%	2.0%
Saguache	5,954	6,674	7,221	7,729	8,166	8,524	8,807	9,036	2.3%	1.6%	1.4%	1.1%	0.9%	0.7%	0.5%
San Juan	558	587	615	635	661	668	669	682	1.0%	0.9%	0.6%	0.8%	0.2%	0.0%	0.4%
San Miguel	6,666	7,480	8,674	9,905	11,120	12,360	13,501	14,504	2.3%	3.0%	2.7%	2.3%	2.1%	1.8%	1.5%
Sedgwick	2,742	2,696	2,815	2,923	3,037	3,143	3,211	3,282	-0.3%	0.9%	0.8%	0.8%	0.7%	0.4%	0.4%
Summit	25,725	28,109	32,384	36,759	41,492	46,237	50,652	54,566	1.8%	2.9%	2.6%	2.5%	2.2%	1.8%	1.5%
Teller	21,145	22,558	25,177	28,150	31,008	33,572	35,865	37,897	1.3%	2.2%	2.3%	2.0%	1.6%	1.3%	1.1%
Washington	4,920	5,004	5,070	5,150	5,216	5,290	5,336	5,352	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.2%	0.1%
Weld	183,557	223,290	259,220	303,586	354,197	413,346	478,823	544,335	4.0%	3.0%	3.2%	3.1%	3.1%	3.0%	2.7%
Yuma	9,853	10,028	10,435	10,864	11,248	11,578	11,843	12,045	0.4%	0.8%	0.8%	0.7%	0.6%	0.5%	0.3%
Source:  Colorado Department of Local Affairs, 2006.