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                  *    Missouri State Census Data Center    *
                  *   Population Trends Report, 1960-1995   *
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COUNTY:  37111, McDowell, NC

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                    Net Change      %     Natural        Net        Total Pop
  Time Period        Total Pop     Chg    Increase     Migration  End of Period
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POST 1990 ESTIMATES:

 04/01/90-07/01/90          54     0.2           28          27         35,735
 07/01/90-07/01/91         298     0.8          115         185         36,033
 07/01/91-07/01/92         164     0.5          101          62         36,197
 07/01/92-07/01/93         372     1.0          117         253         36,569
 07/01/93-07/01/94         518     1.4           98         426         37,087
 07/01/94-07/01/95         384     1.0          110         266         37,471
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 04/01/90-07/01/95       1,790     5.0          569       1,219         37,471

LONG TERM TRENDS:

 1960-1990               8,939    33.4                                  35,681
        -1960                                                           26,742
    1960-1970            3,906    14.6                                  30,648
    1970-1980            4,487    14.6                                  35,135
    1980-1990              546     1.6                                  35,681
       1980-1985           686     2.0                                  35,821
       1985-1990          -140    -0.4                                  35,681
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                          Rank          Change       Rank              Rank
                    Total Population    in Rank    Change in       % Change in
  Time Period       Start of Period    Total Pop   Population       Population
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 1960-1990             1116.0             9.0         963.5         1067.0
    1960-1970            1116.0            63.0         740.5          703.0
    1970-1980            1053.0           -35.0        1027.0         1329.0
    1980-1990            1088.0           -19.0        1396.0         1547.0
       1980-1985           1088.0            -5.0        1213.0         1504.0
       1985-1990           1093.0           -14.0        1708.5         1577.0

 1990-1995             1107.0            -9.0        1094.5         1337.0
    1990-1992            1107.0           -10.0        1285.0         1562.0
    1992-1994            1117.0            -2.0         979.0         1198.0
    1994-1995            1119.0             3.0        1063.5         1393.0
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Source:  U.S. Bureau of the Census

NOTE:  Figures for years ending in '0' are census counts.
       All others are official Census Bureau estimates.

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Report Produced by the Urban Information Center
University of Missouri-St. Louis, March, 1996

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