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SECTION m - PO PU LA TIO N STUDIES Supply, s e r v ic e and c ° n stru c ti°n con tra cts le t N ea rly a re a have re ce n tly am ounted to a b $600 00^ re s id e half of the m ilita ry P a r e | | & g g | i | m any of the i ? ? ? ? » m u sin g p r o je c t p ro v id e d near N e llis, substantial n u m bers liv e in L as V egas re sid e n t! it R ase the N avy has an estim a ted $9, 000 000 "N ea r to the A ir F o r c e B as , is \ he Lake M ead N aval A m m u m - in stallation under con stru ction . * s to r a g e . it is ex p ected that I HHNHB 3 e-ioyees and 900 miutary p e rso n n e l, with p a y ro lls in p r o p o r tio n .' . t* • d ifficu lt to p re d ict the future grow th of 3 . 02. F uture g row th. It is di ^ section s of the w est L as V e g a s. H ow ever, m ost com m opm ent of air con dition in g. It is have grow n ph en om en ally sin ce e n e ce g g a ry fo r con tinued grow th m clu d - fe lt that L as V egas has the ele m keting a r e a and re cr e a tio n , ing clim a te, in d u stry, w ater p ow er, m arketing P a s t h is to r ie s of sim ila r but l a r g e r c W e , ^ " V c u r v e s of diet future grow th. T his m etho c o n s i s ^ | | i| | ji L as V e g a s ’ p re se n t p op u - ^ citie s that, one or m o re d eca d es a g . rep resen tin g L as V ega s la tion . Such cu rv e s a re seen in P L A T E g y B | pQpulation was 2 4 , M popu lation is p lotted up to 195 , Y ^ l92g> and its cu rve is p lotted A lbuquerque re a ch e d a P °P ^ * 1 ^ 19’28 o n . S im ila rly cu rv es are draw n on the end of L as V egas cur F r e s n o fr o m the y e a rs in w hich they fo r P h oen ix, T u cson , cu rve w as then continued beyond rea ch e d a population of 24 624. L g f wth of the la rg e r c itie s . 1950. allow ing it to be it was fe lt that, of all T h ese citie s w ere ? ? ? * they m o st c lo s e ly p a r a lle le d L a s V egas m the citie s in the United S tates, tney clim a te , loca tio n , r e s o u r c e s , e c^ | ^ | geen ^ ^ population F r o m the cu rve shown on P L , d if the grow th p attern is sim ila r m ay in c re a s e fa ste r than the and j M fig u re s are som ew hat to P h oen ix and A lbuquerque B ak JOB ^ city lim it s . it has b een e s ti-m islea d in g b eca u se o i will double the population of B a k e rsfie . m ated that contem plated annexatio grow tb | | M P— D espite the p o s s ib ility of e x tre m ® L s R e p o rt. It has b een assu m ed , a con serv a tiv e fo r e c a s t shouldL be ^ 1 ^ continue until 1955 after w hich th e r e fo r e , that the p resen t rate of grow ^ 1940 19 50. T hus, fo r the it w ill retu rn to the rate that took p d tQ be 46> 000 in 1955 and 55, 000 C ity of L as V eg a s, the population is _ to be i, 600 p er year to 1970, and i „ i 960 after w hich ^ population to he se rv e d b y the w ater 1, 000 p er year fr o m 197 g J L as V egas plus 10%. u tility is assu m ed to be the pop T able II show s the estim a ted future population