Table LU04. Population projections for Missouri counties that include sections of the Pomme de Terre River watershed (Missouri State Office of Administration 1998).
COUNTY POPULATION SIZE BY YEAR*
1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020
Benton 13,859 14,705 15,421 15,992 16,404 16,621 16,629
Dallas 12,646 13,114 13,638 14,210 14,818 15,449 16,073
Green 207,949 218,095 226,590 233,741 239,703 244,597 248,222
Hickory 7,335 7,758 8,103 8,345 8,475 8,499 8,429
Polk 21,826 23,134 24,349 25,484 26,555 27,561 28,441
Webster 23,753 25,239 26,690 28,130 29,517 30,821 31,993
Total 287,368 302,045 314,791 325,902 335,472 343,548 349,787

*Values for the year 1990 came from the 1990 census. Values for all other years are projections calculated by using birth, death, and migration patterns from 1980 to 1992.

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