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is currently projecting a population of 7,600 in the year 2000; <br />8,000 in the year 2010; and 9,900 at saturation. These figures <br />are consistent with general declines in the birth rate and <br />household size, and reflect Orono's low density development <br />philosophy. <br />G.Population/Household/Employment Projections <br />A significantly rapid decline in the number of residents per <br />household, has resulted in population forecasts made in 1980 <br />being approximately 15% high for 1990. However, the number of <br />households previously forecast for 1990 is within 1% of the 1990 <br />census count for households. <br />The following tables represent the City's forecasts for <br />households and population to the year 2020. These are based on <br />expectations that new construction will occur mainly in the rural <br />area, and on the assumption that the decreasing ratio of <br />residents per household will level off at approximately 2.5 <br />residents/household, A further assumption is that the annual <br />increase in households will gradually decline from the 1980-90 <br />average of 31.4 households per year to approximately 25 <br />households per year in 2020. <br />Employment Projections (sewered) <br />1990 2000 2010 <br />925*1100«*1300** <br />Ml* <br />1991 Orono review of existing wor)cplaces <br />Estimate Based on 1988 Comprehensive Plan Amendment <br />1_ _