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  <br />   <br />   <br />   <br />20 <br />western Washington, in or adjacent the Cascade Mountains, in <br />urban versus rural populations, with different age group <br />concentrations. <br /> <br />Estimated Kittitas County expenditures 2014-2040 <br /> <br />Kittitas County’s tourist related recreation activity expenditures <br />were estimated from 2014 to 2020 and 2040 by comparing Kittitas <br />County’s composite (Seattle-King County, North Cascades, South <br />Central, and Columbia Plateau) market area population, <br />participation rates, and frequencies with that for Washington State <br />to determine Kittitas County’s draw or capture rate. <br /> <br />Kittitas County’s composite weighted average draw or capture rate <br />was determined by comparing the composite with the projections <br />for Washington State’s tourist related recreation activity potential <br />estimated in Washington State Recreation & Conservation Office <br />(RCO)’s 2012 Economic Analysis of Outdoor Recreation in <br />Washington State. An index or ratio of 100% or higher indicates