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CHAPTER 4. KITTITAS COUNTY PROFILE
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<br />Year Cle Elum Ellensburg Kittitas Roslyn Unincorporated
<br />Kittitas County
<br />Kittitas County
<br />Total
<br />2009 1,870 17,230 1,150 1,015 18,060 39,900
<br />2010 1,870 17,326 1,182 1,015 18,532 40,500
<br />2011 1,875 18,250 1,460 895 18,315 41,300
<br />2012 1,865 18,320 1,450 895 18,440 41,500
<br />2013 1,870 18,370 1,450 895 18,785 41,900
<br />2014 1,870 18,440 1,475 895 18,890 42,100
<br />2015 1,865 18,810 1,455 890 19,120 42,670
<br />2016 1,870 19,310 1,460 890 19,650 43,710
<br />2017 1,875 19,550 1,500 890 20,385 44,730
<br />2018 1,875 19,660 1,515 900 21,120 45,600
<br />Washington State Office of Financial Management, Population Estimates
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<br />Population Projections
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<br />In 2012, Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) released three separate population
<br />growth projections for Kittitas County: Low, Medium, and High. Figure 4-5 shows Kittitas County
<br />population between 1960 and 2011 along with OFM’s High, Medium, and Low growth projections. A
<br />population projection memo by BERK Consulting suggests that Kittitas County may see large increases in
<br />population due to three major factors: 1) emergence as a retirement destination 2) increased student
<br />enrollment at Central Washington University and 3) transportation improvements allowing easier passage
<br />to King County. However, it is also noted that this positive growth trend may be countered by negative
<br />trends such as the lack of job growth, water right restrictions and an increase in climate change related
<br />events such as wildfires.
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