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2020 Solid Waste and Moderate <br />Risk Waste Management Plan Update <br /> <br />AX0304191054PDX 2-3 <br />2.5 Industry and Employment <br />Accommodation and food services is the largest employment category in Kittitas County while health care <br />and retail trade are the largest contributors to payroll3. The 2012 Economic Census indicates retail and <br />wholesale trade represent over 60 percent of business done in the County. Major employers in the <br />County include Central Washington University, Ellensburg School District, Kittitas County government, the <br />Kittitas Valley Community Hospital, Shoemaker Manufacturing, and Twin City Foods, Inc. <br />2.6 Population <br />2.6.1 Population Estimates <br />The Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) prepares annual population estimates. <br />Table 2-2 summarizes the OFM population estimates from 2000 to 2010 and shows the dramatic <br />population growth rate of 23 percent seen in the 2000s has shifted to a high but less dramatic growth rate <br />of 11.5 percent for 2018. In 2018, the County population is estimated to be 45,600, with 46 percent of the <br />population residing in the unincorporated areas.4 <br />Table 2-2. County and City Population Estimates and Growth Rates: 2000-2018 <br />Jurisdiction 2000 Census 2010 Census <br />2000-2010 <br />Growth Rate <br />2018 Population <br />Estimate <br />2010-2018 <br />Estimated Growth <br />Rate <br />County Total 33,362 40,915 22.6% 45,600 11.5% <br />Unincorporated 13,614 18,063 32.7% 21,120 16.9% <br />Incorporated 19,748 22,852 15.7% 24,480 7.1% <br />Cle Elum 1,755 1,872 6.7% 1,875 0.2% <br />Ellensburg 15,414 18,174 17.9% 19,660 8.2% <br />Kittitas 1,105 1,381 25.0% 1,515 9.7% <br />Roslyn 1,017 893 -12.2% 900 0.8% <br />South Cle Elum 457 532 16.4% 530 -0.4% <br />Source: OFM, 2018 <br />2.6.2 Projected Growth <br />In addition to preparing population estimates, OFM develops projections of future population growth in <br />accordance with the Washington State Growth Management Act. Three series are prepared for planning <br />purposes. The “high” series projection estimates that the County’s population will reach 70,086 by the <br />year 2040. These projections are used to estimate solid waste generation in the County during the <br />planning period, which serves as a basis by which the policies, programs, and facilities that will be <br />needed to ensure the safe handling of solid waste are determined. Figure 2-2 provides an intermediate <br />and high-series population projection. <br /> <br />3 American Fact Finder 2016 Business Patterns https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=CF. <br />4 Washington State Office of Financial Management. 2018. April 1 Official Population Estimates. [}) . . . . .