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019 <br /> Table 2 summarizes population estimates and projections <br /> for population, while Table 3 projects the number of homes <br /> required to meet the demand of new residents. The average <br /> household sizes used in Table 3 assume that the trend of <br /> smaller household sizes will continue, leveling of owar s <br /> the end of the twenty year planning period. <br /> The population projections are based on the average <br /> annual growth rate from 1970 to 1986, projected out from the <br /> estimated population in 1985 . The growth rate used for Little <br /> River Township, 3.47% per year, is similar to those used by <br /> Durham County (3. 0% per year) and Durham city (3.5% per year) <br /> in their comprehensive plan projections to the year 2005 . <br /> Table 4, using the projected number of new households, <br /> estimates land requirements for the next twenty years. <br /> TABLE 2 <br /> LITTLE RIVER TOWNSHIP POPULATION PROJECTIONS : 1980-2005 <br /> a b c c c c <br /> 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 <br /> TOTAL POPULATION 1493 1970 2337 2771 3287 3899 <br /> POPULATION CHANGE ---- 477 844 1278 1734 2396 <br /> FROM 1980 ( NUMBER) <br /> a <br /> Source: 1980 Census of Population <br /> b <br /> -"eased on building permits issued by Orange County Plannin_9 <br /> Department. <br /> c <br /> Projections based on a standard exponential extrapolation of <br /> the 1970-1986 average annual growth rate of 3. 47% per year. <br /> 3.7-9 <br />