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12 <br /> • <br /> Table 3- estimates land requirements for the next <br /> twenty years, assuming the current level of population and <br /> household growth continues. <br /> TABLE 3- <br /> BINGHAM TOWNSHIP HOUSING UNIT PROJECTIONS, 1987-2005 <br /> year 1980 1987 1990 1995 2000 2005 <br /> a <br /> TOTAL POPULATION 3,954 5,502 6,379 8, 163 10,446 13,368 <br /> b <br /> AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD <br /> SIZE 2.38 2.38 2.38 2.38 2.38 2.38 <br /> TOTAL DWELLING <br /> UNITS 1, 661 2,309 2,680 3,430 4,389 5,617 <br /> DWELLING UNIT <br /> CHANGE FROM • <br /> 1980 (number --- 647 1,019 1,768 2,728 3,955 <br /> a <br /> From Table 3- above <br /> b <br /> Persons/household. Taken from 1980 U.S. Census of Housing <br /> TABLE 3- <br /> BINGHAM TOWNSHIP LAND USE REQUIREMENTS, 1987-2005 <br /> 1987-1995 1995-2005 1987-2005 <br /> a <br /> DWELLING UNITS REQUIRED 1, 121 2, 187 - 3,308 <br /> b <br /> RES. ACREAGE REQUIRED 2,242 4,374 6,616 <br /> TOTAL ACREAGE REQUIRED 2,317 4,499 6,816 <br /> a <br /> From Table 3- above. <br /> b <br /> Based on an average lot size of 2 acres. <br /> The projected population-of 13,368 residents in the year <br /> 2005 would require an estimated 3,308 dwelling units beyond <br /> what existed in 1987. Using two acres per lot, this would <br /> place an additional 6,816 acres into residential use. The <br /> 3.11-15 <br />