Infrastructure Needs by County
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چکیده
With regional projects factored out (see note at right), eight of the ten counties reporting the largest infrastructure needs in dollar terms were also among the top for total population and for population gains from 1990 to 2001. Those two population factors play a somewhat smaller role in relation to the bottom ten counties. Six of the bottom ten for total report needs were among the bottom ten for population, and four were among the bottom ten for population gain. Growth rates played a much smaller role for both groups.
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