—: 4 28 a RADIOLOGICAL CLEANUP OF ENEWETAK ATOLL for extended periods at different times to work on the copra plantations on Ujelang and to visit the administrative headquarters on Ponape. Likewise. subsequent increases in population can be attributed to the return ofthe Ujelang workers accompanied by Ujelang spouses. [t should be noted that the 1971 Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (TTP!) official census of 28} and the 1972 census of 340 taken by J. A. Tobin include only those people of Enewetak in residence on Ujelang at the time. The 1972 figure of 432 includes these people as well as those residing elsewhere. 35.36 Estimates based on available census data indicate a growth rate of the Enewetak people from 1948 to 1973 of approximately 6 percent per year. Figure 1-30 depicts projected population growth curves based on rates of growth of 3 percent, 5 percent, and 7 percent. If actual population growth lies within this range, these curves show that, in 1983, the population may be between 600 and 900 persons. Limitations on food supply or other resources might reduce population growth below the minimal curve of the chart, and, at some further time, the growth curve might tendto stabilize. At this time, however, there is insufficient data for an accurate projection.3? L 10 a POPULATION IN HUNDREDS ami : 6 ZZ = a let 71°72 «#73 ~=74 «#75 #7 77 #78 #79 :1980 81 82 83 84 CALENDAR YEARS FIGURE 1-30. PROJECTEO POPULATION CURVES, 1972-1986. 85 | 86