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it has already been noted that nearly one-half of all Micronesians
reside in the district centers.
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Table IV-8 shows the number of TIPI
citizens living in each of the district centers in 1967 and 1973, and indi-
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cates the corresponding annua} grovth rates.
It also shows the district
center populations as percentages of each district's entire population for
1967, 1973, and projections for 1978,-1982.
Clearly, an Increasing propor-
tion of each district's future population can be expected to reside in the
district centers rather than in the intermediate or outer island areas.
The district center annual growth rate is seven percent, the sub-district
centers’ annual growth rate is 4.2 percent, and the intermediate areas.
annual growth rate is only 1.6 percent.
The total outer island population
is expected to decrease slightly each year.
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TABLE IV-8 ° District Center Population Growth, 1967-1973
and District Center Population as a Percent of the Entire District, 196/-\98¢
Selected
District Centers
Resident Population Annual
District Center as % of District
(All Persons)
1967
1973
Growth{
Rate
1967
%
1973
4
1978
b
1982
%
Majuro Atoll
9,077
9,66)
11.3
27.2
4a
51.)
59.4
Moen
5,772
9,293
8.3
273.2
29.7
35,8
40.9
Kolonia-Sokehs-Net
6,311]
10,070
8.
34.9
44
51.7
57.8
Yap
3,74)
4,776
6.)
56.5
62.7
67.5
71.0
Kosrae
3,226
3,989
Koror
5,363
7,219
29,490
45,008
District Center
Totals
100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
5.)
48.7
59.3
67.6
73.5