Simulation of Projected Water Demand and Ground-Water Levels in the Coffee Sand and Eutaw-McShan Aquifers in Union County, Mississippi, 2010 through 2050

Table 2. Estimates of housing units for a normal- and a high-growth scenario, 1998 to 2050, in Union County, Mississippi

Socioeconomic variables	1998	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050
Normal-growth scenario
Population^a	23,828	26,139	27,599	29,369	30,950	32,557
Number of occupied-housing units^b	9,493	10,414	10,996	11,701	12,331	12,971
Number of occupied-housing units served by a public supply	7,590	9,060	9,786	10,648	11,468	12,322
High-growth scenario
Population^a	23,828	27,932	31,332	34,732	38,132	41,532
Number of occupied-housing units	9,493	11,128	12,483	13,837	15,192	16,547
Number of occupied-housing units served by a public supply	7,590	9,904	11,359	12,869	14,432	16,050

^aData from Dr. James H. Eblen, Tennessee Valley Authority, Economic Development, written commun., 1999 (Appendix A).

^bData from U.S. Department of Commerce, 1992a.