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All the talk about the oil and gas boom of NW Colorado and the annexation of Steamboat 700 and Steamboat 360 got me thinking about Colorado resort town growth.

Here is the census data on the projected growth of four resort counties near Steamboat Springs, Colorado. (I’m not sure this data reflects the recent report that NW Colorado will add population the size of Grand Junction–50,000 people–over the next 25 years due to the oil and gas boom. I would imagine that would make Routt County future population figures higher.)

Resort county populations between 2000-2030 are expected to increase by the following percent:

• Routt County (Steamboat Springs)–73%
• Eagle County (Vail, Beaver Creek)–100%
• Grand County (Winter Park)–124%
• Summit County (Breckenridge, Copper, Keystone)–96%