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reduction in persons per unit in rental housing at 2.25, but growth in persons per unit in owner occupied units at 2.66. The types of housing constructed recently may have influenced these changes in persons per household. Developments such as Oldenburg and Mountain Brook have increased growth in the size of persons per household for owner occupied, while construction of duplexes may have contributed to reducing the persons per rental unit in the ten-year period by converting renters into home owners. Table 3 - Population and Housing Figures for Mount Pleasant Year Population HouslngUnEs 1990 1027 447 2000 1259 521 Several assumptions are made to arrive at the projections in Table 4. First, it assumes that the growth will occur at a constant rate. Second, it assumes that the economy will continue to support the current growth rate until 2015. Finally, it assumes that the necessary public services will be in place to continue to support the projected rate of growth. These are very general assumptions, as such the projections in Table 4 should be used cautiously as future population may be greater or less than these projections if the underlying assumptions change. Known factors that may affect the projected growth in Mount Pleasant over the next fifteen years are the Albemarle-Concord waterline and the NC Highway 49 widening and improvements. In the late 1990's and early 2000'S Mount Pleasant suffered some economic setbacks with the closing of mills in town reducing available employment. These factors could affect the projected residential and commercial growth in Mount Pleasant as well as thc Eastern Area. Table 4 - Population Projections for Mount Pleasant Year Population 2000 1259 2005 1401 2010 1543 2015 1717 The following are some general demographic topics to summarize thc existing statistics in the Town. Mount Peasant's demographics show a fairly equal mix of female and male residences. Female residents constituted fifty-four percent of the population and males constituted forty-six percent of the population in the 1990 as well as the 2000 Census. Mount Plcasant's racial breakdown is as follows: White: 93.1% (1,172); Black: 5.9% (74); and Other: < 1% (13). The population of Whites has risen some since 1990 when it was approximately 90% and Blacks have dropped fi.om about 10% in 1990. The median age in Mount Pleasant in 2000 is 37.8 years. The average family size in Mount Pleasant is 3.00 persons.