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foremen and operatives have ~t0Yo and 20% at this income level, respectively. There are twice as many men as women in the labor force and 60% of all income is derived from wages and salary. There are no recipients of public assistance or welfare within the township. Government workers comprise 20% of the township labor force and most of these individuals work for local units of government. The U. S. Census Bureau uses two methods to describe the labor force in relation to the local economy. Occupation groups describe the kind of wor.k done and industrial groups indicate for whom the work is done. A cashier, for example, at a local super- market would be classified as a salesworker in the occupation groups and listed under wholesale and retail trade in the industry groups. As may be expected the tables no longer represent an accurate picture of employment in Ramsey because of the time lag since the 1970 census. However, they do indicate general employment patterns for the community. Manufacturing of both durable and non-durable goods provides the largest number of jobs followed closely by professional and related services plus retail and wholesale trade. The relative proportions today are not likely to be different but the numbers surely have increased. If the local industrial park were developed there would probably be more people involved in manufacturing or at least relatively fewer in professional services and retail trade, and proportionately more females in'the labor force. Ramsey has the potential to become a more diversified employment center, but this speculation is subject to the timing of future public sewer and water services. The measure of education completed for persons ~2~5 years and over shows that approx- imately 60% of the resident population has had some high school training and that 20% has had some college training. The school enrollment statistics in 1970 indicate that 36% of the population was in school with 20% in grades 1-8. School enrollment sta- tistics compared with the population projections which follow suggest that Ramsey has a potential to contribute 3000 elementary school age children to the school distr~ct by the year 2000. Even if this is an overly ambitious estimate it is clear that several elementary school sites will be necessary within Ramsey Township in the near future. As indicated, Ramsey Township is a very rapidly growing suburb and as such has a very young population. On the table showing population groupings by age and sex, 27% of the community is included in the 5 to 14 age group and approximately 54% is under 25 years of age. A comparison of the 1960 and 1970 statistics interestingly shows that the residual population is getting younger statistically. Relatively, there are fewer people in the community over the age Of 45 in 1970 than in' 1960 but approximately the same proportion in the working force. The large increase in number of small children is a pattern that will continue until Ramsey becomes more fully developed. The projection of future population in Ramsey Township was computed mathematically through the year 2000, It used ten-year age groups for both males and females and ! I i ! I I I I I I I