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Rappahannock County showed the slowest increase in growth of any of the five surrounding counties since the 1980 census was taken, according to figures released this week by the Rappahannock- Rapidan Planning District.
Within the county, estimates show that the population increased less than 1%. Rappahannock was said to contain 6,093 persons in 1980 and 6,100 in the current, “provisional” figures supplied by Tayloe Murphy Institute Demographics Studies Center. That growth represents an increase of 0.5%.
However, the Virginia Department of Planning and Budget Projections predicts that by 1985, some 6,400 persons will live in Rappahannock
91.8%