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County, and that the population will reach 7,000 by the year 1990.

It was estimated that the local population dipped to a four-year low of 5,900 in 1982.

Elsewhere in the planning district, which includes Rappahannock, Culpeper, Fauquier, Madison and Orange counties, the population rose from 92,897 at the 1980 census to an estimated 98,000 in 1984.

The biggest rate of growth was seen in Fauquier where the population rose some 3,400 persons in the last four years, from 35,889 to an estimated 39,300, a 9.5% increase. Fauquier is the most populated county in the district.

It is estimated that Fauquier will

92.7%