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The Study Commission was also provided data on growth patterns by township in Cabarrus County. The following table indicates the 1980 populations the 1970-1980 population growth rates and growth projections to the year 2000. Population by Township Population Projected Percentage Growth Proiected Population Rate Growth 1970 1980 1990 2000 1970-1980 1970-2000 1. Harrisburg 3,003 5,987 10,010 13,590 99.# 10~587 2. Poplar Tent /4,3¥~ 8,076 10~880 13~600 85.9 9,256 3. Odell 1~619 2~37/3 3~20t/ /4~966 /36.6 3~3/47 /3. Kannapolis 28,269 29~628 31~109 32~66/3 I/.8 #,395 /3a. Kannapolis ~* 33,710 37,210 9.t4 5. New Gilead 1,950 2,852 3~565 #,275 /36.3 2,328 6. Rimertown 89/3 1,575 1,950 2,220 76.2 1,326 7. Gold Hill 780 7/36 783 822 -/3./3 /32 8. Mt. Pleasant 3,/367 /3,022 /3~826 5,550 16.0 2~083 9. Georgeville 81/3 1,38/4 1~680 l~g90 70.0 1j076 10. Midland 2~782 3~503 /3,729 7~093 25.9 #~311 11. Central Cabarrus 8~252 8~806 9~686 11~139 6.7 2~887 12. Concord 187/6/3 16~9/32 17d150 17~97/4 -8.2 -/490 County Total 7/4,638 85,895 99,872 115~786 15.1 /41,1/48 County Total ~-~ 80~079 93~/377 ~ This figure for Kannapolls includes that part of the community that is located in Rowan County. Because the census figure for 1970 also included the small town ot Enochvill% the same geographic area was included tot the 1980 census figure. Rowan County does not have population projections for this area for 1990 and 2000. ~ These county total figures includ, e the Kannap01is area that lies in Rowan County. The percentage growth rate indicates that the western townships ot Harrisburg and Poplar Tent experienced the most rapid growth during the 1970-1980 decade, and projections indicate a substantial continuation ot this trend to the year 2000. The projections also suggest that more of this growth will spillover into Odell and Midland, the other two western townships~ during the two decades from 1980 to 2000. The projected growth tot the two largest population concentrations in the county, Kannapolis and Concord~ is relatively modest over the time span considered. Another way of viewing this growth ditterentlal is to look at the change in the distribution of the population within the County 6vet the thirty-year period being considered. In 1970~ the tour western townships contained 15.7% ot the County's population. By 1980~ this number had grown to 23.2% ot the popu!ation~ and the projections indicate that by the year 2000 the population in the tour townships will be 33.9%. In 1970~ the Kannapolis and Concord townships had 62.6% of the County's population. This decreased to 51/.2% in 1980 and is projected to decrease tb/33.7% in 2000.