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| | Jefferson County, Oregon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | The major landowners in the county are the Forest Service, which owns 24% of the lands within the county boundaries, and the Warm SpringsReservation, which owns 21%. |
 | | In the county, the population is spread out with 29.80% under the age of 18, 7.70% from 18 to 24, 26.90% from 25 to 44, 23.20%from 45 to 64, and 12.40% who are 65 years of age or older. |
 | | Rapid development in adjacent Deschutes County,Oregon during the 1990s has farmers in Jefferson County concerned that they may bepriced out of their own farmlands, which could be replaced by destenaion resorts, golf courses, and other amenities for recentarrivals. |
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