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Section Five D e m o g r a p h i c s Livingston Union School District | Facilities Master Plan & C a p a c i t y Step Two: Birth Rates and Migration Factors Historical and Projected Birth Data County Births Births are an important factor to consider in projecting the enrollment of a District as they may be used to project the number of Kindergarten-aged students the District may expect to have within its boundaries over the planning period. The California Department of Finance tracks historical county birth rates for Merced County and projects ten years of future birth rates for the County. These projections are shown in Figure 4, Historical and Projected Births in Merced County. The Department of Finance projects that the County births will increase over the next decade. FIGURE 4: HISTORIC AL AND PROJEC TED BIRTHS IN MERCED COUNT Y 66