[Vision2020] When Moscow Doubles in Population

[Debbie Gray]

On Sun, 21 May 2006, Nils Peterson wrote:

> I was at the Affordable Housing workshop yesterday afternoon, and as it
> broke up, got to chatting will Bill Lambert who mentioned that Idaho is
> predicted to double its population in the next 15 years. Lets assume, for a
> minute, that is true, and further that Moscow will participate and as a
> visioning group, work on a thought experiment. For point of topicality, lets
> say the doubling will be achieved in the year 2020 (14 years).



I am not sure what Bill Lambert's projections are based on but the census
predictions for Idaho are as follows (see www.census.gov for scads more
data)

Idaho population interim projections (release date April 21, 2005)

Year  Population
2000 1,293,953
2005 1,407,060
2010 1,517,291
2015 1,630,045
2020 1,741,333
2025 1,852,627
2030 1,969,624

This is a 40% increase. (Pop 2030 minus Pop 2000 divided by Pop 2000 times
100)

Source:
http://www.census.gov/population/www/projections/projectionsagesex.html
from the 'Table 6: Total population for regions, divisions, and states:
2000 to 2030'

This table has the above information for all states, it's quite
interesting. Over the same time period, New York is estimated to grow by
1%, Arizona by 83%, Montana by 50%, California by 29%.

Note that population growth reflects many factors:
-number of births vs. number of deaths, thus influenced by whether you
have more of a young, fertile population or an aging population
-number of people moving in vs. moving out

Also, between 2004 and 2005, Latah County LOST approximately 1% of their
population....

And now I must go feed my children their breakfast before they riot...

Debbie