[Vision2020] When Moscow Doubles - the Knowledge Corridor

[Debbie Gray]

I looked at the census projections by age category and these are the
estimates for Idaho with the national value in parentheses.

Percent of population under 18 years of age
2000  28.5  (25.7)
2010  26.4  (24.1)
2030  24.7  (23.6)

Percent of population 65 and over
2000 11.3  (12.4)
2010 12.0  (13.0)
2030 18.3  (19.7)

That will include retired people moving here as well as the aging of the
boomers and the increasing life expectancy, etc.

And check out WHERE population change is predicted to occur...

Percent change in population by region of the U.S., 2000-2030
United States	29.2
Northeast	7.6
Midwest	        9.5
South	       42.9
West	       45.8



> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Nils Peterson" <nils_peterson at wsu.edu>
> To: "Jerry Weitz" <gweitz at moscow.com>; <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 6:47 AM
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] When Moscow Doubles - Questioning the premise
>
>
> | D-8 is a reference I don't understand.
> |
> | If the consensus here is that Lambert is wildly unrealistic, both based on
> | anecdotal evidence and Census projection, and if the demographic that is
> | arriving is post-children retirees, then we could ask a couple questions:
> |
> | 1. Is this passive growth (and demographic) alright, or should we be
> taking
> | out ads in AARP magazine? How are we thinking about integrating these
> people
> | into Moscow; lacking children, they may lack some of the means that many
> | other people have to integrate themselves into the town.