Comments on: What the future of Virginia looks like

By: William House

William House — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 23:25:41 +0000

Republicans want to return us to Gilded Age Economics and Dark Age Values.

No Thanks.

By: Matt Chittum

Matt Chittum — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:17:27 +0000

Changes in race and ethnicity are also worth a mention. Statewide, these projections have the Hispanic portion of the population just about doubling between 2020 and 2040, reaching 18.6 percent of the total population. The Asian population is projected to increase by half over the same period, to not quite 9 percent of the population statewide.

These trends would seem to underscore all the of Republicans’ need to expand their tent. If they can move a portion of these two groups into their coalition, they could serve as a buffer to the general population growth in Democrat-friendly areas.

By: Mason Adams

Mason Adams — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:04:52 +0000

tass,

I posed that question to Matt Chittum, who’s been looking at the Weldon Cooper Center numbers. Here’s how he responded:

“Yes. Students are counted where they reside (even if it’s in a dorm) at the time of the census, and these projections rely entirely on trends established in census data over the last 50 years.

The students, I would guess, account for a large part of why by 2040, when nearly every locality in the region will be 25 percent seniors (65 and older), Montgomery is only projected to be 14 percent seniors.”

Hopefully that helps answer your question.

– Mason Adams

By: tass

tass — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 14:47:49 +0000

Does MoCo’s 2020 projection include Tech’s student population?