As most of statistical offices have their Census scheduled to this period, I found it would be nice to center all discussions in one place. Obviously the US will run the show here in this thread, but we can also bring stuff from elsewhere.
Anyway, I guess the big news is the collapse of US growth in this decade:
Code:
2000 ---- 281,421,906 ---- 13.2%
2010 ---- 308,745,538 ----- 9.7%
2020 ---- 330,047,526 ----- 6.9%
And obviously, this will impact directly the growth of their metropolitan areas.
New York CSA is projected to grow mere
1.5% this decade to reach 22.6 million people, as opposed to much healthier 3.5% (2000's) and 8.5% (1990's).
And that's everywhere:
Chicago CSA shriking, after growing at double-digit rate in the 1990's (10.9%).
Los Angeles CSA posed to surpass New York since the 1960's, is finding its plateau with
4.7% growth this decade.
On the other hand, quite a few managed to go against the trend, most notably
San Francisco MSA+San Jose MSA, reaching 9% this decade against 5% on the past or
Boston MSA, jumping from 3.6% to 7% this decade.
What are your thoughts, anybody wants to guess what the Census numbers will reveal?