Indiana Business Review articles from June 2008

Indiana Business Review archives from June 2008

How our population grows.
June 22, 2008... Indiana will add roughly 940,000 residents by 2040--a 15 percent increase from 2005, according to the state's official population projections produced by the Indiana Business Research Center. (1) Indiana's population will surpass 7 million by...

Transportation planning.(Projection Implications on the Economy)
June 22, 2008... The demand for transportation services is based upon the relationship between land use and trip making. A large portion of travel is generated by interactions between population concentrations (as measured by households) which tend to produce...

Land use.(Projection Implications on the Economy)
June 22, 2008... Many Hoosiers have become increasingly concerned about the rapid pace of urban development in Indiana. We are seeing the loss of agricultural land, forests, environmentally-sensitive areas, and other open space to new subdivisions and...

Education enrollment numbers are a significant matter.(Projection Implications on the Economy)
June 22, 2008... During the thirteen years of my professional career spent at the State House, very few policy matters intrigued me more than the development of the state budget, and the school funding formula in particular. Before voting on each version of the...

Job training and areas of labor shortages.(Projection Implications on the Economy)
June 22, 2008... Population projections are a key component used to calculate labor force projections. These labor force projections are then used by state and local government officials to identify industries and occupations that are facing an aging and/or...

Public health.(Projection Implications on the Economy)
June 22, 2008... Public health is all about people and monitoring the health status of the community, diagnosing and investigating health problems, educating and empowering people about health issues, assuring the provision of health care when it is otherwise...

County population estimates for 2007: interpreting the components of change.
June 22, 2008... The Census Bureau's latest county population estimates paint an informative picture of population growth since Census 2000. As always, some counties gained population, some lost, and some didn't change much. It is important for us to look at...