Your final assignment is to develop a population estimates and projections report for your county. Projections are the basis for much of what we do in planning.
Projections are important for many other reasons as well.
The need for environmental protection policies will increase if population growth and thus development pressures increase, for example. For both estimates and projections, you should indicate low, moderate, and high values. You will make use of the methods covered in class and incorporate the knowledge of your county that you have developed throughout the semester. Start by thinking about what's going on in the county and what you think is likely to happen in the future. Use this as a basis for deciding which method and which assumptions are most appropriate.