nronronronro..
Interesting and fun question. The references I have provided are
simply used to determine 20 year changes and moving them out to the
next 20 years.
Here you go:
In 2020,
1. California's population will be 42.5 million people(1)
2. 15% of California's population will be over 65(1)
3. There will be 400,000 Californian's employed by the State of
California(2)
4. California will have 77 cars per 100 people (1)
5. Riverside County will be the fastest growing county in the State
(1)
6. The Gross State Product of California will be $2.3 billion dollars
(2)
7. The median family income for the State will be about $80,000 (2)
8. There will be 2.6 million people enrolled in colleges in
California (2)
9. There will be 8 million children enrolled in public schools (K-12)
(2)
10. Over $29 billion in cash receipts will be generated by
agriculture (2)
11. Cotton will surpass almonds as the top exported crop for the
State (2)
12. There will be about 6 million head of cattle in the State (2)
13. Approximately 180,000 hunting licenses issued (2)
14. 18.6 billion gallons of gasoline will be consumed by California
drivers (2)
15. 41% of the population will be Latino, 37% will be white, 5% will
be black and 17% will be Asian (1)
16. There will be 5.3 million registered Republicans and 6.8 million
registered Democrats (2)
17. Of those over 12 million registered voters (not counting 3rd
party and indpendents), less than 40% will vote in an general election
(2)
18. Cancer will surpass heart disease as the leading cause of death
(2)
19. 25,000 children will be placed for adoption (2)
20. 1.9 million people will receive some type of public assistance
(2)
21. $2.5 million worth of food stamps will be distributed (2)
Now, all of this is entirely mute is
22. California will no longer exist as it will fall off into the
Pacific
Thanks for the fun question. If you need any additional
clarification, please let me know.
Regards,
-THV
References:
1. California Dempgraphic Trends, University of California
Transportation Center,
http://www.uctc.net/trends/papers/final/uctcdemorev501.pdf
2. 2002 California Statistical Abstract,
http://www.dof.ca.gov/html/fs_data/stat-abs/toc.htm |
Clarification of Answer by
tar_heel_v-ga
on
07 Jan 2003 17:59 PST
Ron,
I took a break from looking at oceanfront property in Arizona and put
together 30 more "predictions" for California in 2020. As with my
previous 20, these are not mathematically calculated, but rather
taking data comparisons from 1980 to 2000 and taking it out to 2020.
1. The average maximum temperature in Los Angeles Jan 2020 will be 61
degrees
2. The average minimum temperature in LA will be 40 degrees
3. The unemployment rate for California will be 5.5%
4. There will be about 5,000 unemployed miners
5. The median price of an existing, single-family home will be
$305,000
6. 150,000 new home construction permits will be issued
7. Californians will consume over 700 million gallons of beer
8. Over $500 billion will be spent by Californians in retail
purchases
9. 180 Billion dollars worth of goods will be shipped out of
California ports.
10. The State will generate about $30 million dollars in taxes from
paramutuel betting
11. The State will generate about $400 in alcohol taxes
12. $9.15 out of every $100 earned by Californians will be paid to
the State in income tax
13. California will still be the most populus state in the country
14. Approximately 120,000 baccalaureate degrees will be conferred in
California
15. $1.7 million will be spent on public, academic, and law libraries
16. There will be about 20,000 people employed by libraries
17. There will be over $220 billion in real estate loans made by
California banks
18. There will be approximately 330 federally credited credit unions
and 200 state credited credit unions
19. There will be about 20 million wage and salary workers
(non-agricultural) in California
20. California will vote Democrat in the General Election
21. The per capita income in California will be roughly $43,000
22. There will be over 500,000 corporations in California
23. Those coporations will report a net income of over $180 billion.
24. 11.5% of the families in California will be at or below the
poverty level
25. California's minimum wage will be over $8.00 an hour
26. The average household in Los Angeles will spend over $5800 a year
for food
27. The average household in San Francisco will spend over $8500 a
year for food
28. Personal income will total close to $1 trillion
29. California will produce over 50 million pounds of anchovies and
120 million pounds of sardines
30. 190,00 troy ounces of silver will be mined in California.
Thanks again for the rating and the extra bonus work. I hope you find
all the inforamation helpful.
Regards,
-THV
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