The next time you are stuck in gridlock traffic or waiting in an interminable line at the DMV, ask yourself – what would this be like with 1 million more people?
Answer? Just wait a few years and find out.
The D.C. metro area will see its population grow 7.4 percent to 6.55 million people by 2020, and will jump by about 16 percent over the next 10 years, for a total of 955,517 people by 2025, according to population projections by American City Business Journals (our corporate parent).
That means 7,053,000 people will live in the D.C. metro area – and it will seem like they’re all in front of you at the self-checkout line of your local supermarket with 15 separate items of loose produce.
The population increase will hit Greater Washington in some of its biggest weaknesses, especially the area of affordable housing, according to economist Stephen Fuller (who calls the population estimates “aggressive” and sees about 750,000 more people over 10 years). Housing costs in the region…
Read the full story from the Washington Business Journal.
