About the California Demographic Futures Project

Participants and Source of Funding

 

2005 Full Report: California Demographic Futures PDF file 270 KB

  Projections to 2030, by Immigrant Generations, Nativity, and Time of Arrival in U.S.

February 2005
By Dowell Myers, John Pitkin, Julie Park

 

2005 Summary Report PDF file 125 KB

January 2005
By Dowell Myers, John Pitkin, Julie Park

This report offers a mid-decade view of California’s demographic future, including how the state’s population has changed in the last 25 years, a detailed profile of the current situation, and a new projection of changes in the coming 25 years, to 2030.

 

California's Immigrants Turn the Corner PDF file 514 KB

March 2004
By Dowell Myers, John Pitkin, Julie Park

For the first time in 30 years, the census has brought news that California’s fortunes may be turning—and these changes have, surprisingly, gone unreported. Not only have the sharp increases in immigration of the past few decades leveled off, but fewer immigrants come to California at or below the poverty line and overall levels of impoverishment amongst the foreign-born in the state have also dropped. Taken as a whole, these trends indicate a gradual but historic turnaround in the state that bodes well for future improvements in the welfare of its residents.

2001 Report

Jan. 2001
By Dowell Myers and John Pitkin

Projections 1970 to 2020 that Include a Growing Immigrant Population With Changing Needs and Impacts. The January 2001 projections of population of California by age, race, nativity, and period of arrival in the U.S. to 2020 are available here.

Overview

Suggested Citation

 

Population Methodology Technical Report for the 2001 report

Projecting the Population of California by Nativity and Period of Arrival to 2020 PDF file

A California Housing Futures Project Memo PDF file

Related Working Papers

John Pitkin, "Three Demographic Waves and the Transformation of the Los Angeles Region, 1970-2000," Working Paper PDRG04-07. PDF file 88 KB

Dowell Myers, "Accuracy of Data Collected by the Census Question on Immigrants' Year of Arrival," Working Paper No PDRG04-01 PDF file


School of Policy, Planning, and Development
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California 90089-0626
Attn: Prof. Dowell Myers


Updated on Jan. 27, 2005
http://www.usc.edu/schools/sppd/futures

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