How fast is Loudoun growing?

Population Growth Rates
Loudoun County vs. The World

Annual Population Growth Rates

The world?................................1.3%

The U.S.?...................................0.9%

Virginia?....................................1.3%

Washington Metro region?.......1.9%

Washington, DC?.................... -0.7%

Loudoun County?....................8.1%

From 2000 to 2004, Loudoun County grew by 41%, and 1 in 4 new Washington Metro Area residents moved to Loudoun.  That means Loudoun receives 49 new residents per day and 3,500 new students each year.

At this rate, growth in Loudoun is accounting for approximately 25% of Virginia’s total growth and 20% of the Washington region’s growth. If this rate of growth continues, Loudoun’s population will double in a mere 6-7 years.

As an article by the Loudoun Times-Mirror reported on 1/5/06, "According to a Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (MWCOG) estimate, the population of Loudoun County is projected to grow 87.6% from 169,600 people in 2000 to 318,100 people in 2010. In comparison, Fairfax County is projected to grow by 16.8%, while the Northern Virginia region overall is projected to grow 27.8% in the same time period."

On 1/26/06, the Washington Post reported that Loudoun County lead all Virginia counties in growth.  The University of Virginia's Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service estimated that Loudoun grew by a "phenomenal" 82,700 residents, or 49%, in the past five years.

The article went on to report that, "The new estimates come as little surprise to school and government officials already deeply involved in trying to manage the consequences of the region's relentless growth. In Loudoun County, school officials are projecting a continued population climb through 2010; over the next five years, the county estimates, more than a third of the state's school enrollment increase will be in Loudoun.

In the past 15 years, the county has doubled the number of schools and more than tripled the number of students, to about 47,000 this year. Six more schools are scheduled to open for the 2007-08 school year."

What’s wrong with this picture?

Email the Board of Supervisors and tell them to keep Loudoun's growth in balance with the rest of the Washington Region!

SOURCES:
www.census.gov
www.governing.com
www.easterner.com
www.fanniemaefoundation.org
geography.about.com