Regional Population/Employment/Household Data and Projections
Travel demand on the region’s transportation network is driven by increases in population, jobs and households.
Dramatic growth in population, jobs and households has been the standard for the past 35 years in the Metropolitan Washington region. And according to projections from the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG), these trends are expected to continue.
Since 1970 the region has added over two million people for a total that today exceeds five million. By 2030 our population will reach 6.6 million. Most of this increase has and will continue to occur outside the central jurisdictions where much of the transportation infrastructure planned decades ago remains unbuilt.
Constructing these missing regional parkway, bypass and Potomac River bridge links planned decades ago is critical to providing the framework for intelligent land use and a balanced transportation network.
Metropolitan Washington Historical Data (1970 - 2000)
Metropolitan Washington Forecast Data (Round 7.2: 2005 - 2040)
Employment Forecasts
Northern Virginia:
Vehicle Miles Traveled: 46,335,508 (2008)
Registered Vehicles: 1,763,736 (2008)