. Census projects the total population in 2030 will be 364 million, an increase of approximately 30 percent from the year 2000. Just in size alone (an increase of 83 million), the country will look quite different in a relatively short period of time – ., approximately one generation. The shifting age distribution of households will further change the shape of the nation. It is, therefore, the growth rate and changing composition of the population that will be driving housing consumption over the coming 25 years. Beginning in 2006, the first Baby Boomer cohort will.
