Forecasting and analyzing population, housing and employment growth is a key early step in the transportation planning process. SLOCOG periodically updates the regional growth forecast about every three or four years to provide an updated picture of anticipated growth in the region.
The final draft of the 2060 Regional Growth Forecast was reviewed and considered for adoption by the SLOCOG board on Wednesday, August 6th, 2025. This most recent forecast report provides the population, housing unit, household, and employment projections for the San Luis Obispo region to 2060. The report includes a comprehensive discussion of issues impacting growth in the region, as well as a growth forecast study to provide historical trend data for factors that may impact current and future growth in the region.
Below you will find four long-range regional growth forecast reports for the San Luis Obispo region:
- 2050 Regional Growth Forecast – A Data Appendix was also developed for the report, which provides supplemental information to help outline factors that inform potential future growth trends in San Luis Obispo County.
- 2040 Regional Growth Forecast (August 2011)
- Update to Long-Range Socio-Economic Projections (June 2009)
- Long-Range Socio-Economic Projections (July 2006)
For more information on the regional growth forecast report, please contact Jayden Hermansen at (805) 781-5724 or email [email protected].