Cooperative Forecasting Group

The Cooperative Forecasting Group is a subcommittee of the Baltimore Regional Transportation Board. The mission of the CFG is to collaboratively develop socio-economic projections (population, households, employment, and labor force) for the Baltimore region in conjunction with jurisdictions in the Washington area. The BRTB adopts these projections each year for use in travel demand modeling and testing air quality conformity.

For agendas of forthcoming meetings, please check the Calendar of Events.

Minutes of recent meetings are also available.

The CFG consists of Baltimore Metropolitan Council staff members, economists, demographers, and planners at state and local planning offices, and others who have a specific responsibility for generating forecasts of population and other variables for their respective organizations. The CFG meets bi-monthly to review changes in local land use patterns, to discuss socio-economic trends, newly released U.S. Census Bureau figures and other indicators, and to make adjustments to existing forecasts to reflect new developments, changing market conditions, and changes in local policy.

The latest adopted forecast is Round 7B, which includes population, households and employment forecasts for the 2000-2035 period, and it is detailed by our six jurisdictions as well as smaller geographic areas: 94 regional planning districts (RPDs) and 1,151 transportation analysis zones (TAZs). Census 2000 and Master Establishment File (MEF) data was incorporated into the forecasts.

The methodology for developing the forecasts is summarized in Primer for Developing BMC Travel Demand Model Socio-Economic Inputs (pdf: 237 KB).

Forecasts for jurisdictional totals are online (pdf). To purchase forecasts at smaller levels of geography, user the order form, or contact the Regional Information Center, ric@baltometro.org or 410-732-9570.

For more information:
Dunbar Brooks, dbrooks@baltometro.org or 410-732-9574
OR
Victor Bonaparte, vbonaparte@baltometro.org or 410-732-0500 x1036.

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Census Data

CTPP Workers-at-Work Compared to Other Employment Estimates (pdf: 22kb)

Comparing Employment, Income, and Poverty: Census 2000 and Current Population Survey (pdf: 4,285kb)

Journey to Work: 2000 (A Census Bureau Brief) (pdf: 503kb)

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Employment Data

Alternative Measures of County Employment and Wages: A Comparison Between BLS, BEA and CBP Measures (pdf)