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ERIC Number: ED293593
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1987-Oct
Pages: 30
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Prince George's County Population Analysis. ENSCAN 88, Planning Brief, Report PB88-1.
Clagett, Craig A.
Using data provided by the U.S. Bureau of the Census and several Maryland state offices, this report examines Prince George's County in terms of age distribution, migration, and racial composition, and discusses the implications of an older, and increasingly minority county population for Prince George's Community College (PGCC). Following introductory comments tracing the growth in the county's population from 1930, trends in age distribution are used to project short-term changes, including a decrease in the number of young people of traditional college age, an increase in older adults, and steady decreases in the number of high school graduates until the early 1990s. The next section looks at migration patterns, the resulting shift in the county's racial composition, and the demographics of largely affluent black residents moving into the county. Next, the characteristics of Prince George's County's black population are contrasted with national norms. The final section discusses the implications for college planning of projected declines in high school students, of anticipated low college-going rates among black students, of a decline in the achievement test scores of high school students, and the increase in county residents over 65 years of age. Data tables, charts, and maps are appended. (EJV)
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Numerical/Quantitative Data
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Policymakers
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: Prince George's Community Coll., Largo, MD. Office of Institutional Research.
Identifiers - Location: Maryland
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A