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REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF THE 2025 POPULATION TECHNICAL BULLETIN
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
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This is a request for the Board of County Commissioners to approve the updated 2025 Population Technical Bulletin containing the population estimates and projections for Martin County.
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DEPARTMENT: Growth Management
PREPARED BY: Name: Clyde Dulin
Title: Comprehensive Planning Administrator
REQUESTED BY: Paul Schilling, Growth Management Director
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PROCEDURES: None
BACKGROUND/RELATED STRATEGIC GOAL:
Florida Statutes, Section 163.3177(1)(f)(3) states "The comprehensive plan shall be based upon permanent and seasonal population estimates and projections, which shall either be those published by the Office of Economic and Demographic Research or generated by the local government based upon a professionally acceptable methodology." The 2025 Population Technical Bulletin is based primarily on U.S. Census data and additional data provided by the University of Florida Bureau of Economic and Business Research (BEBR) for the State of Florida Office of Economic and Demographic Research (EDR) for population estimates and projections.
The 2025 Population Technical Bulletin uses the BEBR medium permanent estimates and projections to generate population data for Martin County-both the municipalities and for the unincorporated areas. The County then uses U.S. Census, BEBR and other data to generate population projections for planning purposes using a professionally accepted methodology. The Population Technical Bulletin contains three sections:
* Population Estimates and Projections Methodology,
* Population Estimates and Projections for Municipalities and the Unincorporated Area; and
* Planning Area Estimates and Projections.
Policy 4.1D.2. of the Martin County Growth Management Plan (CGMP) requires the County to produce the population technical bulletin. Various elements of the CGMP, such as Futur...
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