Real Estate Principles 3rd Edition by David Ling,Wayne Archer

Exercise 4

Perfect Population Projections Inc. (PPP) has entered into a contract with the city of Popular, Pennsylvania, to project the future population of the city. In recent years, Popular has become a desirable place to live and work, as indicated by the table above.
The contract states that PPP must project Popular's population for the year 2010 using both a simple linear method and an economic base analysis. The ratio of population to total employment is 2.0833. Your help is needed!