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Population Growth <br />Redwood City has been growing more quickly <br />than has the rest of the County or California. Be- <br />tween 20010 and 2016, the population of Red- <br />wood City grew by 11.9%, compared with just <br />6.6% for the county overall. <br />The California Department of Finance has fore- <br />cast that the population of San Mateo County will <br />increase by 30% relative to its 2010 level. Hav- <br />ing already grown by 6.6%, that suggest growth <br />of roughly 22% between 2016 and 2060, with the <br />almost all of that growth occurring by 2052. It is <br />hard to project growth for Redwood City based <br />on the County as a whole, but barring a signifi- <br />cant tightening of the housing market in the City, <br />growth in excess of 25-30% is not out of the <br />question. <br />Figure 6:Population Growth Figure 7:Population Growth <br />Forecasts of growth by age and race/ethnicity <br />do suggest changes in the demographics of the <br />County and possibly the City. By 2060, the pop- <br />ulation will be significantly older, with a much <br />higher proportion of individuals aged 65 or older. <br />The County will also continue the trend of de- <br />clining share of white nonhispanics in the pop- <br />ulation. Both the share of hispanics and those <br />identifying as some other race (including asians) <br />will continue to grow into the future. <br />Figure 8:San Mateo County Population Forecasts by Age and Race <br />7