A Cut Above

Where will you be in 2020?

Westward ho! The Western region of the country is hot-and we're not talking about temperatures. According to Washington, DC-based research firm NPA Data Services Inc., a select number of Western states rank among the spots expected to experience the greatest percentage of population growth from now to the year 2020. Nevada-with a whopping growth rate of 70.5 percent-finished at the head of the class.

In terms of the actual number of people, California led the pack in population growth, with a projected 11,299,100 additional residents by 2020. Other strong finishers: Texas (8,464,100), Florida (8,197,800), Arizona (2,891,700) and Georgia (2,872,800). -D.P.

This article was originally published in the July 1996 print edition of Entrepreneur with the headline: A Cut Above.