Block-level population projections in Washington state under different SSPs from 2020 to 2040

This shapefile contains block-level population projections in Washington state under different Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs) for every decade from 2020 to 2040. CONTENTS: Pop_proj_block.7z contains block-level rural/urban/total population projections under SSP2, SSP3, and SSP5 for 2020, 2030, and 2040. In the shape file, each population projection is stored in one column, with the first two character of the column name representing SSPs ("S2": SSP2; "S3":SSP3; "S5":SSP5), the third character indicating population type ("R": rural; "U": urban; "T": total), and the year information is attached in the end. For example, "S2R2040" represents rural population projection for year 2040 under SSP2. README.txt Illustrates population projection downscaling methods.