SWAMPSCOTT POPULATION REPORT
ROSALIE HOBBS
PERIOD 6
October 17, 2015
Summary Findings
Population of many communities has changed over the years. The Town of Swampscott is no exception.
The United States Government has collected population statistics over the years and has organized this
data in tables. When looking at the change in population for the Town of Swampscott over time, one
notices that the population of Swampscott {this is where you state what the data tells YOU}. On
average, Swampscott’s population has been
________________________________(increasing/decreasing) by ______________(slope) people each
year. Using this information, one can easily predict the population of Swampscott to be
___________(your answer from page 4) in 2015, and to be ______________(your answer from page 4)
in 2020.
This may be important for the town administrators to notice as a change in population may indicate that
(state some reasons why the people of Swampscott may be concerned).
PLEASE DO NOT COPY MY WORDS AS PRINTED ABOVE!!! That is PLAGERISM.
This is only meant to serve as a guide and is there to point out an introductory sentence, some
supporting sentences, and a conclusion.
NOTE: THIS ENTIRE PAGE MAY BE DONE BY HAND.
GRAPH AND TABLE
1.
THE TABLE IS INCLUDED
YEAR
1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960
POPULATION 1450 1846 2500 3198 4548 6204 8101 10346 10761 11580 13294
2 AND 3. A GRAPH WITH LABELS AND TREND LINE
Number of Residents
Swampscott Population Since 1860
18000
16000
14000
12000
10000
8000
6000
4000
2000
0
1850
1900
1950
Year
2000
2050
NOTE: THIS ENTIRE PAGE MAY BE DONE BY HAND.
PLEASE HAVE ALL NUMBERS NEAT AND READABLE.
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION.
1.
THE EQUATION Y = MX + B (REPLACE YOUR NUMBERS AND MEANINGFUL WORDS) MODELS
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POPULATION OF SWAMPSCOTT AND YEARS.
2.
WORK SHOWN TO PREDICT SWAMPSCOTT’S POPULATION FOR YEAR 2015.
3.
WORK SHOWN TO PREDICT SWAMPSCOTT’S POPULATION FOR YEAR 2020.