ICLUS Data for the Southern Plains Region

ICLUS data (version 2) outputs made available to the regional groups of the National Climate Assessment consist of populations. The projections are based on the 2010 U.S. Census and use fertility, mortality and immigration rates from the Wittgenstein Centre to project decadal population to 2100. These projections are therefore consistent with the demographic assumptions of the SSP2 and SSP5 socioeconomic scenarios. ICLUS population projections are used as inputs to a land use model, which spatially allocates five residential land uses (exurban-low, exurban-high, suburban, urban-low, urban-high) as well as commercial and industrial.

Datasets available below cover the Southern Plains region. All datasets are compatible with standard geographic information systems.

Dataset to download	Description	Metadata
Population Data (SSP2 & SSP5)	1.3Mb, Shapefile format	Population Projections
Land Use Data (SSP2)	211 MB, GeoTIFF format	ICLUS v2.1 Land Use Projections (SSP2)
Land Use Data (SSP5)	217 MB, GeoTIFF format	ICLUS v2.1 Land Use Projections (SSP5)

The graphs below provide an overview of population and developed land area trends across the two scenarios, SSP2 and SSP5, over time for the Southern Plains region.