Minneapolis proper %28the size of the city only%29 today has a population of around 425%2C000. At current growth rates%2C Bozeman%252FGallatin County%252FBig Sky could reach that number in the decade past the midway point of this century. Salt Lake City proper %28the city only%29 has a present population of 200%2C000. If you were to draw a line from Idaho Falls to Rexburg to Jackson Hole and south to Afton%2C Wyoming%2C there is already a Salt Lake City-proper-sized population. The question is how much larger will that corridor grow with more people moving in%3F Some believe it could easily double by the middle of this century. That would equal the total number of residents in all of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem in 2017