Using a Spreadsheet to Develop Population Pyramids

Most planning offices today utilize spreadsheets and also population pyramids. However, few planners know how to create population pyramids using spreadsheets. Even the computer documentation that comes with spreadsheet programs is silent about how to do it... yet it is both possible and easy to accomplish with just a little guidance. This paper informs readers how to do it using a step-by-step procedure. Both educators and practitioners should find this procedure a useful planning tool.