<![CDATA[This Research aims to determine: 1) Population growth, 2) Landuse changes, 3) Land carrying capacity changes in Boyolali District in the year 2003-2012, 4) The prediction of land carrying capacity in Boyolali District in the year 2022. The method that used in the research is descriptive quantitative. This research use stratified random sampling. The sample are: Zone of city frame: Boyolali, Mojosongo, Teras, Sawit, and Ngemplak, zone of city-village frame: Sambi and Klego, zone of village-city frame: Selo. Primary data were obtain from direct observation to know the landuse in boyolali district, and the secondary data obtained from the many kinds of instancess that appropriate to the data. The analysis and interpretation to the research data shown that: 1) The population growth in Boyolali District in the year 2003-2012 is low in the amount of 0,29% each year compared with national population growth in the amount of 1,49% each year. The biggest population growth is in Ngemplak Subdisdtrict with average of population growth is 0,73% each year and then Teras Subdistrict with average of population growth is 0,62% each year and the least is in Banyudono and Nogosari Subdistrict with the average of population growth is 0,01% each year. 2) Landuse changes in Boyolali District based on the subdistrict sample in the year 2006, 2009, and 2012, agriculture and moor landuse largery changes in to settlement area, and the other changes in to structure (building/factory), garden, and an empty land. The biggest changes is in zone of the city – village frame with the average of changes is 105,2 ha, and in the zone of the city frame with the average of changes is 38,6 ha, and the least is in zone of the village – city frame about 11,2 ha. 3) Carrying capacity in Boyolali District in the year 2003 – 2012 is surplus. In the zone of the city frame the land carrying capacity is deficit, in the zone of the city - village frame the land carrying capacity is deficit, in the zone of the village – city frame is surplus. 4) The prediction of land carrying capacity in the Boyolali District at 2022 is surplus. In the zone of the city frame 4 subsdistricts are surplus and the other 4 subsdistricts are deficit, in the zone of city – village frame is deficit, and in the zone of village – city frame is surplus.Keywords: Population Growth, Landuse, Land Carrying Capacity]]>
