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<br />Elk River Comprehensive Plan
<br />Population
<br />Population projections are effective planning tools when used correctly. However, their accuracy
<br />is subject to several factors including assumptions for birth rates, death rates, migration, and
<br />economic conditions. Assumptions are based on past trends and the best information available
<br />at the time, but assumptions do not always remain true, and unexpected changes can occur.
<br />Therefore, Elk River should use population projections presented in this Comprehensive Plan as a
<br />general guide and not as an absolute certainty. Moreover, the City should periodically review and
<br />update the population projections based on new conditions.
<br />Over the past 30 years, the City of Elk River experienced signifi cant change in population. In
<br />1980, Elk River was home to 6,785 people, nearly tripling in size from 1970 (2,252 people). By
<br />2000, the population grew to 16,447, and in 2010 the U.S. Census documented a population of
<br />22,974. Refer to Table 4-A: Population Change: 1980-2010 for additional information.
<br />Table 4-A: Population Change: 1980-2010
<br />Place 1980
<br />Population
<br />Change
<br />1970-1980
<br />1990
<br />Population
<br />Change
<br />1980-1990
<br />2000
<br />Population
<br />Change
<br />1990-2000
<br />2010
<br />Population
<br />Change
<br />2000-2010
<br />City of Elk
<br />River 6,785201%11,14364%16,44748%22,97440%
<br />City of
<br />Otsego 4769213%52199%6,38922%13,571112%
<br />Big Lake
<br />Township 269737%445265%6,78552%7,3869%
<br />City of Big
<br />Lake 2210118%311341%6,389105%10,06057.50%
<br />Livonia
<br />Township n/an/an/an/a3,91751% 5,95151.90%
<br />City of
<br />Zimmerman n/an/an/an/a2,85183% 5,22883.30%
<br />Sherburne
<br />County 2990863%4194540%64,41754%88,49937.40%
<br />State of
<br />Minnesota 4,075,9077%4,375,0997.10%4,919,4797.30%5,303,92512.40%
<br />Chart 4-I: Population Change
<br />19701980199020002010
<br />Population 2,2526,78511,14316,44722,974
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<br />5,000
<br />10,000
<br />15,000
<br />20,000
<br />25,000
<br />Source: US Census
<br />Source: U.S. Census
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