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POPULATION NOTES
<br /> • state lost households since the
<br /> Most counties gained residents and households (continued) 1990 census.
<br /> POPULATION HOUSEHOLDS The trend in most counties is
<br /> Percent Percent'
<br /> 1990 1998 change 1990 1998 change toward smaller households,but
<br /> County census estimate 1990-98 census estimate 1990-98 average household size varies
<br /> Martin 22,914 22,782 -0.6% 9,129 9,267 1.5% greatly from one county to
<br /> Meeker 20,846 21,911 5.1% 7,651 8,231 7.6% another.In 1998,average
<br /> Mille Lacs 18,670 21,026 12.6% 6,911 7,934 14.8% household size ranged from
<br /> Morrison 29,604 31,496 6.4% 10,399 11,401 9.6% 2.96 people per household in
<br /> Mower 37,385 37,582 0.5% 15,028 15,426 2.6% Sherburne County to 2.29 in
<br /> Murray 9,660 9,573 -0.9% 3,758 3,818 1.6% Cook County.
<br /> Nicollet 28,076 30,119 7.3% 9,478 10,549 11.3% With a few exceptions,the
<br /> Nobles 20,098 20,276 0.9% 7,683 8,013 4.3% counties with the largest aver-
<br /> Norman 7,975 7,636 -4.3% 3,118 3,080 -1.2% age household size ring the
<br /> Olmsted 106,470 119,038 11.8% 40,058 46,111 15.1% Twin Cities and St.Cloud areas.
<br /> Otter Tail 50,714 54,404 7.3% 19,510 21,479 10.1% Counties with the lowest aver-
<br /> Pennington 13,306 13,617 2.3% 5,173 5,453 5.4% age household size tend to be
<br /> Pine 21,264 23,937 12.6% 7,577 8,846 16.7% those with large elderly or
<br /> Pipestone 10,491 10,437 -0.5% 4,078 4,136 1.4% young adult populations,such
<br /> Polk 32,589 31,765 -2.5% 12,026 12,010 -0.1% as Hennepin,those in the west
<br /> and southwest,and certain
<br /> Pope 10,745 10,979 2.2% 4,135 4,351 5.2% northern ones that are popular
<br /> Ramsey 485,783 498,090 2.5% 190,506 199,389 4.7% retirement destinations.
<br /> Red Lake 4,525 4,404 -2.7% 1,730 1,742 0.7%
<br /> Redwood 17,254 17,262 0.0% 6,554 6,729 2.7% Woodbury's population
<br /> Renville 17,673 17,481 -1.1% 6,790 6,846 0.8% mushrooms
<br /> Rice 49,183 54,101 10.0% 16,347 18,468 13.0%
<br /> • Rock 9,806 9,855 0.5% 3,754 3,848 2.5% Six Minnesota cities had popu-
<br /> Roseau 15,026 16,286 8.4% 5,415 6,048 11.70/0 lation growth exceeding 10,000
<br /> St.Louis 198,213 199,454 0.6% 78,901 81,156 2.9% residents between 1990 and
<br /> 1998.Woodbury added 18,770
<br /> Scott 57,846 77,924 34.7% 19,367 26,739 38.1% residents,the largest increase
<br /> Sherburne 41,945 59,945 42.9% 13,643 19,755 44.8% of any city in the state.Other
<br /> Sibley 14,366 14,943 4.0% 5,323 5,620 5.6% cities with population growth
<br /> Stearns 119,324 131,981 10.6% 39,885 45,538 14.2% exceeding 10,000 were Lakeville,
<br /> Steele 30,729 32,561 6.0% 11,342 12,425 9.5% Eagan,Plymouth, Eden Prairie
<br /> Stevens 10,634 10,609 -0.2% 3,823 3,943 3.1% and St.Cloud.Much of
<br /> Swift 10,724 11,335 10.2% 4,268 4,329 1.4% St.Cloud's increase came from
<br /> Todd 23,363 23,994 2.7% 8,589 9,046 5.3% its annexation of a large por-
<br /> Traverse 4,463 4,250 -4.8% 1,778 1,753 -1.4% tion of St.Cloud Township.
<br /> Wabasha 19,744 20,901 5.9% 7,286 7,905 8.5% The fastest-growing cities in
<br /> Wadena 13,154 13,456 2.3% 4,978 5,212 4.7% Minnesota are generally outer-
<br /> Waseca 18,079 18,744 3.7% 6,649 7,021 5.6% ring suburbs or bedroom
<br /> Washington 145,858 192,979 32.3% 49,232 67,399 36.9% communities for regional cen-
<br /> Watonwan 11,682 11,690 0.1% 4,530 4,618 1.9% ters.The 13 fastest-growing
<br /> Wilkin 7,516 7,316 -2.7% 2,805 2,810 0.2% cities with at least 1,000 resi-
<br /> I dents are all located in the Twin
<br /> Winona 47,828 49,673 3.9% 16,930 18,217 7.6%
<br /> Wright 68,710 84,926 23.6% 23,013 29,073 26.3% Cities metropolitan area.Lead-
<br /> Yellow Medicine 11,684 11,573 -1.0% 4,607 4,681 1.6% ing this group are St.Michael,
<br /> Rogers and Becker,which grew
<br /> Minnesota 4,375,665 4,782,264 9.3% 1,647,974 1,832,191 11.2% by more than 100 percent
<br /> between 1990 and 1998.Other
<br /> Twin Cities area cities with
<br /> Sources:State Demographic Center at Minnesota Planning and Metropolitan Council rapid growth include Albertville,
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