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POPULATION .NOTES,":
<br /> • Since the 1990 census,Otsego 1,803 at the time of the 1990 Lake Township in Washington townships within densely
<br /> Township in Wright County, census.Some townships were County, Marion Township in settled urbanized areas. Rural
<br /> Oak Grove Township in Anoka dissolved or merged,four Olmsted County and Big Lake refers to the remainder of the
<br /> County,Grant Township in incorporated as cities and three Township in Sherburne County population.
<br /> Washington County and Bass -St.Cloud Township in Steams have more than 6,000 resi-
<br /> Central cities means the six
<br /> Brook Township in Itasca County,Winona Township in dents. There are 46 townships large cities(Minneapolis,St.
<br /> County were all incorporated Winona County and Frankfort in Minnesota with fewer than Paul,Duluth, Rochester,St.
<br /> as cities.(Bass Brook Township Township in Wright County- 50 residents. Cloud and Moorhead)within
<br /> was originally incorporated as were completely annexed by Wyoming Township in Chicago the seven metropolitan areas.
<br /> the city of Bass Brook,but has neighboring cities. County was the growth leader Suburban corresponds to the
<br /> since changed its name to There were 946,666 people among townships with an Census Bureau's"urban
<br /> Cohasset.)The city of Island living in organized townships in increase of 1,902 residents fringe" category.
<br /> View in Koochiching County 1998,representing about 20 between 1990 and 1998.Big
<br /> was dissolved. The Census Bureau,however,
<br /> percent of Minnesota's popula- Lake Township in Sherburne classifies some cities and town
<br /> Average township has tion.Median township size in County and White Bear Town ships as partly urban and partly
<br /> 316 residents 1998 was 316 residents.The ship in Ramsey County added rural. In this report,any place
<br /> largest township in the state is more than 1,500 residents. characterized by the Census
<br /> Minnesota had 1,793 organized White Bear in Ramsey County Twenty-three of the 25 town Bureau as partly urban is con
<br /> townships in 1998,down from with 10,925 residents.Forest ships with the largest population sidered entirely urban.The
<br /> increases were located in the effect of this difference on
<br /> Twin Cities Metropolitan Statis-
<br /> Ten comparability with the census
<br /> Ten cities register greatest growth tical Area.Alexandria Township p tY
<br /> 1998 1990 1990-1998 in Douglas County and Marion is negligible.
<br /> Rank City population population change Township in Olmsted County Other urban means cities of
<br /> 1 Woodbury 38,845 20,075 18,770 were the growth leaders out- 2,500 people or more outside
<br /> 2 Lakeville 38,506 24,854 13,652 side the Twin Cities area. the urbanized areas of the
<br /> 3 Eagan 60,073 47,409 12,664 state.These urban places are
<br /> • 4 Plymouth 62,979 50,889 12,090 Technical notes found both inside and outside
<br /> 5 Eden Prairie 50,681 39,311 11,370 metropolitan areas. Urban is
<br /> 6 St.Cloud 59,584 48,812 10,772 The definitions of urban and not synonymous with metro-
<br /> rural7 Rochester 80,186 70,729 9,457 in this report correspond politan,and rural is not the
<br /> closely to those used by the
<br /> 8 Coon Rapids 61,904 52,978 8,926 same as nonmetropolitan.
<br /> 9 Apple Valley 43,468 34,598 8,870 Census Bureau. Urban refers to Rural territory is found within
<br /> 10 Maple Grove 47,164 38,736 8,428 all people living in cities of most metropolitan counties,
<br /> Sources:State Demographic Center at Minnesota Planning and 2,500 or more,or to people
<br /> Metropolitan Council living in smaller cities and
<br /> Minnesota's largest and smallest cities lost
<br /> population between 1990 and 1998 Economic census conference
<br /> 1998 Number
<br /> Number 1998 population losing A conference on the 1997 Economic Census will be held from
<br /> Size category of cities population change population
<br /> 100,000 or more 2 629,258 11,360 2 8:30 a.m.to noon,April 26,2000,at the University of St.
<br /> 50,000-99,999 11 723,468 85,473 1 Thomas.The conference for data users will cover recent
<br /> 25,000-49,999 20 696,731 90,127 2 trends and uses of economic census data,an introduction to
<br /> 10,000-24,999 48 770,108 90,569 6 the new NAICS system and its relationship to the SIC system,
<br /> 5,000-9,999 46 328,629 37,843 5 Economic Census products and accessing Economic Census
<br /> 2,500-4,999 70 244,955 23,367 12 data on the Internet and CD-ROM.For a complete agenda,
<br /> 1,000-2,499 131 216,704 17,783 26 see www.census.gov/epcd/www/ec97conf.htm.
<br /> 500-999 152 107,441 4,702 51
<br /> 250-499 136 48,904 1,163 66 if For more details,contact Diana Telschow via phone at
<br /> Less than 250 237 32,158 -260 147 651-296-5728 or 651-296-2557,or by e-mail at
<br /> Total 853 3,798,356 339,407 318 I helpline@mnplan.state.mn.us
<br /> • Source:State Demographic Center at Minnesota Planning
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