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• <br /> _ _ <br /> Scott County is a growth lea er <br /> Census estimates rank the <br /> county as the 12th-fastest- <br /> growing in the nation as <br /> young families looking <br /> for homes flock there and .. ;. _ <br /> businesses follow suit. 4 a_ , .�" <br /> .w n: <br /> vid Peterson :# ..�``"�,�"��t' =�r�,�;:, do. , ,R;, <br /> Y: .._� <br /> Tribune Sta - <br /> IP1Writer ��� ve „, - <br /> ��'4Y��'�='�' �••. ., 'ham a �^s'"K.,��";;,yu�s�.-..i1*_'-r, `__ '�r; , <br /> Scott County is the fastest-growing <br /> county in the northern half of the United <br /> States and the 12th-fastest-growing in the <br /> nation, according to Census Bureau esti- <br /> mates to be announced today. <br /> That is an exceptionally high ranking Judy Griesedieck/StarTriune <br /> for a Frost Belt county,in an era when the Home construction is a common sight in Shakopee and other Scott County communities, <br /> Sun Belt dominates when it comes to rapid where the population has exploded.But affordable housing has become harder to find. <br /> growth. <br /> With Twin Cities suburbs in the Iead, the top 100 among more than 3,000 U.S. sota River during the 1990s set off the land <br /> Minnesota is by far the fastest-growing counties, as does St. Croix County, just rush that is causing Scott County to surge <br /> Midwestern state. At this rate it will soon across the border in Wisconsin. Only four so high in the national rankings. <br /> top 5 million people, even as Iowa and states, including Texas and Florida, have <br /> North Dakota are losing population. more counties in the top 100. SCOTT continues on A8: <br /> It isn't just Scott County. Sherburne, The replacement of the decrepit —The rankings of the nation's fastest- <br /> Chisago and Wright counties rank among Bloomington Ferry Bridge over the Minne- . growing states and counties. <br /> • <br />