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ExecutiveSummary:StudyoftheMetropolitanAreaFiscalDisparitiesProgram
<br />FortheMinnesotaDepartmentofRevenue
<br />GROWTH TRENDS
<br />Thesevencountymetropolitanregionhasgrownsignificantlyfrom1970totoday.Thecurrentestimate
<br />oftotalpopulationisapproximately2.85million.Thisreflectsanincreaseofalmost1millionpeople
<br />since1970.HennepinandRamsey-Ò·z;Þwz;stillthemostpopulouscountiesinthe©;mz
<br />compriseasmallershareoftheregionalpopulationin2010whencomparedto1970.
<br />AdditionaldetailisprovidedbelowinFigure2,depictingtheabsolutegrowthandpercentageincreasein
<br />populationfrom1970to2010.Asshown,thehighestpercentagegrowthoccurredinScottCounty
<br />followedbyCarverandWashingtoncounties.ThelowestpercentagegrowthoccurredinRamseyand
<br />Hennepincounties.
<br />Figure2.PopulationGrowthbyCounty:1970to2010
<br />PopulationGrowthorDecline
<br />PopulationFrom1970to2010
<br />%TotalGrowth%AvgAnnGrowth
<br />19702010 Increase/Decrease
<br />Anoka154,815331,022 176,207113.8%2.8%
<br />Carver27,65291,042 63,390229.2%5.7%
<br />Dakota139,824397,405 257,581184.2%4.6%
<br />Hennepin962,3931,155,495 193,10220.1%0.5%
<br />Ramsey473,822505,795 31,9736.7%0.2%
<br />Scott32,423129,928 97,505300.7%7.5%
<br />Washington79,980237,733 157,753197.2%4.9%
<br />GrandTotal1,870,9092,848,420977,51152.2%1.3%
<br />Source:CensusdataviaMetropolitanCouncil;analysisbyTischlerBise
<br />Groupingmetropolitanareacommunitiesintoregionaldevelopmentclassificationsrevealsthat
<br />populationintheCentralCitieshasdecreasedfrom1970to2010byalittleover10percent,whichisa
<br />decreaseofapproximately.3percentperyearwhenaveragedoverthe40yeartimeperiod.Atthe
<br />otherendofthecontinuumareDevelopingAreas,whichsawanincreaseinpopulationofover350
<br />percentfrom1970to2010.Thisreflectsa9percentaverageannualgrowthrateoverthe40yeartime
<br />period.
<br />Figure3.PopulationGrowthbyRegionalDevelopmentClassification:1970to2010
<br />PopulationGrowthorDecline
<br />PopulationFrom1970to2010
<br />19702010 Increase/Decrease%TotalGrowth%AvgAnnGrowth
<br />CentralCities744,266667,646 76,62010.3%0.3%
<br />DevelopedArea873,8081,184,186 310,37835.5%0.9%
<br />DevelopingArea180,660823,895 643,235356.0%8.9%
<br />RuralAreas53,981116,813 62,832116.4%2.9%
<br />RuralGrowthCenters13,64149,255 35,614261.1%6.5%
<br />ExcludedfromFD4,5536,625 2,07245.5%1.1%
<br />GrandTotal1,870,9092,848,420977,51152.2%1.3%
<br />Source:CensusdataviaMetropolitanCouncil;analysisbyTischlerBise
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