| Wisconsin is ranked second among Midwestern states in population growth,
according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Wisconsin's population on July
1, 2001, was 5,401,906, up 0.7 percent from 5,363,675 on April 1,
2000. If our state maintains this 0.7 percent rate of growth,
exponential formulas predict the population will double in 100 years, to
10,803,812
people, with significant negative impacts on the state's natural areas
and resource supplies.
In the Midwest, Wisconsin's one-year rate of growth is only lower than Minnesota's, which had a higher growth rate of 1.07 percent. |
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Other Great Lakes and Midwestern states grew at lower rates, ranging from Missouri at 0.62 percent to North Dakota's population loss of 1.21 percent. On the other hand, the United States annual growth rate was 1.20 percent, which is much more rapid than Wisconsin's. (The U.S. population will double in only 58 years at the 1.20 percent rate, which will likely boost Wisconsin's rate through migration.)
According to the Census report, 12,137 of Wisconsin's 38,231 new residents
migrated from other states or countries.
| In the most recent decade, from 1990 to 2000, Wisconsin's
population grew 9%, from 4,891,769 to 5,363,675 residents.
Wisconsin's population in 1960 was only 3,951,777.
In several counties in Northeast Wisconsin, population growth is more rapid and predicted to double within the next 35 years. Careful land use planning is needed to direct all this growth in the least damaging ways possible, while trying to maintain a high quality of life. (see Land Use and Urban Sprawl) In addition, family planning services are needed in Wisconsin, the U.S. and worldwide to help moderate these growth trends and keep the human population at sustainable levels. |
Quiet natural areas will become rare or private only. |
| COUNTY | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | |
| Brown | Total | 125,082 | 158,244 | 175,280 | 194,594 | 226,778 |
| Change | 33,162 | 17,036 | 19,314 | 32,184 | ||
| % Change | 26.5% | 10.8% | 11.0% | 16.5% | ||
| Calumet | Total | 22,268 | 27,604 | 30,867 | 34,291 | 40,631 |
| Change | 5,336 | 3,263 | 3,424 | 6,340 | ||
| % Change | 24.0% | 11.8% | 11.1% | 18.5% | ||
| Door | Total | 20,685 | 20,106 | 25,029 | 25,690 | 27,961 |
| Change | -579 | 4,923 | 661 | 2,271 | ||
| % Change | -2.8% | 24.5% | 2.6% | 8.8% | ||
| Florence | Total | 3,437 | 3,298 | 4,172 | 4,590 | 5,088 |
| Change | -139 | 874 | 418 | 498 | ||
| % Change | -4.0% | 26.5% | 10.0% | 10.8% | ||
| Fond du Lac | Total | 75,085 | 84,567 | 88,964 | 90,083 | 97,296 |
| Change | 9,482 | 4,397 | 1,119 | 7,213 | ||
| % Change | 12.6% | 5.2% | 1.3% | 8.0% | ||
| Forest | Total | 7,542 | 7,691 | 9,044 | 8,776 | 10,024 |
| Change | 149 | 1,353 | -268 | 1,248 | ||
| % Change | 2.0% | 17.6% | -3.0% | 14.2% | ||
| Green Lake | Total | 15,418 | 16,878 | 18,370 | 18,651 | 19,105 |
| Change | 1,460 | 1,492 | 281 | 454 | ||
| % Change | 9.5% | 8.8% | 1.5% | 2.4% | ||
| Kewaunee | Total | 18,282 | 18,961 | 19,539 | 18,878 | 20,187 |
| Change | 679 | 578 | -661 | 1,309 | ||
| % Change | 3.7% | 3.0% | -3.4% | 6.9% | ||
| Langlade | Total | 19,916 | 19,220 | 19,978 | 19,505 | 20,740 |
| Change | -696 | 758 | -473 | 1,235 | ||
| % Change | -3.5% | 3.9% | -2.4% | 6.3% | ||
| Manitowoc | Total | 75,215 | 82,294 | 82,918 | 80,421 | 82,887 |
| Change | 7,079 | 624 | -2,497 | 2,466 | ||
| % Change | 9.4% | 0.8% | -3.0% | 3.1% | ||
| Marathon | Total | 88,874 | 97,457 | 111,270 | 115,400 | 125,834 |
| Change | 8,583 | 13,813 | 4,130 | 10,434 | ||
| % Change | 9.7% | 14.2% | 3.7% | 9.0% | ||
| Marinette | Total | 34,660 | 35,810 | 39,314 | 40,548 | 43,384 |
| Change | 1,150 | 3,504 | 1,234 | 2,836 | ||
| % Change | 3.3% | 9.8% | 3.1% | 7.0% | ||
| Oconto | Total | 25,110 | 25,553 | 28,947 | 30,226 | 35,634 |
| Change | 443 | 3,394 | 1,279 | 5,408 | ||
| % Change | 1.8% | 13.3% | 4.4% | 17.9% | ||
| Oneida | Total | 22,112 | 24,427 | 31,216 | 31,679 | 36,776 |
| Change | 2,315 | 6,789 | 463 | 5,097 | ||
| % Change | 10.5% | 27.8% | 1.5% | 16.1% | ||
| Outagamie | Total | 101,794 | 119,398 | 128,799 | 140,510 | 160,971 |
| Change | 17,604 | 9,401 | 11,711 | 20,461 | ||
| % Change | 17.3% | 7.9% | 9.1% | 14.6% | ||
| Shawano | Total | 34,351 | 32,650 | 35,928 | 37,157 | 40,664 |
| Change | -1,701 | 3,278 | 1,229 | 3,507 | ||
| % Change | -5.0% | 10.0% | 3.4% | 9.4% | ||
| Sheboygan | Total | 86,484 | 96,660 | 100,935 | 103,877 | 112,646 |
| Change | 10,176 | 4,275 | 2,942 | 8,769 | ||
| % Change | 11.8% | 4.4% | 2.9% | 8.4% | ||
| Waupaca | Total | 35,340 | 37,780 | 42,831 | 46,104 | 51,731 |
| Change | 2,440 | 5,051 | 3,273 | 5,627 | ||
| % Change | 6.9% | 13.4% | 7.6% | 12.2% | ||
| Waushara | Total | 13,497 | 14,795 | 18,526 | 19,385 | 23,154 |
| Change | 1,298 | 3,731 | 859 | 3,769 | ||
| % Change | 9.6% | 25.2% | 4.6% | 19.4% | ||
| Winnebago | Total | 107,928 | 129,946 | 131,703 | 140,320 | 156,763 |
| Change | 22,018 | 1,757 | 8,617 | 16,443 | ||
| % Change | 20.4% | 1.4% | 6.5% | 11.7% |
Sources: Social Science Data Analysis
Network --- http://www.censusscope.org/us/s55/chart_popl.html
and The Business Journal --- http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/stories/2002/01/07/daily7.html?jst=s_rs_hl
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