Newspaper Clipping - Newspaper Clipping Scan - Dakota County and Eagan outpace Metropolitan Council - 8/26/1987
County paces metro area growth rate
Northwest Dakota County Apple Valley follows close- In the seven-county metro
remains one of the fastest- ly behind Burnsville, with area, population has increas-
growing areas in the state, ac- 8,004 residents added and an ed an estimated 8 percent,
cording to figures recently estimated population of making it the 16th largest
( released by the Metropolitan 29,800, metro area in the United
Council. Lakeville is estimated to States.
Three Dakota County cities have 19,106 residents now, up The region is growing more
are in the state's top 10 in nearly 5,000 from 1980. Rose- than twice as fast now as in
population growth between mount is estimated to have the 1970s, according to the
1980 and 1987_ 6,487 residents, up nearly study, with an annual growth
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growth, up an estimated The' growth is readily Eden Prairie was the se-
18,500 residents to 39,204. acknowledged by city of- coed fastest growing suburb,
Burnsville is seventh in the ficials, who believe the Maple Grove third, Plymouth
number of people added to the estimates may fall short of fourth, Brooklyn Park fifth,
~oxmnunity, up 8,700 from the actual populations in their Coon Rape sixth, Blaine
1980 to a current estimated cities at this time, ninth and Shoreview 10th. ,
population of 44,400.