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<br /> <br />C. Demographic Trends <br /> <br /> <br />2001 Comprehensive Plan <br /> <br /> <br />1. Population . ~ <br />For the first half of tiei2oF:Qentpr)rR,.amsey had a rather steady population <br /> <br />::tc~ :~:~~1tei6X~~;:;96~950"S thatRamsey began <br /> <br /> <br />Table ill-1 Ramsey Population Gro1li\: <br /> <br /> <br />1950 <br /> <br />1990 <br /> <br />1996* <br /> <br />Source: <br /> <br />~e majority of that,~~I()FCUll'ediin;onedecade, the 1970's, during which <br />t~e period. Ramseyexl?tti~eda itretn~dousboom hi housing starts and was <br />also incorporated as aCl~ O!fJ74).Fro11l:l97€>to 1980, the City of Ramsey grew <br />by.7,733 people, a rate .f~<iwth t~t well. exceeded all other communities in the <br />~- ;' - :"C- ;." .' _. .~: - _->_;~ <br />north metropolitanarea;1 rraJ1e 2 shows ' population trends and growth rates for <br />the City of Ramsey ~ cptPpafison to surrountiing communities, the Metropolitan <br />area and the State of Mifutescita. . <br /> <br />Table ]11-2 Regio..al Population Gro"," <br /> <br />Region <br /> <br />ItSO <br /> <br />Growth Growth Growth <br />1996* 70-S0 SO-90 90-96 <br /> <br />1970 <br /> <br />1990 <br /> <br />3,904 <br />13,591 <br />1,129 <br />4,704 <br />2,631 <br />4,000 <br /> <br />9,387 <br />15~{)34 .~ . <br />1 ,~76 <br />9,~06 <br />4,~0? <br />6,' 8~ <br /> <br /> <br />41.3% <br />2.9% <br />29.0% <br />17.7% <br />13.9% <br /> <br /> <br />Andover City <br /> <br />Anoka City <br /> <br />Burns Township <br /> <br />Champlin City <br /> <br />Dayton City <br /> <br />Elk River City <br /> <br />Ramsey <br /> <br />Anoka County 154,712 243,641 ~78,531 <br /> <br />Sherburne County 18,344 41,94553,772 <br /> <br />Metropolitan Are.. 1,874,612 2,288,729 2;485,858 5.9% 15.3% 8.6% <br /> <br />State Of Minliesota 3,815,249 4,07f,970' 4,375,099 4,972,243 6.8% 7.3% 13.6% <br />* Sources for 1996 estimates are from the Mtltfopi//itan Council. and StateDemographer. All other data is <br />.li'om the US Census B'ureau <br /> <br />140.4% <br />15.0% <br />75.0% <br />91.5% <br /> <br />62.1% <br />10.0% <br /> <br /> <br />21.5% <br /> <br />87.1% <br />9.8% <br /> <br />52.0% <br /> <br />Page lII-8 <br />