Table 119

POPULATION LEVELS IN THE REGION BY COUNTY: ACTUAL 1980 AND PROJECTED 1990, 2000, AND 2010
Population
Projected Change
Projected                        1980-2010
Actual
County      1980         Scenario       1990       2000      2010      Number   Percent
Kenosha      123,100  High-growth        135,700    152,900   166,800    43,700    35.5
Intermediate-growth  117,300  118,000    123,300      200     0.2
Low-growth          109,900   105,200    101,800   -21,300   -17.3
Milwaukee   965,000   High-growth        964,900    991,900  1,009,800   44,800     4.6
Intermediate-growth  924,300  892,200    911,300   -53,700    -5.6
Low-growth          861,700   831,800    818,100  -146,900   -15.2
Ozaukee      67,000   High-growth         84,000    106,200    139,000   72,000   107.5
Intermediate-growth  69,700    75,000     81,900    14,900   22.2
Low-growth           60,500    58,800     57,700    -9,300   -13.9
Racine       173,100  High-growth        188,400    206,000   224,700    51,600    29.8
Intermediate-growth  165,200  166,000    171,800    -1,300    -0.8
Low-growth          152,900   146,800    139,600   -33,500   -19.4
Walworth      71,500  High-growth         85,600    106,200    129,700   58,200    81.4
Intermediate-growth  78,200    85,600     89,900    18,400   25.7
Low-growth           66,900    65,000     63,700    -7,800   -10.9
Washington    84,900  High-growth         114,300   135,900    164,400   79,500    93.6
Intermediate-growth  97,500   109,500    116,000    31,100   36.6
Low-growth           78,000    75,800     74,400   -10,500   -12.4
Waukesha     280,200  High-growth         353,800   424,800    481,700  201,500    71.9
Intermediate-growth  302,000  336,000    378,000    97,800   34.9
Low-growth          267,700   264,400    261,800   -18,400    -6.6
Region   1,764,800  High-growth       1,926,700  2,123,900  2,316,100  551,300    31.2
Intermediate-growth  1,754,200  1,782,300  1,872,200  107,400  6.1
Low-growth        1,597,600  1,547,800  1,517,100  -247,700  -14.0
Source: U. S. Bureau of the Census and SEWRPC.

POPULATION PROJECTIONS
Commission population projections for the
Region and the constituent counties under the
three regional growth scenarios described above
are set forth in Table 119. The projected distri-
bution of the population among the counties in
the Region under the three growth scenarios is
also shown in Figure 50 and on Map 54. Under
a high-growth scenario, the resident population
of the Region would increase by about 551,300
persons, or 31 percent, from 1,764,800 persons in
1980 to 2,316,100 persons in the year 2010. Under

this scenario, Waukesha County could be
expected to gain about 201,500 persons, an
increase of 72 percent over the 30-year projection
period. The other six counties in the Region
would experience smaller, but nevertheless
significant, population increases, ranging from
about 43,700 person in Kenosha County to about
79,500 persons in Washington County.
Under the intermediate-growth scenario, the
regional population would be expected to
increase by about 107,400 persons, or about
6 percent, to a level of 1,872,200 in the year 2010.

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