Wisconsin Coastal GIS Applications Project

Wisconsin Coastal Fact Sheet
Population Change: 1990 to 1998

Lake Superior and Lake Michigan coastal counties outlined in bold.

AREA 1990
POPULATION		 PERCENT 1998
ESTIMATE		 PERCENT 90-98
DIFFERENCE		 PERCENT 90-98
PERCENT CHANGE
Coastal 1,907,781 39.0% 1,980,904 37.9% 73,123 21.4% 3.8%
Inland 2,983,988 61.0% 3,251,835 62.1% 267,847 78.6% 9.0%
Total 4,891,769 100.0% 5,232,793 100.0% 340,970 100.0% 7.0%

Coastal vs. Inland Population

The coastal zone in Wisconsin consists of the 15 counties that border Lake Michigan and Lake Superior. Coastal counties account for 39.0% of the population of the state according to the 1990 Census.

Coastal Regions

According to the 1990 Census, the four southeastern coastal counties (Ozaukee, Milwaukee, Racine, and Kenosha) make up 70% of the coastal population. The seven counties in the Bay-Lake region (Marinette, Oconto, Brown, Door, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, and Shebogan) make up 25.9% of the coastal population. The four Lake Superior counties (Douglas, Bayfield, Ashland, and Iron) make up just 4.1% of the coastal population.

Coastal Population Change

Population in Wisconsin coastal counties increased by a total of 73,123 residents between 1990 and 1998. This translates to an increase of 3.8%. Inland counties increased at a rate of 9.0%, significantly faster than the rate for coastal counties. The state growth rate for the period from 1990 to 1998 was 7.0%. The southeastern coastal counties grew at a rate of 2.2%, the Bay-Lake counties at 8.5%, and the Lake Superior counties at 2.3%. The fastest growing counties were Brown at 12.1%, Kenosha at 10.4%, Ozaukee at 10.0%, and Oconto at 9.5%. The slowest growing counties were Douglas at 1.3%, Iron and Ashland at 2.9%, and Door at 3.3%. The population in Milwaukee County decreased by 0.3%.

Data Sources

1990 Census of Population, U.S. Census Bureau
1998 Preliminary Wisconsin Official Population Estimates, Wisconsin Department of Administration. The 1998 estimates are preliminary and are subject to change until October 10, 1998.

CODE COUNTY NAME 90
CENSUS		 98
ESTIMATE		 90-98
NUMERIC CHANGE		 90-98
PERCENT CHANGE
01 ADAMS 15,682 17,826 2,144 13.67
03 ASHLAND 16,307 16,785 478 2.93
05 BARRON 40,750 42,647 1,897 4.66
07 BAYFIELD 14,008 14,603 595 4.25
09 BROWN 194,594 218,149 23,555 12.1
11 BUFFALO 13,584 13,818 234 1.72
13 BURNETT 13,084 13,999 915 6.99
15 CALUMET 34,291 38,460 4,169 12.16
17 CHIPPEWA 52,360 54,761 2,401 4.59
19 CLARK 31,647 32,625 978 3.09
21 COLUMBIA 45,088 49,266 4,178 9.27
23 CRAWFORD 15,940 16,656 716 4.49
25 DANE 367,085 407,584 40,499 11.03
27 DODGE 76,559 83,348 6,789 8.87
29 DOOR 25,690 26,537 847 3.3
31 DOUGLAS 41,758 42,291 533 1.28
33 DUNN 35,909 38,309 2,400 6.68
35 EAU CLAIRE 85,183 90,613 5,430 6.37
37 FLORENCE 4,590 5,057 467 10.17
39 FOND DU LAC 90,083 96,151 6,068 6.74
41 FOREST 8,776 9,302 526 5.99
43 GRANT 49,266 49,796 530 1.08
45 GREEN 30,339 31,983 1,644 5.42
47 GREEN LAKE 18,651 19,576 925 4.96
49 IOWA 20,150 21,913 1,763 8.75
51 IRON 6,153 6,329 176 2.86
53 JACKSON 16,588 18,304 1,716 10.34
55 JEFFERSON 67,783 73,340 5,557 8.2
57 JUNEAU 21,650 23,425 1,775 8.2
59 KENOSHA 128,181 141,474 13,293 10.37
61 KEWAUNEE 18,878 19,904 1,026 5.43
63 LA CROSSE 97,904 105,299 7,395 7.55
65 LAFAYETTE 16,074 16,252 178 1.11
67 LANGLADE 19,505 20,593 1,088 5.58
69 LINCOLN 26,993 28,865 1,872 6.94
71 MANITOWOC 80,421 84,434 4,013 4.99
73 MARATHON 115,400 125,460 10,060 8.72
75 MARINETTE 40,548 42,523 1,975 4.87
77 MARQUETTE 12,321 13,734 1,413 11.47
78 MENOMINEE 3,890 4,293 403 10.36
79 MILWAUKEE 959,275 955,931 -3,344 -0.35
81 MONROE 36,633 38,758 2,125 5.8
83 OCONTO 30,226 33,089 2,863 9.47
85 ONEIDA 31,679 34,439 2,760 8.71
87 OUTAGAMIE 140,510 155,953 15,443 10.99
89 OZAUKEE 72,831 80,098 7,267 9.98
91 PEPIN 7,107 7,213 106 1.49
93 PIERCE 32,765 34,547 1,782 5.44
95 POLK 34,773 37,046 2,273 6.54
97 PORTAGE 61,405 66,913 5,508 8.97
99 PRICE 15,600 16,269 669 4.29
101 RACINE 175,034 187,330 12,296 7.02
103 RICHLAND 17,521 17,794 273 1.56
105 ROCK 139,510 149,784 10,274 7.36
107 RUSK 15,079 15,322 243 1.61
109 ST. CROIX 50,251 57,113 6,862 13.66
111 SAUK 46,975 52,334 5,359 11.41
113 SAWYER 14,181 15,517 1,336 9.42
115 SHAWANO 37,157 38,730 1,573 4.23
117 SHEBOYGAN 103,877 111,427 7,550 7.27
119 TAYLOR 18,901 19,481 580 3.07
121 TREMPEALEAU 25,263 26,314 1,051 4.16
123 VERNON 25,617 26,465 848 3.31
125 VILAS 17,707 19,435 1,728 9.76
127 WALWORTH 75,000 84,414 9,414 12.55
129 WASHBURN 13,772 14,819 1,047 7.6
131 WASHINGTON 95,328 112,326 16,998 17.83
133 WAUKESHA 304,715 345,440 40,725 13.36
135 WAUPACA 46,104 49,751 3,647 7.91
137 WAUSHARA 19,385 20,928 1,543 7.96
139 WINNEBAGO 140,320 153,937 13,617 9.7
141 WOOD 73,605 77,538 3,933 5.34
** STATE TOTAL 4,891,769 5,232,739 340,970 6.97

Note: Coastal counties listed in bold.

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Last modified by David Hart on August 30, 2000.