CENSUS CONFIRMS GOOD, HEALTHY LOCAL GROWTH HOWEVER, POPULATION TRENDS IN MADISON AND DANE COUNTY CAN PUT PRESSURE ON CITY LIMITS AND GENERATE URBAN SPRAWL.(FRONT)

From: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI) | Date: March 10, 2001 | Copyright information

Planners and land-use specialists who predicted Dane County would grow dramatically were right.

The results of the 2000 Census show Dane County grew by 16 percent, or by 59,441 people, since 1990. About 73 percent of those new residents settled outside the city of Madison.

"Close to 15 years ago we were talking about Dane County expecting 80,000 or more people by the year 2020," said Dane County Planning Director Jeanie Sieling. "One of the things we've alway...

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