MADISON, WI (WTAQ) – Almost half of Wisconsin’s 72 counties saw their populations go down during the year ending last July.
The U.S. Census Bureau said Adams County had the largest percentage decline in the Badger State, losing 1.4 percent of its residents.
Menominee County, home of the Indian tribe that carries its name, had the largest percentage growth in its one-year population at 3.2 percent.
Dane County, which includes Madison, gained the largest number of residents with over 6,200. Manitowoc County had the biggest net loss of people, with 463.
Milwaukee County, the state’s most populated by far, had a small net gain of 20 residents.
The Census Bureau said Wisconsin gained about 14,600 residents from July of 2013 to July of ’14, for a total population of 5,757,564. That’s almost 68,000 more than in the last Census in 2010.
(Story courtesy of Wheeler News Service)