Politics & Government

Met Council: Eagan Added 250 Residents in 2011

The city was the sixth-fastest growing community in Dakota County, according to annual estimates conducted by the Metropolitan Council.

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Eagan's population growth in 2010-2011 was outpaced by several other Dakota County cities, according to recently released metro area population and household estimates conducted by the Metropolitan Council.

Eagan added 250 residents during 2010-2011, data released Monday by the Met Council, for a total of 64,456 people. Apple Valley and Lakeville added 717 and 580 residents, respectively, followed up by Burnsville and Farmington, which added 358 and 283 residents. Rosemount added 265 residents, according to the Met Council numbers. Inver Grove Heights lost 106 residents in the one-year span, the data said.

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The seven-county metro grew by 0.8 percent during 2010-2011, bringing the population up to 2.87 million. Minneapolis led the pack with 5,295 new residents, followed by St. Paul with 1,299.

The latest Met Council numbers are a continuation of the figures from 2010 U.S. Census, which showed that the population of Eagan had increased from 63,557 to 64,206 residents from 2000 to 2010—for a total increase of 649 residents.

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In a statement, Met Council Chair Susan Haigh said she’s "pleased to see growth occurring primarily where there’s infrastructure to support it.

"Growth that occurs where infrastructure already exists creates economies of scale and promotes efficiency, which improves the region’s ability to focus energy and resources on economic development," she said.

The metro area's "modest growth" is also good to see as the nation continues to recover from the recession, Haigh said.

“Now, more than ever, Council policies of guiding growth primarily to those areas where infrastructure investments have and are being made will help the region thrive and compete globally, in spite of drastically different and changing national and world economic circumstances,” she said.


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