Iowa County vs. Wisconsin
Comparative Trends Analysis:
Population Growth and Change, 1969-2022
Introduction
Iowa County vs. Wisconsin
Iowa County:
2022 Population = 23,865
2022 Percent of State = 0.41%
Wisconsin:
2022 Population = 5,892,539
2022 Percent of U.S. = 1.77%
Attracting and retaining people to live, work, raise a family, and retire underlies the economic vitality of any region. Population growth is both a cause--and a consequence--of economic growth. Patterns of population growth and change reflect differences among regions to attract and retain people both as producers and consumers in their economy.
The following graphs offer a broad overview of trends in the pattern of population growth and change of Iowa County with comparisons to Wisconsin and the nation at large. This analysis features alternative approaches toward discussing, diagnosing and comparing Iowa County vs. Wisconsin's population growth over 1969-2022. The data used are those compiled by the Regional Income and Product Divisions of the Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce.
Population, 1969-2022
Population, 1969-2022
Figure 1.
Figure 1 traces Iowa County's annual population for the period 1969-2022 to illustrate population patterns over time. During this 54-year period, Iowa County's population rose from 19,309 in 1969 to 23,865 in 2022, for a net gain of 4,556, or 23.60%.
NOTE: The county and state population totals reported by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) are from the Bureau of Census midyear (July 1) estimates. These estimates may differ from those prepared independently in some states by various agencies and/or universities.
Population, 1969-2022
Population, 1969-2022
Figure 2.
Figure 2 traces Wisconsin's annual population for the period 1969-2022 to illustrate population patterns over time. During this 54-year period, Wisconsin's population rose from 4,378,000 in 1969 to 5,892,539 in 2022, for a net gain of 1,514,539, or 34.59%.
NOTE: The county and state population totals reported by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) are from the Bureau of Census midyear (July 1) estimates. These estimates may differ from those prepared independently in some states by various agencies and/or universities.
Population Indices (1969=100): 1969-2022
Population Indices (1969=100): 1969-2022
Figure 3.
Figure 3 shows Iowa County's population growth in a broader context by offering direct comparisons across time with Wisconsin, the United States. The growth indices shown here express each region's population in 1969 as a base figure of 100, and the populations in later years as a percentage of the 1969 base figure. This method allows for more direct comparison of differences in population growth between regions that may differ vastly in size.
Iowa County's overall population growth was 23.60% over 1969-2022 trailed Wisconsin's increase of 34.59%, and fell below the United States' increase of 65.57%.
Population as a Percent of the Wisconsin Total: 1969-2022
Population as a Percent of the Wisconsin Total: 1969-2022
Figure 4.
Another interesting and insightful way of highlighting the population growth of Iowa County is to trace its individual percentage contributions to Wisconsin's statewide population over time, as shown in Figure 4. A rising share means a region's population grew faster, or declined less, than Wisconsin's population, while a declining share shows it grew more slowly.
In 1969, Iowa County's population comprised 0.44% of Wisconsin's population, while in 2022 it totaled 0.41% thereby yielding a -0.04% share-shift.
   
 
Population Share-Shift
2022 vs. 1969
 
Share-
Shift*
 
2022
vs.
1969
-0.04%
=
0.41%
-
0.44%
 
   
Iowa County Population:
Annual Percent Change, 1970-2022
Iowa County Population:
Annual Percent Change, 1970-2022
Figure 5.
Figure 5 displays the short-run pattern of Iowa County's population growth by tracking the year-to-year percent change over 1970-2022. The average annual percent change for the entire 53-year period is also illustrated on this chart to provide a benchmark for gauging periods of relative high--and relative low--growth against the backdrop of the long-term average.
On average, Iowa County's population grew at an annual rate of 0.41% over 1970-2022. The county recorded its highest growth in 1971 (3.29%) and recorded its lowest growth in 1973 (-2.64%). In 2022, Iowa County's population grew by 0.37%
Iowa County Population:
Annual Percent Change and Decade Averages Over 1970-2022
Iowa County Population:
Annual Percent Change and Decade Averages Over 1970-2022
Figure 6.
Over the past five decades some counties have experienced extreme swings in growth, and often such swings have tended to coincide with the decades themselves. Figure 6 again illustrates the annual percent change in Iowa County's population since 1970, but this time they are overlayed with average growth rates for the decade of the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, and 2020-2022.
During the 1970s, Iowa County's annual population growth rate averaged 0.20%. It averaged 0.23% throughout the 1980s, 1.22% throughout the 1990s, 0.38% throughout the 2000s, 0.04% throughout the 2010s, 0.25% thus far this decade (2020-2022).
Population Growth:
Average Annual Percent Change by Decade
Population Growth:
Average Annual Percent Change by Decade
Figure 7.
Figure 7 compares the decade average growth rates for Iowa County noted in the previous graph with the corresponding decade averages for Wisconsin and the nation. As the chart reveals, Iowa County's average annual population growth trailed Wisconsin's average during the 1970s (0.20% vs. 0.64%), trailed Wisconsin's average throughout the 1980s (0.23% vs. 0.40%), outgained Wisconsin's average during the 1990s (1.22% vs. 0.94%), trailed Wisconsin's average in the 2000s (0.38% vs. 0.61%), posted below Wisconsin's average throughout the 2010s (0.04% vs. 0.37%), and surpassed Wisconsin's average over the 3 year period of the current decade, 2020-2022 (0.25% vs. 0.07%).
Finally, relative to nationwide population growth trends, Iowa County trailed the nation throughout the 1970s (0.20% vs. 1.10%), lagged the nation in the 1980s (0.23% vs. 0.95%), recorded underneath the nation throughout the 1990s (1.22% vs. 1.23%), fell below the nation during the 2000s (0.38% vs. 0.95%), fell under the nation during the 2010s (0.04% vs. 0.74%), and lagged the nation over 2020-2022 (0.25% vs. 0.31%).
   
 
Population Growth:
Average Annual Percent Change
 
 
 
0.41
0.20
0.23
1.22
0.38
0.04
0.25
0.37
 
0.56
0.64
0.40
0.94
0.61
0.37
0.07
0.21
 
0.96
1.10
0.95
1.23
0.95
0.74
0.31
0.38
 
   

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Iowa County:
Population, 1969-2022
 
1969
 
19,309
100.0
N
0.44
1970
 
19,452
100.7
0.74
0.44
1971
 
20,091
104.0
3.29
0.45
1972
 
20,179
104.5
0.44
0.45
1973
 
19,647
101.8
-2.64
0.43
1974
 
19,335
100.1
-1.59
0.43
1975
 
19,627
101.6
1.51
0.43
1976
 
19,672
101.9
0.23
0.43
1977
 
19,892
103.0
1.12
0.43
1978
 
19,566
101.3
-1.64
0.42
1979
 
19,668
101.9
0.52
0.42
1980
 
19,876
102.9
1.06
0.42
1981
 
20,126
104.2
1.26
0.43
1982
 
20,072
104.0
-0.27
0.42
1983
 
20,135
104.3
0.31
0.43
1984
 
20,350
105.4
1.07
0.43
1985
 
20,114
104.2
-1.16
0.42
1986
 
20,077
104.0
-0.18
0.42
1987
 
20,013
103.6
-0.32
0.42
1988
 
20,183
104.5
0.85
0.42
1989
 
20,125
104.2
-0.29
0.41
1990
 
20,180
104.5
0.27
0.41
1991
 
20,322
105.2
0.70
0.41
1992
 
20,520
106.3
0.97
0.41
1993
 
21,000
108.8
2.34
0.41
1994
 
21,204
109.8
0.97
0.41
1995
 
21,618
112.0
1.95
0.42
1996
 
21,887
113.4
1.24
0.42
1997
 
22,156
114.7
1.23
0.42
1998
 
22,350
115.7
0.88
0.42
1999
 
22,709
117.6
1.61
0.43
2000
 
22,806
118.1
0.43
0.42
2001
 
22,932
118.8
0.55
0.42
2002
 
23,017
119.2
0.37
0.42
2003
 
23,154
119.9
0.60
0.42
2004
 
23,187
120.1
0.14
0.42
2005
 
23,405
121.2
0.94
0.42
2006
 
23,589
122.2
0.79
0.42
2007
 
23,636
122.4
0.20
0.42
2008
 
23,701
122.7
0.28
0.42
2009
 
23,595
122.2
-0.45
0.42
2010
 
23,695
122.7
0.42
0.42
2011
 
23,591
122.2
-0.44
0.41
2012
 
23,596
122.2
0.02
0.41
2013
 
23,580
122.1
-0.07
0.41
2014
 
23,614
122.3
0.14
0.41
2015
 
23,621
122.3
0.03
0.41
2016
 
23,500
121.7
-0.51
0.40
2017
 
23,725
122.9
0.96
0.41
2018
 
23,746
123.0
0.09
0.41
2019
 
23,688
122.7
-0.24
0.40
2020
 
23,709
122.8
0.09
0.40
2021
 
23,777
123.1
0.29
0.40
2022
 
23,865
123.6
0.37
0.41
Source: Calculations by the Wisconsin Regional Economic Analysis Project (WI-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
November 2023
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Wisconsin:
Population, 1969-2022
 
1969
 
4,378,000
100.0
N
2.17
1970
 
4,425,944
101.1
1.10
2.17
1971
 
4,459,968
101.9
0.77
2.16
1972
 
4,498,433
102.8
0.86
2.15
1973
 
4,518,461
103.2
0.45
2.14
1974
 
4,538,173
103.7
0.44
2.13
1975
 
4,569,616
104.4
0.69
2.12
1976
 
4,584,688
104.7
0.33
2.11
1977
 
4,613,299
105.4
0.62
2.10
1978
 
4,631,944
105.8
0.40
2.09
1979
 
4,665,911
106.6
0.73
2.08
1980
 
4,712,045
107.6
0.99
2.07
1981
 
4,726,345
108.0
0.30
2.06
1982
 
4,728,862
108.0
0.05
2.04
1983
 
4,721,438
107.8
-0.16
2.02
1984
 
4,735,571
108.2
0.30
2.01
1985
 
4,747,765
108.4
0.26
2.00
1986
 
4,755,625
108.6
0.17
1.98
1987
 
4,777,923
109.1
0.47
1.97
1988
 
4,822,391
110.2
0.93
1.97
1989
 
4,856,568
110.9
0.71
1.97
1990
 
4,904,562
112.0
0.99
1.96
1991
 
4,964,343
113.4
1.22
1.96
1992
 
5,025,398
114.8
1.23
1.96
1993
 
5,084,889
116.1
1.18
1.96
1994
 
5,133,678
117.3
0.96
1.95
1995
 
5,184,836
118.4
1.00
1.95
1996
 
5,229,986
119.5
0.87
1.94
1997
 
5,266,213
120.3
0.69
1.93
1998
 
5,297,672
121.0
0.60
1.92
1999
 
5,332,666
121.8
0.66
1.91
2000
 
5,373,999
122.8
0.78
1.90
2001
 
5,406,835
123.5
0.61
1.90
2002
 
5,445,162
124.4
0.71
1.89
2003
 
5,479,203
125.2
0.63
1.89
2004
 
5,514,026
125.9
0.64
1.88
2005
 
5,546,166
126.7
0.58
1.88
2006
 
5,577,655
127.4
0.57
1.87
2007
 
5,610,775
128.2
0.59
1.86
2008
 
5,640,996
128.8
0.54
1.86
2009
 
5,669,264
129.5
0.50
1.85
2010
 
5,691,995
130.0
0.40
1.84
2011
 
5,713,164
130.5
0.37
1.83
2012
 
5,734,069
131.0
0.37
1.82
2013
 
5,757,204
131.5
0.40
1.82
2014
 
5,778,371
132.0
0.37
1.81
2015
 
5,794,088
132.3
0.27
1.80
2016
 
5,812,379
132.8
0.32
1.79
2017
 
5,836,461
133.3
0.41
1.79
2018
 
5,858,766
133.8
0.38
1.78
2019
 
5,880,193
134.3
0.37
1.78
2020
 
5,896,271
134.7
0.27
1.78
2021
 
5,880,101
134.3
-0.27
1.77
2022
 
5,892,539
134.6
0.21
1.77
Source: Calculations by the Wisconsin Regional Economic Analysis Project (WI-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
November 2023
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United States:
Population, 1969-2022
 
1969
 
201,298,000
100.0
N
1970
 
203,798,722
101.2
1.24
1971
 
206,817,509
102.7
1.48
1972
 
209,274,882
104.0
1.19
1973
 
211,349,205
105.0
0.99
1974
 
213,333,635
106.0
0.94
1975
 
215,456,585
107.0
1.00
1976
 
217,553,859
108.1
0.97
1977
 
219,760,875
109.2
1.01
1978
 
222,098,244
110.3
1.06
1979
 
224,568,579
111.6
1.11
1980
 
227,224,719
112.9
1.18
1981
 
229,465,744
114.0
0.99
1982
 
231,664,432
115.1
0.96
1983
 
233,792,014
116.1
0.92
1984
 
235,824,907
117.2
0.87
1985
 
237,923,734
118.2
0.89
1986
 
240,132,831
119.3
0.93
1987
 
242,288,936
120.4
0.90
1988
 
244,499,004
121.5
0.91
1989
 
246,819,222
122.6
0.95
1990
 
249,622,814
124.0
1.14
1991
 
252,980,941
125.7
1.35
1992
 
256,514,224
127.4
1.40
1993
 
259,918,588
129.1
1.33
1994
 
263,125,821
130.7
1.23
1995
 
266,278,393
132.3
1.20
1996
 
269,394,284
133.8
1.17
1997
 
272,646,925
135.4
1.21
1998
 
275,854,104
137.0
1.18
1999
 
279,040,168
138.6
1.15
2000
 
282,162,411
140.2
1.12
2001
 
284,968,955
141.6
0.99
2002
 
287,625,193
142.9
0.93
2003
 
290,107,933
144.1
0.86
2004
 
292,805,298
145.5
0.93
2005
 
295,516,599
146.8
0.93
2006
 
298,379,912
148.2
0.97
2007
 
301,231,207
149.6
0.96
2008
 
304,093,966
151.1
0.95
2009
 
306,771,529
152.4
0.88
2010
 
309,378,433
153.7
0.85
2011
 
311,841,632
154.9
0.80
2012
 
314,344,331
156.2
0.80
2013
 
316,735,375
157.3
0.76
2014
 
319,270,047
158.6
0.80
2015
 
321,829,327
159.9
0.80
2016
 
324,367,742
161.1
0.79
2017
 
326,623,063
162.3
0.70
2018
 
328,542,157
163.2
0.59
2019
 
330,233,102
164.1
0.51
2020
 
331,511,512
164.7
0.39
2021
 
332,031,554
164.9
0.16
2022
 
333,287,557
165.6
0.38
Source: Calculations by the Wisconsin Regional Economic Analysis Project (WI-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
November 2023
REAP_PI_CA1400_100_PN
 
   
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