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B. COMMUNITY PROFILE <br />The population of Orono is estimated by Metropolitan Council to be 7,702 as of <br />April 1,1998. This is a 6% increase since 1990. Total housing stock as of June 1999 <br />is estimated at 3,020 units, an increase of approximately 230 units (8%) since 1990. <br />Demographics <br />Orono is primarily a bedroom community, \sith 96% of its land area zoned for <br />residential use. Orono's population increased slowly prior to 1920, consisting mainly <br />of area farm families and a few hardy year-round lakeshore dwellers. Beginning in <br />1920 population began a steady increase, doubling by the late 1930's and doubling <br />again by 1950 to just under 5,000. From 1950 to 1970 a number of urban-density <br />subdivisions were developed and conversion of lakeshore cabins to year-round <br />homes began to occur, as popula ’ion grew to around 6,800. Population increases <br />slowed dramatically in the 1970’s due in great part to Orono's comprehensive <br />planning and the City-wide rezoning in 1975 which resulted in 80% of the City's land <br />area requiring 2-acre or 5-acre minimum lot sizes; and due in part to a general decline <br />in the size of households and other factors. Annual population increases over the last <br />30 years have averaged less than 1% per year. <br />Figure _: Orono Population 1840-2000 and Beyond <br />Surrounding communities have undergone varied rates of population increase in <br />recent decades. <br />Figure _: Adjacent Communities Population 1970-1990 <br />(Include Plyinouth, Wayzata, Minnetonka Beach, Tonka Bay, Spring Park, <br />Mound. Minnetrista, Independence, Maple Plain, Medina) <br />Age Characteristics <br />Figure _: Orono Age Distribution 1980-1990 <br />Household Composition <br />Figure _: Household Composition Comparisons 1980-1990 <br />Employment <br />Figure _: Occupations as of 1990 <br />Income Characteristics <br />Figure : Household Incomes, 1990 <br />4