A Look at the Door County Decade in Numbers

1,467

The combined enrollment of Sevastopol, Gibraltar, Southern Door and Sturgeon Bay high schools in 2000

1,269

The combined enrollment of the four high schools in 2009, a drop of 198 students

202

The current high school enrollment of Gibraltar, the smallest in the county

27,961

The Door County population in 2000

27,771

The estimated Door County population as of 2008, a drop of 0.7 percent from 2000

6.3

Percent population growth projected for Door County by the United States Census Bureau and the Wisconsin Department of Administration from 2000 to 2005

28

The number of pages in the first edition of the Peninsula Pulse in 2000

96

Number of pages in the July 3, 2009 edition of the Pulse

12

Number of issues published by the Peninsula Pulse in 2000

32

Number published in 2009

Sources: United States Census Bureau; Census 2000; Wisconsin Department of Administration Population Estimates