Desertification can cause flooding, poor water quality, dust storms, and pollution. All of these effects can hurt people living near an affected region. (The Facts of Desertification and United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, 2000) In the Sahel Desert, desertification is becoming a huge problem. Around the 1950âs, people settled into the Sahel region, in areas where there was water.
1 Crawford County Cemetery Resources WIGenWeb Project. 2  Crawford County Tombstone Photograph Pages USGenWeb Archives. 3  1820 Census - Prairie du Chien WIGenWeb Project.  1836 Crawford County Territorial Census For 1836 USGenWeb Archives.
Population Demographics. The majority (93.6%) of the Prairie du Chien, WI population is White. The city's population is 14.1% college educated and 90.0% have a high school diploma or a GED. The city's population is 98.4% native born and 1.6% foreign born. The population of Prairie du Chien, WI is 5,911. Of the city's population 52.4% are males and 47.6% are females. The city's residents are 47.2% married and 52.8% single. Â» More about the Prairie du Chien Population including race, age and gender data.