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Top 10 Fastest Growing U s Metros From 2000 To 2006
he 50 fastest growing
metro areas were mostly It is an interesting fact that
concentrated in the West the top five metro areas with the
and the South, with 23 of them in largest numeric change in the
the West and 25 in the South, last 6 years were all in the
according to the latest U.S. South or West. Atlanta metro area
Census Bureau’s population stood first with the greatest
estimates. Of the remaining two numerical gain among the nation's
of the top 50, 361 metro areas, by an increase
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, of 890,000 residents. Dallas-Fort
Ark.-Mo. was the only metro area Worth metro area, with an
that spread over both the South increase of 842,000 residents,
and Midwest region while the lone was the metro area with the
metro area of the Midwest was second largest numeric gain.
Sioux Falls, S.D. It is Houston stood third among the
interesting to note that there numeric gainers with an increase
were no metro areas in the of 825,000 residents. The other
Northeast among the 50 fastest metro areas of the top five
growing metro areas. The first numeric gainers are Phoenix with
fastest growing metro area in the an increase of 787,000, followed
Northeast region to feature in by Riverside-San
the list is York-Hanover, Pa., at Bernardino-Ontario, California
95th rank. with an addition of 771,000
residents.
The U.S. Census Bureau's
population estimates reveal the The top ten U.S. metro areas with
fastest growing metropolitan the highest numerical growth in
areas in the country from April population between April 1, 2000
1, 2000 to July 1, 2006, as well and July 1, 2006 are:
as the top numeric gainers.
1. Atlanta-Sandy 455,869.
Springs-Marietta, Georgia, with a 10.
population gain of 890,211. Chicago-Naperville-Joliet,
2. Dallas-Fort Ill.-Ind.-Wis., with a population
Worth-Arlington, Texas, with a gain of 407,133.
population gain of 842,449.
3. Houston-Sugar The top ten fastest-growing U.S.
Land-Baytown, Texas, with a metro areas between April 1, 2000
population gain of 824,547. and July 1, 2006 are:
4. Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale,
Arizona, with a population gain 1. St. George, Utah, with
of 787,306. 39.8 % increase in population.
5. Riverside-San 2. Greeley, Colorado, with
Bernardino-Ontario, California, 31.0 % increase in population.
with a population gain of 3. Cape Coral-Fort Myers,
771,314. Florida, with 29.6 % increase in
6. Los Angeles-Long population.
Beach-Santa Ana, California, with 4. Bend, Oregon, with 29.3 %
a population gain of 584,510. increase in population.
7. New York-Northern New 5. Las Vegas-Paradise,
Jersey-Long Island, Nevada, with 29.2 % increase in
N.Y.-N.J.-Pa., with a population population.
gain of 495,154. 6. Provo-Orem, Utah, with
8. 25.9 % increase in population.
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, 7. Naples-Marco Island,
D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va., with a Florida, with 25.2 % increase in
population gain of 494,220. population.
9. Miami-Fort 8. Raleigh-Cary, North
Lauderdale-Miami Beach, Fla., Carolina, with 24.8 % increase in
with a population gain of population.
9. Gainesville, Georgia, Arizona, with 24.2 % increase in
with 24.4% increase in population.
population.
10. Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale,
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