Posted on 04/16/2005 8:13:22 AM PDT by LdSentinal
| Population Estimates for the 100 Fastest Growing U.S. Counties with 10,000 or more Population in 2004: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2004 |
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| Geographic Area | Population estimates | Change, 2000 to 2004 | ||
| July 1, 2004 | April 1, 2000 estimates base |
Number | Percent | |
| Loudoun County, VA | 239,156 | 169,599 | 69,557 | 41.0 |
| Flagler County, FL | 69,005 | 49,832 | 19,173 | 38.5 |
| Douglas County, CO | 237,963 | 175,766 | 62,197 | 35.4 |
| Rockwall County, TX | 58,260 | 43,083 | 15,177 | 35.2 |
| Forsyth County, GA | 131,865 | 98,407 | 33,458 | 34.0 |
| Henry County, GA | 159,506 | 119,404 | 40,102 | 33.6 |
| Kendall County, IL | 72,548 | 54,544 | 18,004 | 33.0 |
| Newton County, GA | 81,524 | 62,001 | 19,523 | 31.5 |
| Lincoln County, SD | 31,437 | 24,147 | 7,290 | 30.2 |
| Paulding County, GA | 105,936 | 81,647 | 24,289 | 29.7 |
| Delaware County, OH | 142,503 | 109,989 | 32,514 | 29.6 |
| Scott County, MN | 114,794 | 89,498 | 25,296 | 28.3 |
| Collin County, TX | 627,938 | 491,774 | 136,164 | 27.7 |
| Osceola County, FL | 219,544 | 172,493 | 47,051 | 27.3 |
| Williamson County, TX | 317,938 | 249,967 | 67,971 | 27.2 |
| Hamilton County, IN | 231,760 | 182,740 | 49,020 | 26.8 |
| Spencer County, KY | 14,822 | 11,766 | 3,056 | 26.0 |
| Lyon County, NV | 43,230 | 34,501 | 8,729 | 25.3 |
| Fort Bend County, TX | 442,620 | 354,452 | 88,168 | 24.9 |
| Stafford County, VA | 114,781 | 92,446 | 22,335 | 24.2 |
| Union County, NC | 153,652 | 123,772 | 29,880 | 24.1 |
| Lake County, FL | 260,788 | 210,527 | 50,261 | 23.9 |
| St. Johns County, FL | 152,473 | 123,135 | 29,338 | 23.8 |
| Spotsylvania County, VA | 111,850 | 90,395 | 21,455 | 23.7 |
| Placer County, CA | 307,004 | 248,399 | 58,605 | 23.6 |
| Montgomery County, TX | 362,382 | 293,768 | 68,614 | 23.4 |
| Cherokee County, GA | 174,680 | 141,903 | 32,777 | 23.1 |
| Denton County, TX | 530,597 | 432,976 | 97,621 | 22.5 |
| Hays County, TX | 119,359 | 97,589 | 21,770 | 22.3 |
| Sherburne County, MN | 78,762 | 64,415 | 14,347 | 22.3 |
| Barrow County, GA | 56,418 | 46,144 | 10,274 | 22.3 |
| Will County, IL | 613,849 | 502,266 | 111,583 | 22.2 |
| Tooele County, UT | 49,688 | 40,735 | 8,953 | 22.0 |
| Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK | 72,278 | 59,322 | 12,956 | 21.8 |
| DeSoto County, MS | 130,587 | 107,199 | 23,388 | 21.8 |
| Dallas County, IA | 49,591 | 40,750 | 8,841 | 21.7 |
| Washington County, UT | 109,924 | 90,354 | 19,570 | 21.7 |
| Currituck County, NC | 22,067 | 18,190 | 3,877 | 21.3 |
| Weld County, CO | 219,257 | 180,834 | 38,423 | 21.2 |
| Riverside County, CA | 1,871,950 | 1,545,387 | 326,563 | 21.1 |
| Rains County, TX | 11,066 | 9,139 | 1,927 | 21.1 |
| Pickens County, GA | 27,771 | 22,983 | 4,788 | 20.8 |
| Lee County, GA | 29,913 | 24,757 | 5,156 | 20.8 |
| Franklin County, WA | 59,472 | 49,347 | 10,125 | 20.5 |
| Suffolk city, VA | 76,586 | 63,677 | 12,909 | 20.3 |
| Canyon County, ID | 158,038 | 131,441 | 26,597 | 20.2 |
| Clark County, NV | 1,650,671 | 1,375,738 | 274,933 | 20.0 |
| Prince William County, VA | 336,586 | 280,813 | 55,773 | 19.9 |
| Kaufman County, TX | 85,377 | 71,310 | 14,067 | 19.7 |
| Warren County, OH | 189,276 | 158,486 | 30,790 | 19.4 |
| Walton County, FL | 48,477 | 40,601 | 7,876 | 19.4 |
| Pinal County, AZ | 214,359 | 179,727 | 34,632 | 19.3 |
| Wasatch County, UT | 18,139 | 15,215 | 2,924 | 19.2 |
| Dawson County, GA | 19,064 | 15,999 | 3,065 | 19.2 |
| Jackson County, GA | 49,540 | 41,589 | 7,951 | 19.1 |
| Gwinnett County, GA | 700,794 | 588,448 | 112,346 | 19.1 |
| Effingham County, GA | 44,661 | 37,535 | 7,126 | 19.0 |
| Wakulla County, FL | 27,179 | 22,863 | 4,316 | 18.9 |
| Bastrop County, TX | 68,608 | 57,733 | 10,875 | 18.8 |
| Wright County, MN | 106,889 | 89,993 | 16,896 | 18.8 |
| Hendricks County, IN | 123,476 | 104,093 | 19,383 | 18.6 |
| Walton County, GA | 71,941 | 60,687 | 11,254 | 18.5 |
| Christian County, MO | 64,273 | 54,285 | 9,988 | 18.4 |
| White County, GA | 23,595 | 19,944 | 3,651 | 18.3 |
| Pasco County, FL | 407,799 | 344,768 | 63,031 | 18.3 |
| Coweta County, GA | 105,376 | 89,215 | 16,161 | 18.1 |
| Collier County, FL | 296,678 | 251,377 | 45,301 | 18.0 |
| Burnet County, TX | 40,286 | 34,147 | 6,139 | 18.0 |
| Fluvanna County, VA | 23,644 | 20,047 | 3,597 | 17.9 |
| Boone County, KY | 101,354 | 85,991 | 15,363 | 17.9 |
| Berkeley County, WV | 89,362 | 75,905 | 13,457 | 17.7 |
| St. Croix County, WI | 74,339 | 63,155 | 11,184 | 17.7 |
| St. Lucie County, FL | 226,816 | 192,695 | 34,121 | 17.7 |
| Comal County, TX | 91,806 | 78,021 | 13,785 | 17.7 |
| Lincoln County, MO | 45,816 | 38,944 | 6,872 | 17.6 |
| Chisago County, MN | 48,349 | 41,101 | 7,248 | 17.6 |
| Bryan County, GA | 27,535 | 23,417 | 4,118 | 17.6 |
| Santa Rosa County, FL | 138,276 | 117,743 | 20,533 | 17.4 |
| Archuleta County, CO | 11,615 | 9,898 | 1,717 | 17.3 |
| Culpeper County, VA | 40,192 | 34,262 | 5,930 | 17.3 |
| Benton County, AR | 179,756 | 153,406 | 26,350 | 17.2 |
| Carver County, MN | 82,122 | 70,205 | 11,917 | 17.0 |
| Kane County, IL | 472,482 | 404,119 | 68,363 | 16.9 |
| Pike County, PA | 54,117 | 46,302 | 7,815 | 16.9 |
| Isanti County, MN | 36,546 | 31,287 | 5,259 | 16.8 |
| Fayette County, TN | 33,624 | 28,796 | 4,828 | 16.8 |
| Clay County, FL | 164,394 | 140,814 | 23,580 | 16.7 |
| Hoke County, NC | 39,262 | 33,646 | 5,616 | 16.7 |
| Lee County, FL | 514,295 | 440,888 | 73,407 | 16.6 |
| Lampasas County, TX | 20,718 | 17,762 | 2,956 | 16.6 |
| Deschutes County, OR | 134,479 | 115,367 | 19,112 | 16.6 |
| Carroll County, GA | 101,577 | 87,268 | 14,309 | 16.4 |
| Douglas County, GA | 107,217 | 92,222 | 14,995 | 16.3 |
| Johnston County, NC | 141,640 | 121,900 | 19,740 | 16.2 |
| Mohave County, AZ | 179,981 | 155,032 | 24,949 | 16.1 |
| Boone County, IL | 48,490 | 41,786 | 6,704 | 16.0 |
| Williamson County, TN | 146,935 | 126,638 | 20,297 | 16.0 |
| Nye County, NV | 37,714 | 32,512 | 5,202 | 16.0 |
| Calvert County, MD | 86,474 | 74,563 | 11,911 | 16.0 |
| Park County, CO | 16,833 | 14,523 | 2,310 | 15.9 |
| Note: The April 1, 2000 Population Estimates base reflects changes to the Census 2000 population from the Count Question Resolution program and geographic program revisions. | ||||
I'd like to see a correlation between the counties with the strongest economies and the per capita taxes in those counties.
Wanna bet it's inversely proportional?
Since 2001, if redistricting was done today 3 congressional seats would be taken away from blue states, and given to red states.
By the end of the decade that will be 8-10 seats. People are 'voting with their feet'.. and leaving the no-growther, unionized blue states, and heading for the opportunity of red America.
Placer County, CA- the most republican county in California.
Let's hope the "rats" don't move in on us!
I'm in Sun City/Menifee--there are 10,000 homes under construction within five miles of my home.
I count NONE from Montana! :^)
LOL, I saw this when it was posted. I know about Loudoun, Stafford, Spotsy, and Prince William....I can't even afford a dumpster here, that's why I'm moving on.
What I see is people fleeing multicultural urban centers.
bttt
Those areas must be insanely building up. I live in the fastest growing county in Michigan(12%), and it didn't make the list, and it's booming here.
I'm in Tuolumne county, and I'm glad the flat-landers are moving your way and not mine...LOL!!!
Every single one of those Virginia counties except for Fluvanna are getting the expansion from the Washington metropolitan area. Loudoun is about, oh, 30-40 miles west of DC along Highway 7 and has been the crazy growth spot up there for some time now. Prince William, Stafford and Spotsylvania are down the I-95 corridor from DC to Fredericksburg, a good 55 miles south of the District.
The only Virginia county on there that's not around DC is Fluvanna...that one I don't get, since it's kind of out in the middle of nowhere. Expansion from Charlottesville, maybe?
I'm surprised at some counties that aren't on that list...Henrico or Goochland, Virginia (western suburbs of Richmond), and Lexington, South Carolina (western suburbs of Columbia). Real estate values out here in western Henrico/eastern Goochland have gone insane with all the economic expansion in the far western suburbs of Richmond.
}:-)4
"is it too late for fences around the blue areas?"
People fleeing the blue states should be forced to take a socialist lie detector test before they are allowed to become red state residents.
If they fail they can go through shock therapy to cure them though.
Benton County, AR 179,756 153,406 26,350 17.2
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i live in 1 of those places. =)
Three of the Texas counties are part of the Dallas metropolitan area. I hate to hear this.
What happened to Maricopa County, Arizona? I cannot believe with all the growth and out the door housing that we're not on this list!
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