| A very recent survey, published in the
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| | 10. Will, Illinois, with a population
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| U.S Census Bureau News by the U.S.
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| | growth of 165,950
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| Department of Commerce, reveals
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| | While these are the statistics of the
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| interesting trends of increase in the
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| | counties with the highest population
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| population among the U.S. counties.
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| | gain, the Census Bureau statistics for
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| The U.S comprises of 3,141 counties and
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| | the U.S. counties with the fastest
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| among these the top of the charts for the
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| | growing population are as follows:
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| largest numerical increase in population
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| | Flagler in Florida was the fastest
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| is held by Arizona's Maricopa County. The
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| | growing county in the U.S. with a
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| County gained 696,000 residents between
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| | population gain of 66.7 % from 2000 to
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| 2000 and 2006, an increase that exceeds
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| | 2006. The county's current population is
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| the collective population of all but 15
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| | at 83,000. Kendall, Illinois and
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| U.S. cities. This is the fourth largest
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| | Rockwall, Texas, with a population
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| county in the U.S and the surge in its
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| | increase of 61.7 % and 60.5 %
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| population has made Arizona the fastest
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| | respectively, were the nation's second
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| growing state between 2005 and 2006.
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| | and third fastest growing counties.
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| The second county in America, which added
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| | Loudoun, Virginia and Forsyth, Georgia
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| the largest increase in the number of
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| | rounded out the top five fastest growing
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| residents, is Harris County, Texas, with
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| | counties in the U.S.
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| a population gain of 486,000 residents.
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| | The top 10 fastest growing U.S. counties
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| Among the 20 U.S. counties with the
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| | between 2000 and 2006 and their
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| largest numeric gains from the period of
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| | population growth are:
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| 2000 to 2006, 19 were in the South or
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| | 1. Flagler, Florida, with 66.7 %
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| West. Of the top 10 numeric gainers in
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| | population increase
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| population, three were in Texas, three in
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| | 2. Kendall, Illinois, with 61.7 %
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| California, one in Georgia and one in
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| | population increase
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| Illinois.
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| | 3. Rockwall, Texas, with 60.5 %
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| Here is a comprehensive list of the top
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| | population increase
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| 10 U.S. counties with the highest
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| | 4. Loudoun, Virginia, with 58.5 %
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| numerical growth from 2000 and 2006:
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| | population increase
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| 1. Maricopa, Arizona, with a population
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| | 5. Forsyth, Georgia, with 53.4 %
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| growth of 695,784
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| | population increase
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| 2. Harris, Texas, with a population
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| | 6. Pinal, Arizona, with 51.0 % population
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| growth of 485,653
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| | increase
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| 3. Riverside, California, with a
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| | 7. Douglas, Colorado, with 50.0 %
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| population growth of 481,416
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| | population increase
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| 4. Los Angeles, California, with a
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| | 8. Henry, Georgia, with 49.2 % population
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| population growth of 428,751
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| | increase
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| 5. Clark, Nevada, with a population
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| | 9. Paulding, Georgia, with 48.9 %
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| growth of 401,801
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| | population increase
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| 6. San Bernardino, California, with a
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| | 10. Lyon, Nevada, with 48.5 % population
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| population growth of 289,898
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| | increase
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| 7. Tarrant, Texas, with a population
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| | Among the 20 fastest-growing U.S.
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| growth of 225,121
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| | counties from the period of 2000 to 2006,
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| 8. Collin, Texas, with a population
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| | the lead was with the South with 13
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| growth of 207,076
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| | counties, followed by four in the West
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| 9. Gwinnett, Georgia, with a population
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| | and three in the Midwest.
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| growth of 168,656
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