U.S. Census Bureau

100 largest gaining counties

100 Fastest Growing Counties by Numeric Change: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2001
Rank County State July 1, 2001
Estimate		 April 1, 2000
Population
Estimates
Base		 April 1, 2000
to
July 1, 2001
Numeric
Population
Change		 April 1, 2000
to
July 1, 2001
Percent
Population
Change
1 Maricopa Arizona 3,194,798 3,072,149 122,649 4.0
2 Los Angeles California 9,637,494 9,519,338 118,156 1.2
3 Riverside California 1,635,888 1,545,387 90,501 5.9
4 Clark Nevada 1,464,653 1,375,765 88,888 6.5
5 Harris Texas 3,460,589 3,400,578 60,011 1.8
6 San Bernardino California 1,766,237 1,709,434 56,803 3.3
7 Collin Texas 541,403 491,675 49,728 10.1
8 San Diego California 2,862,819 2,813,833 48,986 1.7
9 Broward Florida 1,668,560 1,623,018 45,542 2.8
10 Sacramento California 1,268,770 1,223,499 45,271 3.7
11 Orange California 2,890,444 2,846,289 44,155 1.6
12 Tarrant Texas 1,486,392 1,446,219 40,173 2.8
13 Miami-Dade  Florida 2,289,683 2,253,362 36,321 1.6
14 Will Illinois 536,416 502,266 34,150 6.8
15 Palm Beach Florida 1,165,049 1,131,184 33,865 3.0
16 Denton Texas 466,240 432,976 33,264 7.7
17 Gwinnett Georgia 621,528 588,448 33,080 5.6
18 San Joaquin California 595,324 563,598 31,726 5.6
19 Hillsborough Florida 1,027,318 998,948 28,370 2.8
20 Williamson Texas 278,067 249,967 28,100 11.2
21 Wake North Carolina 655,642 627,846 27,796 4.4
22 Orange Florida 923,311 896,344 26,967 3.0
23 Fort Bend Texas 381,200 354,452 26,748 7.5
24 Contra Costa California 975,532 948,816 26,716 2.8
25 Dallas Texas 2,245,398 2,218,899 26,499 1.2
26 Bexar Texas 1,417,501 1,392,931 24,570 1.8
27 Cobb Georgia 631,767 607,751 24,016 4.0
28 Douglas Colorado 199,753 175,766 23,987 13.6
29 Montgomery Texas 315,418 293,768 21,650 7.4
30 Stanislaus California 468,566 446,997 21,569 4.8
31 Lee Florida 462,455 440,888 21,567 4.9
32 Travis Texas 833,797 812,280 21,517 2.6
33 Kane Illinois 425,545 404,119 21,426 5.3
34 Loudoun Virginia 190,903 169,599 21,304 12.6
35 Mecklenburg North Carolina 716,407 695,454 20,953 3.0
36 Hidalgo Texas 590,285 569,463 20,822 3.7
37 Placer California 268,512 248,399 20,113 8.1
38 Suffolk New York 1,438,973 1,419,369 19,604 1.4
39 Pima Arizona 863,049 843,746 19,303 2.3
40 Pierce Washington 719,407 700,820 18,587 2.7
41 Montgomery Maryland 891,347 873,341 18,006 2.1
42 Prince William Virginia 298,707 280,813 17,894 6.4
43 Pasco Florida 362,658 344,765 17,893 5.2
44 Ventura California 770,630 753,197 17,433 2.3
45 Lake Florida 227,598 210,528 17,070 8.1
46 Snohomish Washington 622,900 606,024 16,876 2.8
47 Lake Illinois 661,111 644,356 16,755 2.6
48 El Paso Colorado 533,428 516,929 16,499 3.2
49 Fresno California 815,734 799,407 16,327 2.0
50 Ocean New Jersey 527,207 510,916 16,291 3.2
51 Washington Oregon 461,119 445,342 15,777 3.5
52 Clark Washington 360,760 345,238 15,522 4.5
53 Fairfax Virginia 985,161 969,749 15,412 1.6
54 Prince Georges Maryland 816,791 801,515 15,276 1.9
55 Hamilton Indiana 197,477 182,740 14,737 8.1
56 Kern California 676,367 661,645 14,722 2.2
57 Alameda California 1,458,420 1,443,741 14,679 1.0
58 Collier Florida 265,769 251,377 14,392 5.7
59 Weld Colorado 194,949 180,936 14,013 7.7
60 Johnson Kansas 465,058 451,086 13,972 3.1
61 Washoe Nevada 353,336 339,486 13,850 4.1
62 Duval Florida 792,434 778,879 13,555 1.7
63 Brevard Florida 489,522 476,230 13,292 2.8
64 Henry Georgia 132,581 119,341 13,240 11.1
65 Arapahoe Colorado 500,785 487,967 12,818 2.6
66 Saint Charles Missouri 296,679 283,883 12,796 4.5
67 Forsyth Georgia 110,296 98,407 11,889 12.1
68 Macomb Michigan 799,954 788,149 11,805 1.5
69 Ada Idaho 312,337 300,904 11,433 3.8
70 Worcester Massachusetts 762,207 750,963 11,244 1.5
71 Volusia Florida 454,581 443,343 11,238 2.5
72 Adams Colorado 374,891 363,857 11,034 3.0
73 Warren Ohio 169,025 158,383 10,642 6.7
74 Manatee Florida 274,523 264,002 10,521 4.0
75 McHenry Illinois 270,504 260,077 10,427 4.0
76 Cherokee Georgia 152,170 141,903 10,267 7.2
77 Clayton Georgia 246,779 236,517 10,262 4.3
78 Montgomery Pennsylvania 759,953 750,097 9,856 1.3
79 Chester Pennsylvania 443,346 433,501 9,845 2.3
80 Delaware Ohio 119,752 109,989 9,763 8.9
81 Cameron Texas 344,782 335,227 9,555 2.9
82 Osceola Florida 181,932 172,493 9,439 5.5
83 Solano California 403,946 394,542 9,404 2.4
84 Sarasota Florida 335,323 325,957 9,366 2.9
85 Seminole Florida 374,334 365,196 9,138 2.5
86 Pinal Arizona 188,846 179,727 9,119 5.1
87 Union North Carolina 132,676 123,677 8,999 7.3
88 Marion Florida 267,889 258,916 8,973 3.5
89 Utah Utah 377,411 368,536 8,875 2.4
90 Polk Florida 492,751 483,924 8,827 1.8
91 Burlington New Jersey 432,121 423,394 8,727 2.1
92 Scott Minnesota 98,100 89,498 8,602 9.6
93 Saint Johns Florida 131,684 123,135 8,549 6.9
94 Merced California 219,096 210,554 8,542 4.1
95 Frederick Maryland 203,789 195,277 8,512 4.4
96 El Paso Texas 688,039 679,622 8,417 1.2
97 Canyon Idaho 139,821 131,441 8,380 6.4
98 Anne Arundel Maryland 497,893 489,656 8,237 1.7
99 Plymouth Massachusetts 481,059 472,822 8,237 1.7
100 Webb Texas 201,292 193,117 8,175 4.2
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Table CO-EST2001-10 - 100 Fastest Growing Counties by Numeric Change: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2001
Source: Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau
Release Date: April 17, 2002

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