Did You Know: Fastest Growing Counties

March 19, 2010

By: Arun Barman, Research Economist

 

 

  •  Florida lead by Flagler County had three of the top ten fastest growing counties (by change in the number of housing units) between 2000 and 2008.
  • Georgia also had three of the top ten fastest growing counties in growth of the number of housing units.

Where does your area rank? See the rest of the counties on the list by consulting the U.S. Census Bureau data. Choose the first Excel spreadsheet in the right column.

 

 

County Number of Housing Units Percent Change
July 1, 2008 April 1, 2000
1 Flagler County, FL 48,934 24,452 100.1
2 Sumter County, FL 46,140 25,196 83.1
3 Pinal County, AZ 145,473 81,146 79.3
4 Paulding County, GA 52,094 29,243 78.1
5 Kendall County, IL 34,680 19,527 77.6
6 Forsyth County, GA 62,854 36,505 72.2
7 Henry County, GA 73,548 43,171 70.4
8 Rockwall County, TX 25,930 15,350 68.9
9 Loudoun County, VA 104,261 62,160 67.7
10 Osceola County, FL 120,997 72,293 67.4
Source: U.S. Census Bureau

 

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