10 fastest growing: Port St. Lucie (third) and Cape Coral (fourth) in Florida; and Gilbert (fifth) and Peoria (seventh) in Arizona, both near Phoenix. North Carolina (Cary, near Raleigh) and California (Lancaster, near Los Angeles) each contributed one city to the list. California had seven cities among the 25 fastest growing, leading all states.
Phoenix had the largest population increase of any city between 2005 and 2006, adding more than 43,000 residents to reach 1.5 million. However, Texas dominated the list of the 10 highest numerical gainers, with San Antonio, Fort Worth, Houston, Austin and Dallas each making the top 10. North Las Vegas; Miami; Charlotte, N.C.; and San Jose, Calif., rounded out the list of the 10 biggest numerical gainers. Overall, eight Texas cities were among the 25 biggest numerical gainers to lead all states.
New Orleans had by far the largest population loss among all cities with populations of at least 100,000 people. The city lost slightly more than half of its pre-Hurricane Katrina population. It fell from 452,170 on July 1, 2005, to 223,388 one year later — a loss of 50.6 percent. To put the size of this loss into perspective, Hialeah, Fla., which experienced the second-highest rate of loss over the period, saw its population decline by 1.6 percent.
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Table 2: Population Estimates for the 25 Fastest Growing U.S. Cities with Populations over 100,000 in 2006: July 1, 2005 to July 1, 2006 |
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Population estimates |
Change, 2005 to 2006 |
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Rank |
Geographic area |
July 1, 2006 |
July 1, 2005 |
Number |
Change |
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1 |
North Las Vegas city |
NV |
197,567 |
176,527 |
21,040 |
11.9 |
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2 |
McKinney city |
TX |
107,530 |
96,805 |
10,725 |
11.1 |
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3 |
Port St. Lucie city |
FL |
143,868 |
130,959 |
12,909 |
9.9 |
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4 |
Cape Coral city |
FL |
151,389 |
139,986 |
11,403 |
8.1 |
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5 |
Gilbert town |
AZ |
191,517 |
177,653 |
13,864 |
7.8 |
|
6 |
Grand Prairie city |
TX |
153,812 |
144,352 |
9,460 |
6.6 |
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7 |
Peoria city |
AZ |
142,024 |
134,259 |
7,765 |
5.8 |
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8 |
Cary town |
NC |
112,414 |
106,963 |
5,451 |
5.1 |
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9 |
Denton city |
TX |
109,561 |
104,264 |
5,297 |
5.1 |
|
10 |
Lancaster city |
CA |
140,804 |
134,106 |
6,698 |
5.0 |
|
11 |
Fort Worth city |
TX |
653,320 |
623,119 |
30,201 |
4.8 |
|
12 |
Joliet city |
IL |
142,702 |
136,159 |
6,543 |
4.8 |
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13 |
Miami city |
FL |
404,048 |
386,619 |
17,429 |
4.5 |
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14 |
Bakersfield city |
CA |
308,392 |
295,769 |
12,623 |
4.3 |
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15 |
Raleigh city |
NC |
356,321 |
342,812 |
13,509 |
3.9 |
|
16 |
Chandler city |
AZ |
240,595 |
231,728 |
8,867 |
3.8 |
|
17 |
Baton Rouge city |
LA |
229,553 |
221,148 |
8,405 |
3.8 |
|
18 |
Henderson city |
NV |
240,614 |
232,014 |
8,600 |
3.7 |
|
19 |
Visalia city |
CA |
113,487 |
109,433 |
4,054 |
3.7 |
|
20 |
Irvine city |
CA |
193,956 |
187,457 |
6,499 |
3.5 |
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21 |
Fontana city |
CA |
170,099 |
164,468 |
5,631 |
3.4 |
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22 |
Orlando city |
FL |
220,186 |
213,250 |
6,936 |
3.3 |
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23 |
Laredo city |
TX |
215,484 |
208,935 |
6,549 |
3.1 |
|
24 |
Elk Grove city |
CA |
129,184 |
125,293 |
3,891 |
3.1 |
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25 |
Palmdale city |
CA |
138,790 |
134,650 |
4,140 |
3.1 |
For more information about the geographic areas for which the Census Bureau produces population estimates, see http://www.census.gov/popest/geographic.
