US fastest growing counties

100 Fastest Growing Counties

Population Estimates for the 100 Fastest Growing U.S. Counties with 10,000 or More Population in 2006: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006
Rank	Geographic Area	Population Estimates		Change, 2000 to 2006
		July 1, 2006	April 1, 2000 Estimates Base	Number	Percent
1	Flagler County, FL	83,084	49,835	33,249	66.7
2	Kendall County, IL	88,158	54,520	33,638	61.7
3	Rockwall County, TX	69,155	43,074	26,081	60.5
4	Loudoun County, VA	268,817	169,599	99,218	58.5
5	Forsyth County, GA	150,968	98,407	52,561	53.4
6	Pinal County, AZ	271,059	179,537	91,522	51.0
7	Douglas County, CO	263,621	175,766	87,855	50.0
8	Henry County, GA	178,033	119,344	58,689	49.2
9	Paulding County, GA	121,530	81,608	39,922	48.9
10	Lyon County, NV	51,231	34,501	16,730	48.5
11	Newton County, GA	91,451	62,001	29,450	47.5
12	Lincoln County, SD	35,239	24,147	11,092	45.9
13	Delaware County, OH	156,697	109,989	46,708	42.5
14	Collin County, TX	698,851	491,772	207,079	42.1
15	Union County, NC	175,272	123,738	51,534	41.6
16	Williamson County, TX	353,830	249,980	103,850	41.5
17	Osceola County, FL	244,045	172,493	71,552	41.5
18	Spencer County, KY	16,475	11,766	4,709	40.0
19	Washington County, UT	126,312	90,354	35,958	39.8
20	Fort Bend County, TX	493,187	354,471	138,716	39.1
21	Scott County, MN	124,092	89,498	34,594	38.7
22	Barrow County, GA	63,702	46,144	17,558	38.1
23	Lake County, FL	290,435	210,527	79,908	38.0
24	Cherokee County, GA	195,327	141,903	53,424	37.6
25	St. Johns County, FL	169,224	123,148	46,076	37.4
26	Hamilton County, IN	250,979	182,740	68,239	37.3
27	Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK	80,480	59,322	21,158	35.7
28	Montgomery County, TX	398,290	293,768	104,522	35.6
29	DeSoto County, MS	144,706	107,199	37,507	35.0
30	Denton County, TX	584,238	432,966	151,272	34.9
31	Franklin County, WA	66,570	49,347	17,223	34.9
32	Jackson County, GA	55,778	41,589	14,189	34.1
33	Dallas County, IA	54,525	40,773	13,752	33.7
34	Hays County, TX	130,325	97,576	32,749	33.6
35	Wasatch County, UT	20,255	15,215	5,040	33.1
36	Will County, IL	668,217	502,267	165,950	33.0
37	Spotsylvania County, VA	119,529	90,393	29,136	32.2
38	Sherburne County, MN	84,995	64,415	20,580	31.9
39	Canyon County, ID	173,302	131,441	41,861	31.8
40	Tooele County, UT	53,552	40,735	12,817	31.5
41	Placer County, CA	326,242	248,399	77,843	31.3
42	Nye County, NV	42,693	32,512	10,181	31.3
43	Lee County, GA	32,495	24,757	7,738	31.3
44	St. Lucie County, FL	252,724	192,695	60,029	31.2
45	Riverside County, CA	2,026,803	1,545,387	481,416	31.2
46	Weld County, CO	236,857	180,861	55,996	31.0
47	Walton County, GA	79,388	60,687	18,701	30.8
48	Kaufman County, TX	93,241	71,310	21,931	30.8
49	Currituck County, NC	23,770	18,190	5,580	30.7
50	Pasco County, FL	450,171	344,768	105,403	30.6
51	Effingham County, GA	48,954	37,535	11,419	30.4
52	Culpeper County, VA	44,622	34,265	10,357	30.2
53	Stafford County, VA	120,170	92,446	27,724	30.0
54	Christian County, MO	70,514	54,285	16,229	29.9
55	Brunswick County, NC	94,945	73,141	21,804	29.8
56	Comal County, TX	101,181	78,021	23,160	29.7
57	King George County, VA	21,780	16,803	4,977	29.6
58	Douglas County, GA	119,557	92,244	27,313	29.6
59	Lee County, FL	571,344	440,888	130,456	29.6
60	Deschutes County, OR	149,140	115,367	33,773	29.3
61	Coweta County, GA	115,291	89,215	26,076	29.2
62	Wakulla County, FL	29,542	22,863	6,679	29.2
63	Clark County, NV	1,777,539	1,375,738	401,801	29.2
64	Dawson County, GA	20,643	15,999	4,644	29.0
65	Pickens County, GA	29,640	22,983	6,657	29.0
66	Sumter County, FL	68,768	53,345	15,423	28.9
67	Walton County, FL	52,270	40,602	11,668	28.7
68	Lincoln County, MO	50,123	38,946	11,177	28.7
69	Gwinnett County, GA	757,104	588,448	168,656	28.7
70	Berkeley County, WV	97,534	75,905	21,629	28.5
71	Boone County, KY	110,080	85,989	24,091	28.0
72	Benton County, AR	196,045	153,346	42,699	27.8
73	Wright County, MN	114,787	89,993	24,794	27.6
74	Suffolk city, VA	81,071	63,677	17,394	27.3
75	Prince William County, VA	357,503	280,813	76,690	27.3
76	Kendall County, TX	30,213	23,743	6,470	27.3
77	Clay County, FL	178,899	140,814	38,085	27.0
78	Ascension Parish, LA	97,335	76,627	20,708	27.0
79	Williamson County, TN	160,781	126,638	34,143	27.0
80	Warren County, OH	201,871	159,169	42,702	26.8
81	St. Croix County, WI	80,015	63,155	16,860	26.7
82	Bryan County, GA	29,648	23,417	6,231	26.6
83	Hernando County, FL	165,409	130,802	34,607	26.5
84	Utah County, UT	464,760	368,540	96,220	26.1
85	Hendricks County, IN	131,204	104,093	27,111	26.0
86	Rains County, TX	11,514	9,139	2,375	26.0
87	Boone County, IL	52,617	41,784	10,833	25.9
88	Scott County, KY	41,605	33,061	8,544	25.8
89	Hoke County, NC	42,303	33,646	8,657	25.7
90	Burnet County, TX	42,896	34,120	8,776	25.7
91	Rutherford County, TN	228,829	182,023	46,806	25.7
92	Pike County, PA	58,195	46,302	11,893	25.7
93	Sandoval County, NM	113,772	90,584	23,188	25.6
94	Fayette County, TN	36,102	28,796	7,306	25.4
95	Wake County, NC	786,522	627,865	158,657	25.3
96	New Kent County, VA	16,852	13,462	3,390	25.2
97	Collier County, FL	314,649	251,377	63,272	25.2
98	Archuleta County, CO	12,386	9,898	2,488	25.1
99	Ellis County, TX	139,300	111,358	27,942	25.1
100	Livingston Parish, LA	114,805	91,808	22,997	25.0

Some of the counties on this list are in unexpected states: Ohio and Illinois suprised me...