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What is the safest American city? The smartest? The fastest growing? Ten examples of America's superlative cities.

Top 5: Fastest growing
City	Percent increase
Elk Grove, CA	11.4%
North Las Vegas, NV	11.4%
Port St. Lucie, FL	11.0%
Gilbert, AZ	11.0%
Cape Coral, FL	9.2%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

America's fastest growing city

Elk Grove, CA

Key stat: 11.6 percent annual gain in population

Small Sunbelt cities, such as this suburban Sacramento enclave, lead the nation in population gain by percentage. Elk Grove was founded just six years ago and already has more than 112,000 residents.

On a pure numbers basis, Phoenix added more population than any other city, more than 44,000.

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