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100 Fastest-Growing U.S. Counties by Percentage Growth, July 1, 2004 to July 1, 2005
County State Population
(July 1, 2005)
Numerical
change
Percent
change
Baldwin County Alabama 162,586 5,898 3.8
Matanuska-Susitna Borough Alaska 76,006 3,840 5.3
Maricopa County Arizona 3,635,528 136,941 3.9
Pinal County Arizona 229,549 14,845 6.9
Mohave County Arizona 187,200 7,637 4.3
Yavapai County Arizona 198,701 7,964 4.2
Benton County Arkansas 186,938 7,329 4.1
Riverside County California 1,946,419 76,954 4.1
Tuolumne County California 59,380 2,537 4.5
Yuba County California 67,153 2,683 4.2
Weld County Colorado 228,943 8,982 4.1
Douglas County Colorado 249,416 11,865 5.0
Lake County Florida 277,035 15,190 5.8
Marion County Florida 303,442 11,674 4.0
Pasco County Florida 429,065 21,019 5.2
St. Lucie County Florida 241,305 14,195 6.3
Wakulla County Florida 28,212 1,138 4.2
Osceola County Florida 231,578 11,451 5.2
Flagler Florida 76,410 7,394 10.7
Hendry County Florida 39,561 1,448 3.8
Sumter County Florida 64,182 3,613 6.0
St. Johns County Florida 161,525 8,801 5.8
Lee County Florida 544,758 29,835 5.8
Walton County Florida 50,324 1,956 4.0
Columbia County Florida 64,040 2,330 3.8
Hernando County Florida 158,409 7,869 5.2
Clay County Florida 171,095 6,708 4.1
Henry County Georgia 167,848 8,909 5.6
Cherokee County Georgia 184,211 9,360 5.4
Effingham County Georgia 46,924 2,409 5.4
Jackson County Georgia 52,292 2,728 5.5
Bryan County Georgia 28,549 1,076 3.9
Douglas County Georgia 112,760 5,676 5.3
Barrow County Georgia 59,954 3,298 5.8
Paulding County Georgia 112,411 6,376 6.0
Coweta County Georgia 109,903 4,508 4.3
Walton County Georgia 75,647 3,603 5.0
Forsyth County Georgia 140,393 8,443 6.4
Newton County Georgia 86,713 5,089 6.2
Canyon County Idaho 164,593 6,710 4.2
Kootenai County Idaho 127,668 5,221 4.3
Kendall County Illinois 79,514 6,810 9.4
Grundy County Illinois 43,838 2,660 6.5
Will County Illinois 642,813 25,319 4.1
Boone County Illinois 50,483 2,012 4.2
Hamilton County Indiana 240,685 10,845 4.7
Dallas County Iowa 51,762 2,307 4.7
Spencer County Kentucky 15,651 811 5.5
Scott County Kentucky 39,380 1,479 3.9
Boone County Kentucky 106,272 4,841 4.8
Ascension Parish Louisiana 90,501 3,482 4.0
Scott County Minnesota 119,825 5,060 4.4
Sherburne County Minnesota 81,752 3,131 4.0
DeSoto County Mississippi 137,004 6,300 4.8
Lincoln County Missouri 47,727 1,994 4.4
Christian County Missouri 67,266 3,044 4.7
Lyon County Nevada 47,515 4,179 9.6
Nye County Nevada 40,477 2,791 7.4
Sandoval County New Mexico 107,460 4,735 4.6
Union County North Carolina 162,929 9,209 6.0
Currituck County North Carolina 23,112 1,057 4.8
Wake County North Carolina 748,815 29,082 4.0
Brunswick County North Carolina 89,162 4,572 5.4
Hoke County North Carolina 41,016 1,823 4.7
Delaware County Ohio 150,268 7,521 5.3
Deschutes County Oregon 141,382 6,764 5.0
Pike County Pennsylvania 56,337 2,296 4.2
Dorchester County South Carolina 112,858 5,654 5.3
Horry County South Carolina 226,992 9,357 4.3
Lincoln County South Dakota 33,381 1,857 5.9
Rutherford County Tennessee 218,292 8,553 4.1
Montgomery County Tennessee 147,202 5,396 3.8
Williamson County Tennessee 153,595 6,603 4.5
Williamson County Texas 333,457 15,308 4.8
Collin County Texas 659,457 31,031 4.9
Ellis County Texas 133,474 4,843 3.8
Montgomery County Texas 378,033 15,841 4.4
Hays County Texas 124,432 5,158 4.3
Denton County Texas 554,642 23,660 4.5
Rockwall County Texas 62,944 4,522 7.7
Kendall County Texas 28,607 1,265 4.6
Kaufman County Texas 89,129 3,682 4.3
Comal County Texas 96,018 4,179 4.6
Fort Bend County Texas 463,650 21,261 4.8
Washington County Utah 118,885 8,460 7.7
Iron County Utah 38,311 1,889 5.2
Wasatch County Utah 18,974 840 4.6
Orange County Virginia 30,246 1,408 4.9
Louisa County Virginia 30,020 1,223 4.2
Culpeper County Virginia 42,530 2,379 5.9
Loudoun County Virginia 255,518 16,193 6.8
Spotsylvania County Virginia 116,549 4,744 4.2
New Kent County Virginia 16,107 607 3.9
Caroline County Virginia 25,563 1,563 6.5
Fluvanna County Virginia 24,751 916 3.8
King George County Virginia 20,637 1,295 6.7
Franklin County Washington 63,011 3,360 5.6
Berkeley County West Virginia 93,394 4,127 4.6
St. Croix County Wisconsin 77,144 2,910 3.9
Juneau County Wisconsin 26,725 1,251 4.9
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