CITIES

ARIZONA COUNTY GAINED MORE PEOPLE IN LAST SIX YEARS THAN TOTAL
POPULATION OF ALL BUT 15 U.S. CITIES

CENSUS - Maricopa County, Ariz., gained 696,000 residents between 2000
and 2006, the largest numerical increase of the nation's 3,141 counties,
according to estimates released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. This
increase surpasses the total population of all but 15 U.S. cities.
Maricopa County, which includes Phoenix, has 3.8 million residents,
making it the nation's fourth largest county.

Harris County, Texas, had the second largest numeric increase between
2000 and 2006, at 486,000, and totaled 3.9 million. Riverside, Calif.
(481,000); Los Angeles (429,000); and Clark, Nev. (402,000) rounded out
the top five county gainers. (See Table 1.)
Among the 20 fastest-growing counties from 2000 to 2006, 13 were in the
South, four in the West and three in the Midwest.

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/009756.html


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