CIC News: State Population Growth

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Fastest-growing States

Issue: #462

February 13, 2017

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Utah is Nation's Fastest-Growing State, Census Bureau Reports

Utah's population crossed the 3.0 million mark as it became the nation's fastest-growing state over the last year. Its population increased 2.0 percent to 3.1 million from July 1, 2015, to July 1, 2016, according to U.S. Census Bureau national and state population estimates released today.

"States in the South and West continued to lead in population growth," said Ben Bolender, Chief of the Population Estimates Branch. "In 2016, 37.9 percent of the nation's population lived in the South and 23.7 percent lived in the West."

Following Utah, Nevada (2.0 percent), Idaho (1.8 percent), Florida (1.8 percent) and Washington (1.8 percent) saw the largest percentage increases in population.

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Jan Figart

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