AP is reporting the fastest growing counties in the US:
PALM COAST, Fla. - Flagler County, Fla., is the fastest-growing county in the United States, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures released Thursday. Its population grew by 10.1 percent from July 1, 2003, to July 1, 2004, adding 6,309 residents — the biggest percentage change in the country.
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Other fast-growing counties were in the South or West. Loudoun, Va., a suburb of Washington, D.C., ranked third in growth with rate of 8.1 percent. Two South Dakota counties, Hanson and Lincoln near Sioux Falls, were fourth and fifth fastest growing at 7.9 and 7.5 percent respectively, the Census Bureau reported.
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