Fastest growing US cities are in South; 4 of top 5 in Texas
DALLAS — Ten of the 15 fastest-growing cities with populations of 50,000 or more were spread across the South in 2016, with four of the top five found in Texas, according to new population estimates released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Conroe, Texas, a northern Houston suburb, was the fastest-growing of the 15, seeing a 7.8 per cent increase from 2015 to 2016, a growth rate more than 11 times that of the nation.
The rest of the top five fastest-growing large cities were Frisco, Texas, a northern Dallas suburb, with a 6.2 per cent increase; McKinney, Texas, another northern Dallas suburb, saw a 5.9 per cent increase; Greenville, South Carolina, ran up a 5.8 per cent increase; and Georgetown, Texas, a northern Austin suburb, had a 5.5 per cent increase.
“Overall, cities in the South continue to grow at a faster rate than any other U.S. region,” said demographer Amel Toukabri of the bureau’s population division.