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More People Moved To Maricopa County Than Any Other In The U.S.
If the place seems more crowded, it's because it is. New Census nubmbers shows that more people moved to Maricopa than any county in the US.
PHOENIX, AZ –Maricopa County welcomes more new residents last year than any other county in the country. The Census Bureau said Thursday that 74,000 people moved into the county in 2017.
That's a gain of 1.7 percent over the year before.
Maricopa County is now the fourth most populous county in the United States.
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Another way to measure just remarkable the county's growth is is to look at the gains posted by the next county on the list.
Number two was Clark County in Nevada. The welcomes just 47.355 people over the year before.
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As for how all the counties in Arizona did, here's a look:
Sources: US Census Bureau.
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