Orange County's Population Sees 5 Percent Jump, Census Reports

LOS ANGELES, CA -Orange County's population rose 5.3 percent during the five- year span from 2010-2015, the U.S. Census Bureau reported today.

The county's population rose from 3.01 million as of April 1, 2010, to 3.16 million residents as of last July 1.

Los Angeles remains the nation's most populous county, with 10.17 million residents as of July 1, 2015.

The figure represents a 3.6 percent increase from the 9.81 million residents in the county on April 1, 2010.

According to the Census Bureau, 683,731 births were reported in the county during that five-year span, compared to 316,911 deaths.

Cook County, Illinois, the nation's second most populous county, has 5.2 million residents -- roughly half of the Los Angeles County population.

Neither Los Angeles nor Orange made the list of fastest-growing U.S. counties with at least 10,000 residents from 2014-15.

The fast-growing county in the country during that period was McKenzie County, North Dakota, which saw its population grow from 10,995 residents in 2014 to 12,826 last year -- a 16.7 percent increase. In fact, the three fastest- growing counties from 2014-2015 were in North Dakota.

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