These Are The Fastest Growing Cities In The U.S.

A majority of 2017’s fastest growing cities in the United States are in the South and seven of the country’s 15 fastest growing cities are in Texas, according to new population estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday.

The Census also released a list of the 15 cities with the largest population gains and a majority of those cities were also in the South. The population estimates released Thursday are for cities, boroughs, villages towns and townships and are current as of July 1, 2017.

Topping the list of the cities with the largest population gains is San Antonio. According to the Census, San Antonio had a population gain of over 24,200 people between 2016 and 2017. On average, the city added 66 people per day between 2016 and 2017, pushing its population over the 1.5 million mark, according to the Census.

The fastest growing city in the U.S. was also in Texas. According to the Census, Frisco, Texas, had a population growth of 8.2 percent, a growth rate that is more than 11 times faster than the nation’s growth rate of 0.7 percent.

The fastest growing cities and the cities with the largest population gains all had a population of 50,000 or above. However, the Census notes that a majority of Americans (205 million of the nation’s 325.7 million people) live in a small town. Of the approximately 19,500 small towns, 76 percent had fewer than 5,000 people and nearly 50 percent had a population of fewer than 1,000. The western U.S. had the highest share of its population living in a small town, followed by the Midwest while the Northeast had the smallest population of its residents living in small towns.

The Census also released new information on housing units. According to the Census, the nation’s housing stock grew by more than 1 million between 2016 and 2017, reaching over 137 million units. The growth rate of 0.8 percent was slower than the 1.4 percent growth rate a decade ago, between 2006 and 2007. Housing units remained below the 2007 level except for in a handful of states.

The top 15 fastest growing cities in the U.S. between 2016 and 2017 are:

Frisco, Texas, 8.2 percent increase, 2017 population: 177,286
New Braunfels, Texas, 8 percent increase, 2017 population: 79,152
Pflugerville, Texas, 6.5 percent increase, 2017 population: 63,359
Ankeny, Iowa, 6.4 percent increase, 2017 population: 62,416
Buckeye, Arizona, 5.9 percent increase, 2017 population: 68,453
Georgetown, Texas, 5.4 percent increase, 2017 population: 70,685
Castle Rock, Colorado, 5.1 percent increase, 2017 population: 62,276
Franklin, Tennessee, 4.9 percent increase, 2017 population: 78,321
McKinney, Texas, 4.8 percent increase, 2017 population: 181,330
Meridian, Idaho, 4.7 percent increase, 2017 population: 99,926
Flower Mound, Texas, 4.3 percent increase, 2017 population: 76,681
Bend, Oregon, 4.3 percent increase, 2017 population: 94,520
Cedar Park, Texas, 4.2 percent increase, 2017 population: 75,704
Doral, Florida, 4.2 percent increase, 2017 population: 61,130
Fort Myers, Florida, 4.2 percent increase, 2017 population: 79,943

The top 15 cities in the U.S. with the largest population gains between 2016 and 2017 are:

San Antonio, Texas; 2017 population: 1,511,946, numeric increase: 24,208
Phoenix, Arizona; 2017 population: 1,626,078, numeric increase: 24,036
Dallas, Texas; 2017 population: 1,341,075, numeric increase: 18,935
Fort Worth, Texas; 2017 population: 874,168, numeric increase: 18,664
Los Angeles, California; 2017 population: 3,999,759, numeric increase: 18,643
Seattle, Washington; 2017 population: 724,745, numeric increase: 17,490
Charlotte, North Carolina; 2017 population: 859,035, numeric increase: 15,551
Columbus, Ohio; 2017 population: 879,170, numeric increase: 15,429
Frisco, Texas; 2017 population: 177,286, numeric increase: 13,470
Atlanta, Georgia; 2017 population: 486,290, numeric increase: 13,323
San Diego, California; 2017 population: 1,419,516, numeric increase: 12,834
Austin, Texas; 2017 population: 950,715, numeric increase: 12,515
Jacksonville, Florida; 2017 population: 892,062, numeric increase: 11,169
Irvine, California; 2017 population: 277,453, numeric increase: 11,068
Henderson, Nevada; 2017 population: 302,539, numeric increase: 10,534

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