Falls Church Is Fastest-Growing County In America: Census

Falls Church is often called the Little City, but last year it was the fastest-growing county in the country. That's a big deal considering it had been ranked 1473th the year prior.

The Census Bureau's newly-released 2017 population estimates indicate Falls Church City had the highest population growth percentage of counties with populations of 10,000 or more. Falls Church is an independent city, but for these purposes it is a county equivalent.

From 2016 to 2017, Falls Church saw a 5.2 percent population increase, or 715 people. This growth was mostly due to an increase in net migration, with 492 more people moving in than out of the Little City in the last year.

The Census Bureau looked at populations in 382 metropolitan statistical areas, 551 micropolitan statistical areas and 3,142 counties based on July 1, 2017. The DC metropolitan area overall saw a population increase from 6,150,681 to 6,216,589.

Here are the top 10 fastest-growing counties by percentage and their 2017 populations:

1. Falls Church City, VA, 14,583
2. Comal County, TX, 141,009
3. Wasatch County, UT, 32,106
4. Hays County, TX, 214,485
5. Kendall County, TX, 44,026
6. Walton County, FL, 68,376
7. Tooele County, UT, 67,456
8. Morgan County, UT, 11,873
9. Lumpkin County, GA, 32,873
10. Osceola County, FL, 352,180

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