POPULATION GROWTH

Population growth is reported by the U.S. Census Bureau by city for 1990, 2000 and 2007.

Middleton, Wisconsin and Columbia, South Carolina rank #1 with 27.3% population growth from 1990-2007. For ranking purposes, a moderate level of growth is preferable to too much or too little growth.

POPULATION CHANGE
1990 - 2007
	Population
	% Change						GPTR
City/Town	1990-2007	2007	2000	1990	Metro Area/County	2000	Rank
Chapel Hill, NC	33.2%	51,574	48,715	38,719	Orange county	118,227	15
Olympia, WA	32.8%	44,925	42,514	33,840	Thurston county	207,355	14
Winter Haven, FL	31.8%	32,577	26,487	24,725	Winter Haven/Lakeland metro	483,924	13
Hot Springs Village, AR	31.4%	na	8,397	6,391	Garland county	88,068	12
Santa Fe, NM	31.0%	73,199	62,203	55,859	Santa Fe metro	146,635	11
Melbourne, FL	30.2%	77,673	71,382	59,646	Melbourne metro	476,230	10
Vail, CO	29.8%	4,750	4,531	3,659	Eagle county	41,659	9
Port Townsend, WA	29.5%	9,069	8,334	7,001	Jefferson county	25,953	8
Southampton, NY	29.3%	58,144	54,712	44,976	Suffolk county	1,419,369	6
Durango, CO	28.8%	16,007	13,922	12,430	La Plata county	43,941	5
Paradise Valley, AZ	27.8%	14,921	13,664	11,671	Phoenix/Mesa metro	3,251,876	3
Tyler, TX	27.8%	96,451	83,650	75,450	Smith county	174,706	3
Middleton, WI	27.3%	16,921	15,770	13,289	Madison metro	426,526	1
Columbia, SC	27.3%	124,818	116,278	98,052	Columbia metro	536,691	1
Fargo, ND	25.0%	92,660	90,599	74,111	Cass county	123,128	7
GPTR Rank = Moderate growth is better (Moderate defined as median of "% Change 1990-2007")
Negative change ranks lowest

POPULATION GROWTH

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