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POPULATION GROWTH

Population growth is reported by the U.S. Census Bureau by city for 1990, 2000 and 2010.

Provo, Utah and Sedona, Arizona rank #1 and #2 among our 99 top retirement cities with 29% population growth from 1990-2010. For ranking purposes, a moderate level of growth is preferable to too much or too little growth.

Population Change
1990 - 2010
	Population
	% Change						GPTR
City/Town	1990-2010	2010	2000	1990	Metro Area/County	2010	Rank
Durango, CO	35.9%	16,887	13,922	12,430	La Plata county	51,334	15
Bloomington, IN	32.6%	80,405	69,291	60,633	Bloomington metro	192,714	12
Boone, NC	32.6%	17,122	13,472	12,915	Yadkin county	38,406	12
Aspen, CO	31.9%	6,658	5,914	5,049	Pitkin county	17,148	11
Columbia, SC	31.8%	129,272	116,278	98,052	Columbia metro	767,598	10
Middleton, WI	31.3%	17,442	15,770	13,289	Madison metro	568,593	6
Port Townsend, WA	30.2%	9,113	8,334	7,001	Jefferson county	29,872	3
Sedona, AZ	29.9%	10,031	10,192	7,720	Sedona/Camp Verde	36,611	2
Provo, UT	29.5%	112,488	105,166	86,835	Provo/Orem metro	526,810	1
Tyler, TX	28.4%	96,900	83,650	75,450	Smith county	209,714	4
Newport Beach, CA	27.8%	85,186	70,032	66,643	Orange county	3,010,232	5
Champaign, IL	27.6%	81,055	67,518	63,502	Champaign/Urbana metro	231,891	7
Melbourne, FL	27.5%	76,068	71,382	59,646	Melbourne/Palm Bay metro	543,376	8
Half Moon Bay, CA	27.4%	11,324	11,842	8,886	San Francisco/Oakland metro	4,335,391	9
Napa, CA	24.4%	76,915	72,585	61,842	Napa county	136,484	14
GPTR Rank = Moderate growth is better (Moderate defined as median of "% Change 1990-2010")
Negative change ranks lowest

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