The report puts the city's population at 34,818... up from 33,436 a year ago, and by about 10,000 since the 2000 Census.
Lula added 219 new residents between July 2006 and July 2007; Flowery Branch, 583; Oakwood, 139; Braselton, 280; and Buford's population grew by 411 during the period. Gillsville's population is now 210, according to the report, compared to 106 a year ago. (See link below for complete details.)
ELSEWHERE IN GEORGIA
Meanwhile, the population of Atlanta (just those people inside the city limits itself) now exceeds half a million.
Figures released Thursday morning estimate that Atlanta's population grew by more than 20,000 between July 1, 2006, and July 1, 2007. That put the city's population at 519,145.
Official figures from the 2000 census gave Atlanta's population as 416,474, which would mean the city grew by more than 100,000 residents over a seven-year period.
On the other hand, the census estimates that Columbus lost nearly 4,800 people from 2006 to 2007. The latest estimate puts the population of the west Georgia city at 187,046. The Census Bureau says that loss was the second-greatest among U.S. cities for the one-year period. Cleveland, Ohio, lost more than 5,000 residents during that time.
NATIONWIDE
New Orleans, hard-hit by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, was the
fastest-growing large city in the nation between July 1, 2006, and July 1,
2007. This follows the city having the largest rate of population loss
since 2000.
Houston, another city near the Gulf Coast, led the nation's cities in
numerical increase during the period. New Orleans had the fifth largest
numerical growth.
U.S. Census Bureau estimates released Thursday show New Orleans' population
rose by 13.8 percent to 239,124 during the one-year period, to lead all
cities with populations of 100,000 or more in rate of increase. New Orleans
was followed by Victorville, Calif., whose population climbed 9.5 percent
to 107,221. Victorville, in Southern California's San Bernardino County,
saw its population pass the 100,000 mark for the first time in 2007.
Three Texas cities made the fastest-growing top 10: McKinney and Denton
(near Dallas, ranking third and 10th, respectively) and Killeen (near
Austin, ranking sixth). Rounding out the top 10 were North Las Vegas, Nev.
(fourth); Cary, N.C. (near Raleigh, ranking fifth); Port St. Lucie, Fla.
(on the Atlantic coast, seventh); Gilbert, Ariz. (near Phoenix, eighth);
and Clarksville, Tenn. (on the Kentucky border, ninth).
Houston added 38,932 residents between July 1, 2006, and July 1, 2007,
to lead the nation in numerical population increase. Houston, which reached
2.2 million, was joined by three other Texas cities: San Antonio (third),
Fort Worth (fourth) and Austin (eighth). North Carolina also contributed
multiple cities to the list: Charlotte (ninth) and Raleigh (10th). Rounding
out the top 10 were Phoenix (second), New Orleans (fifth), New York (sixth)
and Atlanta (seventh).
New York continued to be the nation's most populous city, with 8.3
million residents. This was more than twice the population of Los Angeles,
which ranked second at 3.8 million. Chicago, with 2.8 million, was third,
followed by Houston and Phoenix (1.6 million).
-- New to the listing of the 25 most populous cities in 2007 is
Nashville-Davidson, Tenn. (a city-county consolidation), 25th with a
population of 590,807. In addition, Fort Worth moved up to 17th place;
Charlotte to 19th; and Milwaukee to 22nd. Washington fell out of the top
25.
(The Associated Press contributed to this story.)
-- California and Texas each placed five cities on the listing of the 25
fastest-growing and on the list of the 25 biggest numerical gainers between
2006 and 2007.
-- Other cities making both lists of the 25 largest numerical gainers and
the 25 fastest-growing from 2006 to 2007: New Orleans; Victorville; North
Las Vegas; Port St. Lucie; Gilbert; Fort Worth; Raleigh; Atlanta;
Henderson, Nev.; and Bakersfield, Calif.
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On the Net: U.S. Census Bureau. http://www.census.gov/popest/cities/SUB-EST2007-4.html
http://accesswdun.com/article/2008/7/211431