These are the fastest growing counties in the United States (7.5%+ growth) from 2020-2023 based on US Census Data. The map was created with MapChartNet
around large cities… Dallas, Anchorage, el paso, Northwest Arkansas has become a bit of a tech hub and UARK is in Fayetteville… (woo pig!), SLC, Idaho is funny, cause it’s cheap, but definitely sounds like it’s a culture shift (or culture is shifting for the locals)…
I never trust geographical maps of the US for population-related metrics. It misleads you. In visualization terms, “size of blob” and “location of blob” and “color of blob” are all things that can or should convey relevant information.
I think you’ve also opted out of “color of blob” but I don’t know why (this data feels like it would usefully have been a heat map).
Note that this kind of percentage-based growth can mean two things
1. I am assuming lots of counties in Florida are growing just because a lot of people are moving there
2. There are a lot of fast growing counties in the mountain west that look like they are fast growing but it’s really just the fact that their current population is super tiny. For example, the only green county in Oregon is Crook County, which has a current population of less than 25k people. Less than 2,000 people moving there could make that “fast-growing”
Yup, the boomers are retiring.
My favorite are the fast growing counties with intentionally rural airports. Encroaching residential zones then start complaining about noise from said airport.
What the hell is going on in Petroleum/Musselshell counties in Montana?!
Not a whole lot of growth in blue states, hm
So many of these are second or even *third* ring suburban counties for large metros.
My immediate thought from this is that Texas and Florida are cheaper to live due to taxes, no?
I grew up in one of those counties. I remember having to take my chair in from another classroom, our schools were so full! My neighborhood grew from having just a gas station to having a whole slew of businesses opening up… including a very good Chinese restaurant. It was interesting to see everything growing so much.
People fleeing high taxes, soft on crime and exploding homelessness in Democrat run areas. No surprise really.
It’s a combination of retirees moving where it’s warmer, cheaper and less populated along with migration to areas of growing businesses/job opportunities.
I’m in this picture and I hate it.
Alaska here! Please don’t move here…we’re full.
Ruby Ridge getting real popular 😳
Someone explain to me
Why the fuck are people still moving to Florida
Dang… shoulda used red for the biggest losers.
This would be even more informative if on a gradient. As it stands it’s just binary which, while yes it tells you something, could be much more informative.
Congratulations to the couple in North Dakota that had twins.
Can confirm, both Madison and Baldwin County, AL are blowing up at an incredible rate.
Visual would have been better as a heat map for those green counties to get an idea on which ones are the fastest growing.
Wow, Elbert County in Colorado made this list. I was expecting Douglas County to make it instead but I guess the home builders have moved on!
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These are the fastest growing counties in the United States (7.5%+ growth) from 2020-2023 based on US Census Data. The map was created with MapChartNet
Source Data: [https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-state-total.html](https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-state-total.html)
around large cities… Dallas, Anchorage, el paso, Northwest Arkansas has become a bit of a tech hub and UARK is in Fayetteville… (woo pig!), SLC, Idaho is funny, cause it’s cheap, but definitely sounds like it’s a culture shift (or culture is shifting for the locals)…
I never trust geographical maps of the US for population-related metrics. It misleads you. In visualization terms, “size of blob” and “location of blob” and “color of blob” are all things that can or should convey relevant information.
I think you’ve also opted out of “color of blob” but I don’t know why (this data feels like it would usefully have been a heat map).
Note that this kind of percentage-based growth can mean two things
1. I am assuming lots of counties in Florida are growing just because a lot of people are moving there
2. There are a lot of fast growing counties in the mountain west that look like they are fast growing but it’s really just the fact that their current population is super tiny. For example, the only green county in Oregon is Crook County, which has a current population of less than 25k people. Less than 2,000 people moving there could make that “fast-growing”
Yup, the boomers are retiring.
My favorite are the fast growing counties with intentionally rural airports. Encroaching residential zones then start complaining about noise from said airport.
What the hell is going on in Petroleum/Musselshell counties in Montana?!
Not a whole lot of growth in blue states, hm
So many of these are second or even *third* ring suburban counties for large metros.
My immediate thought from this is that Texas and Florida are cheaper to live due to taxes, no?
I grew up in one of those counties. I remember having to take my chair in from another classroom, our schools were so full! My neighborhood grew from having just a gas station to having a whole slew of businesses opening up… including a very good Chinese restaurant. It was interesting to see everything growing so much.
People fleeing high taxes, soft on crime and exploding homelessness in Democrat run areas. No surprise really.
It’s a combination of retirees moving where it’s warmer, cheaper and less populated along with migration to areas of growing businesses/job opportunities.
I’m in this picture and I hate it.
Alaska here! Please don’t move here…we’re full.
Ruby Ridge getting real popular 😳
Someone explain to me
Why the fuck are people still moving to Florida
Dang… shoulda used red for the biggest losers.
This would be even more informative if on a gradient. As it stands it’s just binary which, while yes it tells you something, could be much more informative.
Congratulations to the couple in North Dakota that had twins.
Can confirm, both Madison and Baldwin County, AL are blowing up at an incredible rate.
Visual would have been better as a heat map for those green counties to get an idea on which ones are the fastest growing.
Wow, Elbert County in Colorado made this list. I was expecting Douglas County to make it instead but I guess the home builders have moved on!