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RANKING · 2000 CENSUS · 418 SHOWN OF 918

Fastest growing, US metro areas · 2000

US metro areas ranked by population growth since the prior decennial census.

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YEAR200020102020
RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION GROWTHVS 2000
501Corinth, MSMS34,569+8.9%+0%
502Cincinnati, OHOH2,312,858+8.9%+0%
503Newberry, SCSC39,561+8.9%+0%
504Florence, ALAL156,609+8.9%+0%
505Virginia Beach, VAVA1,797,213+8.8%+0%
506Findlay, OHOH75,034+8.8%+0%
507Salina, KSKS59,121+8.8%+0%
508Bellefontaine, OHOH46,302+8.7%+0%
509Dothan, ALAL156,266+8.7%+0%
510Big Rapids, MIMI42,320+8.7%+0%
511New York, NYNY20,112,448+8.7%+0%
512Casper, WYWY80,526+8.7%+0%
513Talladega, ALAL91,764+8.6%+0%
514Miami, OKOK30,438+8.6%+0%
515Monticello, ININ25,164+8.6%+0%
516Alma, MIMI41,190+8.5%+0%
517Red Wing, MNMN48,195+8.4%+0%
518Sheboygan, WIWI118,047+8.4%+0%
519Enterprise, ALAL56,953+8.4%+0%
520McPherson, KSKS30,064+8.4%+0%
521Grand Island, NENE78,076+8.4%+0%
522Port Lavaca, TXTX19,599+8.4%+0%
523Jasper, ININ44,016+8.4%+0%
524Franklin, KYKY20,788+8.3%+0%
525Charleston, SCSC889,263+8.3%+0%
526McAlester, OKOK43,320+8.3%+0%
527Washington, ININ34,209+8.3%+0%
528Goldsboro, NCNC122,278+8.3%+0%
529Kingsport, TNTN314,834+8.3%+0%
530Abilene, TXTX185,429+8.3%+0%
531Midland, TXTX193,139+8.2%+0%
532Palatka, FLFL77,734+8.2%+0%
533Tuscaloosa, ALAL281,850+8.2%+0%
534Mount Vernon, ILIL36,147+8.2%+0%
535Blacksburg, VAVA181,616+8.1%+0%
536Decatur, ININ36,650+8.1%+0%
537Nacogdoches, TXTX66,035+8.1%+0%
538New Philadelphia, OHOH92,373+8.1%+0%
539Lake Charles, LALA244,655+8.1%+0%
540Adrian, MIMI97,779+8.1%+0%
541Columbus, NENE46,583+8.1%+0%
542Santa Maria, CACA442,065+8.0%+0%
543Fond du Lac, WIWI104,669+8.0%+0%
544Orangeburg, SCSC83,177+8.0%+0%
545Urbana, OHOH38,820+8.0%+0%
546Wichita Falls, TXTX149,448+7.9%+0%
547Racine, WIWI198,919+7.9%+0%
548Kankakee, ILIL105,525+7.9%+0%
549Mineral Wells, TXTX30,791+7.9%+0%
550Eau Claire, WIWI176,647+7.8%+0%
551Longview, TXTX297,315+7.8%+0%
552Allentown, PAPA887,615+7.8%+0%
553Paris, TXTX63,319+7.8%+0%
554Grand Rapids, MNMN45,404+7.7%+0%
555Trenton, NJNJ399,289+7.7%+0%
556Fitzgerald, GAGA17,099+7.6%+0%
557Macon-Bibb County, GAGA238,553+7.6%+0%
558Detroit Lakes, MNMN35,497+7.6%+0%
559Albany, GAGA145,510+7.6%+0%
560Kingston, NYNY183,330+7.5%+0%
561Pittsburg, KSKS39,008+7.5%+0%
562Huntington, ININ37,224+7.5%+0%
563Roanoke, VAVA316,547+7.4%+0%
564Effingham, ILIL44,727+7.4%+0%
565Ukiah, CACA88,122+7.4%+0%
566Rocky Mount, NCNC148,486+7.3%+0%
567Harrisburg, PAPA617,427+7.3%+0%
568Lebanon, NHNH224,500+7.3%+0%
569Troy, ALAL33,688+7.3%+0%
570New Iberia, LALA66,846+7.3%+0%
571Bedford, ININ45,568+7.2%+0%
572Baltimore, MDMD2,857,781+7.2%+0%
573Hillsdale, MIMI45,738+7.1%+0%
574Muskegon, MIMI177,901+7.1%+0%
575Clovis, NMNM65,270+7.0%+0%
576Astoria, OROR40,926+7.0%+0%
577Plymouth, ININ46,599+7.0%+0%
578Dyersburg, TNTN36,320+7.0%+0%
579Burley, IDID49,308+6.9%+0%
580Texarkana, TXTX146,816+6.9%+0%
581Pella, IAIA34,192+6.8%+0%
582Alexander City, ALAL40,953+6.8%+0%
583Ames, IAIA128,090+6.8%+0%
584Kalamazoo, MIMI263,795+6.8%+0%
585Topeka, KSKS233,052+6.8%+0%
586Chambersburg, PAPA160,652+6.8%+0%
587South Bend, ININ324,538+6.8%+0%
588Monticello, NYNY80,586+6.8%+0%
589DuBois, PAPA78,100+6.8%+0%
590Sidney, OHOH48,065+6.7%+0%
591Laurinburg, NCNC33,322+6.6%+0%
592Beaumont, TXTX399,310+6.6%+0%
593Fairbanks, AKAK93,972+6.6%+0%
594Elizabethtown, KYKY128,666+6.6%+0%
595Logansport, ININ37,836+6.6%+0%
596Evansville, ININ273,786+6.5%+0%
597Natchitoches, LALA36,089+6.5%+0%
598Madison, ININ33,279+6.4%+0%
599Morgantown, WVWV141,995+6.4%+0%
600Houma, LALA199,668+6.4%+0%
601Riverton, WYWY39,464+6.4%+0%
602Lubbock, TXTX368,431+6.3%+0%
603Washington, NCNC44,670+6.3%+0%
604Brattleboro, VTVT45,204+6.3%+0%
605Willmar, MNMN44,720+6.3%+0%
606Ardmore, OKOK48,910+6.3%+0%
607Carlsbad, NMNM62,509+6.3%+0%
608Springfield, ILIL206,033+6.3%+0%
609Le Mars, IAIA25,697+6.2%+0%
610Evanston, WYWY23,415+6.2%+0%
611Boston, MAMA5,034,221+6.2%+0%
612Eureka, CACA131,647+6.2%+0%
613Marion, ILIL67,225+6.2%+0%
614Roswell, NMNM63,364+6.1%+0%
615Roseburg, OROR111,951+6.1%+0%
616Vineland, NJNJ157,148+6.1%+0%
617North Platte, NENE33,972+6.1%+0%
618Norfolk, NENE49,228+6.0%+0%
619Sturgis, MIMI60,968+6.0%+0%
620Worcester, MAMA888,502+5.8%+0%
621Chillicothe, OHOH76,429+5.8%+0%
622Lebanon, PAPA146,380+5.8%+0%
623Jackson, MIMI159,552+5.8%+0%
624Hays, KSKS29,075+5.8%+0%
625Norwalk, OHOH58,250+5.8%+0%
626San Angelo, TXTX122,065+5.7%+0%
627Akron, OHOH701,780+5.7%+0%
628Barre, VTVT59,652+5.7%+0%
629St. Joseph, MOMO119,170+5.6%+0%
630Mobile, ALAL411,658+5.6%+0%
631McComb, MSMS52,640+5.6%+0%
632Spearfish, SDSD29,459+5.6%+0%
633Poplar Bluff, MOMO41,904+5.4%+0%
634Columbus, GAGA324,830+5.3%+0%
635Keene, NHNH78,269+5.3%+0%
636Mitchell, SDSD25,913+5.3%+0%
637Elk City, OKOK22,159+5.2%+0%
638Kokomo, ININ83,904+5.1%+0%
639Pullman, WAWA48,512+5.1%+0%
640Laurel, MSMS82,281+5.0%+0%
641Marinette, WIWI65,515+5.0%+0%
642Thomaston, GAGA28,500+4.9%+0%
643Glens Falls, NYNY124,373+4.9%+0%
644Meadville, PAPA81,792+4.9%+0%
645Hannibal, MOMO38,969+4.9%+0%
646Dixon, ILIL32,914+4.9%+0%
647Providence, RIRI1,708,161+4.8%+0%
648Owensboro, KYKY113,962+4.8%+0%
649Fremont, NENE38,057+4.8%+0%
650Detroit, MIMI4,390,913+4.8%+0%
651Milwaukee, WIWI1,575,010+4.8%+0%
652Honolulu, HIHI988,703+4.8%+0%
653Waycross, GAGA57,670+4.8%+0%
654Aberdeen, WAWA78,144+4.7%+0%
655Philadelphia, PAPA6,329,118+4.6%+0%
656Rockingham, NCNC42,041+4.6%+0%
657Greenwood, MSMS34,912+4.6%+0%
658Muscatine, IAIA41,853+4.5%+0%
659Wapakoneta, OHOH45,909+4.5%+0%
660Cambridge, OHOH38,379+4.5%+0%
661Shreveport, LALA383,474+4.5%+0%
662Winona, MNMN50,523+4.5%+0%
663Athens, OHOH63,197+4.5%+0%
664St. Louis, MOMO2,814,421+4.5%+0%
665Grenada, MSMS30,222+4.4%+0%
666Mankato, MNMN104,907+4.4%+0%
667Paducah, KYKY102,259+4.3%+0%
668Kingsville, TXTX30,315+4.2%+0%
669Coos Bay, OROR63,992+4.2%+0%
670Kinston, NCNC55,837+4.1%+0%
671Roanoke Rapids, NCNC63,025+4.1%+0%
672Big Spring, TXTX30,504+4.0%+0%
673Laramie, WYWY38,558+4.0%+0%
674La Grande, OROR25,900+3.9%+0%
675Amherst, MAMA164,065+3.9%+0%
676Greensburg, ININ26,576+3.8%+0%
677Hutchinson, KSKS61,539+3.8%+0%
678Oskaloosa, IAIA21,880+3.8%+0%
679Celina, OHOH42,737+3.8%+0%
680Vicksburg, MSMS41,759+3.7%+0%
681Champaign, ILIL239,979+3.7%+0%
682Worthington, MNMN22,338+3.7%+0%
683Iron Mountain, MIMI30,575+3.6%+0%
684Gadsden, ALAL103,886+3.6%+0%
685Huntington, WVWV365,965+3.6%+0%
686Rochester, NYNY1,056,149+3.5%+0%
687Washington Court House, OHOH28,552+3.5%+0%
688Salem, OHOH99,377+3.5%+0%
689Meridian, MSMS85,419+3.5%+0%
690Lansing, MIMI479,722+3.5%+0%
691Coshocton, OHOH37,188+3.5%+0%
692Great Falls, MTMT85,029+3.4%+0%
693Henderson, KYKY57,184+3.4%+0%
694Austin, MNMN40,971+3.3%+0%
695Canton, OHOH400,246+3.3%+0%
696Huntingdon, PAPA43,001+3.2%+0%
697Ottawa, ILIL145,902+3.2%+0%
698Emporia, KSKS34,838+3.2%+0%
699Quincy, ILIL74,146+3.2%+0%
700Bennington, VTVT36,630+3.2%+0%
701Waterloo, IAIA169,189+3.2%+0%
702LaGrange, GAGA107,097+3.2%+0%
703Sandusky, OHOH112,777+3.2%+0%
704Dubuque, IAIA99,381+3.2%+0%
705Houghton, MIMI40,028+3.1%+0%
706Alice, TXTX45,383+3.1%+0%
707Columbus, MSMS67,144+3.1%+0%
708El Campo, TXTX42,060+3.1%+0%
709Zanesville, OHOH87,014+3.1%+0%
710Monroe, LALA222,390+3.1%+0%
711Manitowoc, WIWI81,710+3.1%+0%
712Marion, OHOH65,115+3.0%+0%
713Charleston, ILIL46,607+3.0%+0%
714Ada, OKOK38,528+3.0%+0%
715Hastings, NENE40,577+3.0%+0%
716Sayre, PAPA59,600+2.9%+0%
717Lawton, OKOK127,590+2.9%+0%
718Forrest City, ARAR21,800+2.9%+0%
719Michigan City, ININ111,294+2.8%+0%
720Plainview, TXTX36,700+2.8%+0%
721Bay City, TXTX36,463+2.8%+0%
722Taylorville, ILIL33,443+2.8%+0%
723Owosso, MIMI67,681+2.7%+0%
724Marshalltown, IAIA39,890+2.7%+0%
725Vermillion, SDSD15,031+2.7%+0%
726Wisconsin Rapids, WIWI74,060+2.6%+0%
727Terre Haute, ININ169,241+2.6%+0%
728Marshall, MNMN25,684+2.6%+0%
729Ithaca, NYNY104,047+2.6%+0%
730Scottsbluff, NENE36,272+2.4%+0%
731Selinsgrove, PAPA39,655+2.4%+0%
732Peoria, ILIL363,505+2.3%+0%
733Duluth, MNMN281,219+2.3%+0%
734Alpena, MIMI28,853+2.3%+0%
735Union City, TNTN30,067+2.3%+0%
736Somerset, PAPA72,004+2.3%+0%
737Storm Lake, IAIA20,449+2.2%+0%
738Cleveland, OHOH2,165,775+2.2%+0%
739Mansfield, OHOH124,893+2.2%+0%
740Davenport, IAIA380,452+2.1%+0%
741Duncan, OKOK44,310+2.1%+0%
742Greenfield, MAMA70,698+2.1%+0%
743Albany, NYNY915,835+2.0%+0%
744Rutland, VTVT59,653+2.0%+0%
745Muskogee, OKOK66,708+2.0%+0%
746Key West, FLFL80,406+2.0%+0%
747Lock Haven, PAPA37,870+2.0%+0%
748Butte-Silver Bow, MTMT36,118+2.0%+0%
749Escanaba, MIMI36,582+2.0%+0%
750Sumter, SCSC105,067+2.0%+0%
751Bartlesville, OKOK54,037+1.9%+0%
752Freeport, ILIL43,220+1.9%+0%
753Oneonta, NYNY60,589+1.9%+0%
754Erie, PAPA265,832+1.9%+0%
755Parkersburg, WVWV87,264+1.9%+0%
756Enid, OKOK61,779+1.9%+0%
757Odessa, TXTX173,801+1.8%+0%
758Ruston, LALA48,360+1.8%+0%
759Ketchikan, AKAK13,549+1.8%+0%
760Bogalusa, LALA44,937+1.7%+0%
761Elkins, WVWV26,882+1.7%+0%
762Gloversville, NYNY52,216+1.6%+0%
763Beckley, WVWV109,940+1.6%+0%
764Marietta, OHOH58,389+1.6%+0%
765Bloomsburg, PAPA66,193+1.5%+0%
766Battle Creek, MIMI133,408+1.5%+0%
767Cambridge, MDMD33,628+1.4%+0%
768Danville, VAVA101,137+1.3%+0%
769Flint, MIMI401,093+1.3%+0%
770Los Alamos, NMNM19,407+1.3%+0%
771Lincoln, ILIL27,182+1.3%+0%
772Moberly, MOMO24,513+1.2%+0%
773Kirksville, MOMO29,824+1.2%+0%
774Williamsport, PAPA112,587+1.1%+0%
775Augusta, MEME129,067+1.0%+0%
776Ottumwa, IAIA35,210+1.0%+0%
777Marshall, MOMO23,265+1.0%+0%
778Pontiac, ILIL35,057+1.0%+0%
779Price, UTUT20,680+1.0%+0%
780Maryville, MOMO20,174+0.9%+0%
781Beatrice, NENE21,711+0.9%+0%
782Madisonville, KYKY45,127+0.9%+0%
783Sterling, ILIL54,121+0.8%+0%
784New Castle, ININ49,137+0.8%+0%
785Watertown, NYNY111,540+0.7%+0%
786Clarksburg, WVWV88,142+0.7%+0%
787Platteville, WIWI52,446+0.7%+0%
788St. Marys, PAPA29,926+0.7%+0%
789Niles, MIMI152,444+0.7%+0%
790Toledo, OHOH599,376+0.7%+0%
791Lewistown, PAPA46,127+0.6%+0%
792Batavia, NYNY58,416+0.5%+0%
793New Orleans, LALA970,849+0.5%+0%
794Canton, ILIL32,901+0.4%+0%
795Defiance, OHOH38,292+0.4%+0%
796Gallipolis, OHOH29,072+0.4%+0%
797Cumberland, MDMD93,640+0.4%+0%
798Jacksonville, NCNC217,175+0.3%+0%
799Martinsville, VAVA63,091+0.3%+0%
800Centralia, ILIL36,382+0.3%+0%
801Jacksonville, ILIL37,381+0.3%+0%
802Dayton, OHOH826,554+0.3%+0%
803Hudson, NYNY60,168+0.2%+0%
804Kennett, MOMO26,855+0.1%+0%
805Sikeston, MOMO49,978+0.1%+0%
806Ponca City, OKOK43,490+0.0%+0%
807Carroll, IAIA20,303-0.0%+0%
808Springfield, MAMA464,338-0.0%+0%
809Massena, NYNY105,488-0.0%+0%
810Fort Dodge, IAIA36,838-0.3%+0%
811New Ulm, MNMN25,517-0.3%+0%
812Aberdeen, SDSD41,583-0.3%+0%
813Fremont, OHOH58,655-0.3%+0%
814Burlington, IAIA44,061-0.3%+0%
815Wabash, ININ30,713-0.3%+0%
816Minot, NDND75,694-0.3%+0%
817Olean, NYNY75,390-0.3%+0%
818Magnolia, ARAR21,894-0.3%+0%
819Fort Leonard Wood, MOMO54,442-0.3%+0%
820Corning, NYNY91,855-0.4%+0%
821Minden, LALA34,948-0.4%+0%
822Auburn, NYNY74,365-0.4%+0%
823Indiana, PAPA82,878-0.4%+0%
824Pine Bluff, ARAR70,211-0.4%+0%
825Hobbs, NMNM74,749-0.5%+0%
826Greenville, OHOH51,520-0.6%+0%
827Hermitage, PAPA107,860-0.6%+0%
828Mason City, IAIA49,710-0.7%+0%
829Cortland, NYNY45,850-0.7%+0%
830Muncie, ININ113,106-0.7%+0%
831Natchez, MSMS54,722-0.8%+0%
832Saginaw, MIMI187,688-0.9%+0%
833Atchison, KSKS16,172-0.9%+0%
834Galesburg, ILIL47,767-1.0%+0%
835Seneca Falls, NYNY32,883-1.0%+0%
836Ozark, ALAL49,912-1.0%+0%
837Marion, ININ66,524-1.0%+0%
838Altoona, PAPA119,541-1.1%+0%
839Altus, OKOK24,764-1.1%+0%
840Fairmont, WVWV55,584-1.1%+0%
841Bangor, MEME157,967-1.1%+0%
842Lima, OHOH100,881-1.2%+0%
843Richmond, ININ66,169-1.2%+0%
844Spencer, IAIA16,202-1.2%+0%
845Lewiston, MEME116,487-1.4%+0%
846Bay City, MIMI102,123-1.4%+0%
847Portsmouth, OHOH71,365-1.4%+0%
848Albert Lea, MNMN30,440-1.4%+0%
849Syracuse, NYNY652,273-1.5%+0%
850Pottsville, PAPA145,085-1.5%+0%
851Sunbury, PAPA107,788-1.5%+0%
852Jamestown, NDND21,414-1.5%+0%
853Jamestown, NYNY124,126-1.5%+0%
854Pittsburgh, PAPA2,421,992-1.5%+0%
855Vincennes, ININ35,652-1.6%+0%
856Buffalo, NYNY1,155,653-1.6%+0%
857Connersville, ININ23,533-1.6%+0%
858Fort Madison, IAIA32,306-1.6%+0%
859Arkansas City, KSKS34,382-1.7%+0%
860Clinton, IAIA46,002-1.7%+0%
861Tiffin, OHOH54,522-1.8%+0%
862Weatherford, OKOK39,059-1.8%+0%
863Bishop, CACA18,158-1.8%+0%
864Bucyrus, OHOH41,896-1.9%+0%
865Springfield, OHOH135,340-1.9%+0%
866Youngstown, OHOH423,678-2.0%+0%
867Wahpeton, NDND23,019-2.1%+0%
868Decatur, ILIL99,300-2.1%+0%
869Peru, ININ34,487-2.2%+0%
870El Dorado, ARAR36,926-2.3%+0%
871Carbondale, ILIL52,501-2.4%+0%
872Bradford, PAPA38,984-2.5%+0%
873Scranton, PAPA574,418-2.5%+0%
874Woodward, OKOK19,827-2.6%+0%
875Warren, PAPA37,038-2.6%+0%
876Van Wert, OHOH29,013-2.6%+0%
877Alexandria, LALA147,952-2.7%+0%
878Dickinson, NDND39,142-2.9%+0%
879Vernon, TXTX12,481-2.9%+0%
880Cleveland, MSMS28,262-3.0%+0%
881Bluefield, WVWV96,138-3.0%+0%
882Oil City, PAPA49,346-3.1%+0%
883Hereford, TXTX18,626-3.1%+0%
884Charleston, WVWV200,170-3.1%+0%
885Rock Springs, WYWY41,267-3.1%+0%
886Pittsfield, MAMA128,224-3.2%+0%
887Oxford, ALAL115,834-3.3%+0%
888Clarksdale, MSMS19,849-3.3%+0%
889Selma, ALAL35,140-3.7%+0%
890Wheeling, WVWV134,089-3.8%+0%
891Great Bend, KSKS24,790-4.0%+0%
892Manhattan, KSKS136,122-4.2%+0%
893Pikeville, KYKY89,122-4.3%+0%
894Elmira, NYNY80,415-4.3%+0%
895Amsterdam, NYNY50,046-4.4%+0%
896Middlesborough, KYKY22,829-4.6%+0%
897Binghamton, NYNY243,189-4.6%+0%
898Sweetwater, TXTX14,117-4.8%+0%
899Fairmont, MNMN19,440-4.9%+0%
900Danville, ILIL71,259-4.9%+0%
901Camden, ARAR26,363-5.1%+0%
902Utica, NYNY285,611-5.3%+0%
903Pampa, TXTX21,786-5.4%+0%
904Grand Forks, NDND105,046-5.5%+0%
905Johnstown, PAPA128,968-6.4%+0%
906Williston, NDND41,767-6.5%+0%
907Macomb, ILIL25,916-6.6%+0%
908Huron, SDSD19,624-6.7%+0%
909Plattsburgh, NYNY78,138-7.1%+0%
910Borger, TXTX19,633-7.1%+0%
911Greenville, MSMS40,446-7.3%+0%
912Weirton, WVWV112,468-7.4%+0%
913Morgan City, LALA46,552-7.9%+0%
914Marquette, MIMI68,064-8.8%+0%
915Andrews, TXTX18,914-9.3%+0%
916Blytheville, ARAR37,828-9.6%+0%
917Snyder, TXTX16,162-12.2%+0%
918Town of Pecos, TXTX12,138-17.1%+0%
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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES