Milpitas amoung the fastest growing cities in America

You don't often hear about a California or Bay Area, or more specifically a Silicon Valley city being listed among the fastest growing in anything. Even though the job market in this valley is robust, the housing market is still hot (excepts the higher end homes), most of the growth going on in the country is outside of California in places like Texas. So I was surprised to see that at least one Silicon Valley city, Milpitas, CA., is listed as #8 on the U.S. Census Bureau's list.

More people are moving to Texas. In fact, the Lone Star State boasts five of the 11 fastest-growing cities over the past year, according to the Census Bureau’s annual analysis of population trends in America’s cities.


Georgetown, Texas, part of Austin’s metro area, is the nation’s fastest-growing city. Its population has surged 7.8 percent in the past year alone. Austin also is seeing booming growth in Pflugerville, which is the nation’s 11th fastest-growing city.

According to the U.S. Census, the following are the fastest-growing cities and towns between July 2014 and July 2015:

1. Georgetown, Texas: 7.8% growth
2. New Braunfels, Texas: 6.6%
3. Ankeny, Iowa: 6.5%
4. Frisco, Texas: 6.3%
5. South Jordan, Utah: 6%
6. Dublin, Calif.: 5.5%
7. Pearland, Texas: 5.3%
8. Milpitas, Calif.: 5.3%
9. Broomfield, Colo.: 5.2%
10. Mount Pleasant, S.C.: 4.7%
11. Pflugerville, Texas: 4.5%
12. Fort Myers, Fla.: 4.4%
13. Murfreesboro, Tenn.: 4.4%
14. Goodyear, Ariz.: 4.3%
15. Buckeye, Ariz.: 4.3%

The latest Census statistics show the following are the nation’s largest cities:

1. New York: 8,550,405
2. Los Angeles.: 3,971,883
3. Chicago: 2,720,546
4. Houston: 2,296,224
5. Philadelphia: 1,567,442

Source: RealtorMag Online > “Census Spots America’s Fastest Growing Cities…” BUILDER (May 19, 2016)
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