Montgomery County Planning Department

Top 25 Fastest Growing Jurisdictions Nationwide
by Absolute Population Gain, 2000 - 2003
Rank
Jurisdiction
Pop 2000 Pop 2003
Absolute Change
1
Los Angeles County, CA 9,519,338 9,871,506 352,168
2
Maricopa County, AZ 3,072,149 3,389,260 317,111
3
Riverside County, CA 1,545,387 1,782,650 237,263
4
Clark County, NV 1,375,765 1,576,541 200,776
5
Harris County, TX 3,400,578 3,596,086
195,508
6
San Bernardino County, CA 1,709,434 1,859,678 150,244
7
San Diego County, CA 2,813,833 2,930,886 117,053
8
Tarrant County, TX 1,446,219 1,559,148 112,929
9
Orange County, CA 2,846,289 2,957,766 111,477
10
Broward County, FL 1,623,018 1,709,118 108,329
11
Sacramento County, CA 1,223,499 1,330,711 107,212
12
Collin County,TX 491,675 597,147 105,472
13
Miami-Dade County, FL 2,253,362 2,341,167 87,805
14
Palm Beach County, FL 1,131,184 1,216,282 85,098
15
Gwinnet County, GA 588,448 673,345 84,897
16
Will County, TX 502,266 586,706 84,440
17
Bexar County, TX 1,392,931 1,446,337 78,713
18
Denton County, TX 432,976 488,481 77,819
19
Hillsborough County, FL 998,948 1,053,864 74,459
20
San Joachin County, CA 563,598 632,760 69,162
21
Orange County, FL 896,344 964,865 68,521
22
Wake County, NC 627,846 695,681 67,835
23
Hidalgo County, TX 569,463 635540 66,077
24
Fort Bend, TX 354,452 419,772 65,320
25
Dallas County, TX 2,218,899 2,284,096 65,197
39
Montgomery County, MD 873,341 918,881 45,540
 Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census,current population estimates; Montgomery County Department of Park and Planning, Research and Technology Center, revised April 2004.