Even with the economy downturn and the large number of job losses on the rise, It looks like the Carolinas are in good shape for the future. Recently The US Census came out with a list of counties in the nation that are the fastest in growth. This growth is measures by numeric growth, the number of people that populate that county; potential growth, a percentage of what the number will look like in a few years. It is also hard not to imagine that they could possibly take in to account the rise of job openings, new business and the general economy.
Census numbers released Thursday show eight North Carolina counties are among the nation’s fastest-growing. Listed below are the counties and rankings:
7th - Union County near
17th - Brunswick on the coast is 17th
29th - Cabarrus County
33rd - Wake County is the 33rd fastest-growing county among those with populations over 10,000 people.
58th - Johnston County came in at 58
71st - Pender County was 71st.
82nd - Mecklenburg County
90th - Iredell County
Other highlights of the study, which was conducted in 2006-2007, showed that 70 of the 100 fastest-growing counties were in the South, 22 in the West and eight in the Midwest. Raleigh-Cary saw its population climb 4.3 percent between July 1, 2007, and July 1, 2008, to 1.1 million. This is great news for the local area, as we continue to get rated in “Best of’s”.