Posted on 12/20/2017 9:48:25 AM PST by Steven Scharf
Idaho is Nation’s Fastest-Growing State, Census Bureau Reports December 20, 2017 Release Number: CB17-210
Idaho in Nation's Fastest-Growing State DEC. 20, 2017 — Idaho was the nation’s fastest-growing state over the last year. Its population increased 2.2 percent to 1.7 million from July 1, 2016, to July 1, 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s national and state population estimates released today.
Following Idaho for the largest percentage increases in population were: Nevada (2.0 percent), Utah (1.9 percent), Washington (1.7 percent), and Florida along with Arizona (1.6 percent).
“Domestic migration drove change in the two fastest-growing states, Idaho and Nevada, while an excess of births over deaths played a major part in the growth of the third fastest-growing state, Utah,” said Luke Rogers, Chief of the Population Estimates Branch.
The U.S. population grew by 2.3 million between July 1, 2016, and July 1, 2017, representing a 0.72 percent increase to 325.7 million. Furthermore, the population of voting-age residents (adults age 18 and over) grew to 252.1 million (77.4 percent of the 2017 total population), an increase of 0.93 percent from 2016 (249.5 million). Net international migration decreased 1.8 percent between 2016 and 2017, making it the first drop since 2012-2013. However, net international migration continues to be a significant factor in the population growth of the United States, adding just over 1.1 million people in the last year.
Eight states lost population between July 1, 2016, and July 1, 2017. Illinois had the largest numeric decline, losing 33,703 people (this was a relatively small percentage change compared to its population of 12.8 million). Wyoming had the largest percentage decline (1.0 percent). Three states that had been losing population in the previous year, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Vermont, saw slight increases.
States in the South and West continued to lead in population growth. In 2017, 38.0 percent of the nation’s population lived in the South and 23.8 percent lived in the West.
In addition to the population estimates for the 50 states and the District of Columbia, the new estimates show that Puerto Rico had an estimated population of 3.3 million, a decline from 3.4 million in 2016.
The estimates for Puerto Rico are as of July 1, 2017, and therefore do not reflect the effects of Hurricanes Irma and Maria in September 2017. The estimates for Gulf states affected by Hurricane Harvey in August 2017 and Hurricane Irma in September 2017 are also not reflected in the July 1, 2017, estimates.
““Dear, this place is wonderful, low taxes, little crime, much less micro regulation of our lives, it just needs a few more services...””
Exactly, I had a California import living next door. My jaw dropped when I heard him say almost exactly those words. I thought that was just an urban legend.
These LIB wanderers need to wander AWAY from my community. LIBs are malignancies infecting civil society everywhere.
We refer to ‘Pokey’ as the Big City.
Glad you like it...we often get to IF, but not so much Pocatello.
Merry Christmas
I figure, based on current population growth, that every day, 7 days a week, about 190 people and maybe 90 cars join the population and traffic in Maricopa County.
190 people/90 cars a day, every day. Getting very crowded.
North of Moyie Springs...yikes, you must have really gone through relocation shock!
There are few dirtbags and libs up here. I wear wool in the winter and am just fine.
At bill. That jackass mayor got shut down real quick from Sheriff Wheeler. I was about to start my diesel generator when the power came back on. My son in Naples near Ruby Ridge, got over 2 feet of snow also. He isn’t too worried about power as long as his beer doesn’t freeze.
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