Growth Stretches Areas Of The Sun Belt...

Growth stretches areas of the Sun Belt, from the USA TODAY, reports that 2005 city population estimates released by the Census Bureau on Wednesday show that growth is shifting from large central cities that grew rapidly years ago to smaller, outlying communities in California, Texas, Arizona and Florida. Among the top gainers was Gilbert, which grew 11 percent from 2004 to 2005, ranking it the forth fastest growing city over 100,000 in population in the country. Several other Arizona cities made the list of fastest growing cities, including Chandler, Phoenix, Mesa and Scottsdale. The article shows the trend that will benefit the Metro Phoenix real estate market- that people are still moving here in large numbers. The article states that Phoenix added the most people, 44,000, from 2004 to 2005, and ranks Phoenix as the sixth largest city in population in the U.S.



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