"Top 15 metropolitan areas by percent population growth, 1990-2000"					
					
				Growth	Percent Growth
		2000 Population	1990 Population	1990-2000	1990-2000
1	"Las Vegas, NV--AZ"	"1,563,282"	"852,737"	"710,545"	83.3%
2	"Naples, FL "	"251,377"	"152,099"	"99,278"	65.3%
3	"Yuma, AZ "	"160,026"	"106,895"	"53,131"	49.7%
4	"McAllen--Edinburg--Mission, TX"	"569,463"	"383,545"	"185,918"	48.5%
5	"Austin--San Marcos, TX "	"1,249,763"	"846,227"	"403,536"	47.7%
6	"Fayetteville--Springdale--Rogers, AR "	"311,121"	"210,908"	"100,213"	47.5%
7	"Boise City, ID "	"432,345"	"295,851"	"136,494"	46.1%
8	"Phoenix--Mesa, AZ "	"3,251,876"	"2,238,480"	"1,013,396"	45.3%
9	"Laredo, TX "	"193,117"	"133,239"	"59,878"	44.9%
10	"Provo--Orem, UT "	"368,536"	"263,590"	"104,946"	39.8%
11	"Atlanta, GA "	"4,112,198"	"2,959,950"	"1,152,248"	38.9%
12	"Raleigh--Durham--Chapel Hill, NC "	"1,187,941"	"855,545"	"332,396"	38.9%
13	"Myrtle Beach, SC "	"196,629"	"144,053"	"52,576"	36.5%
14	"Wilmington, NC "	"233,450"	"171,269"	"62,181"	36.3%
15	"Fort Collins--Loveland, CO "	"251,494"	"186,136"	"65,358"	35.1%

Note: Metropolitan areas shown are all metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs).					
"Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ""Census 2000  PHC-T-3.  Ranking Tables for Metropolitan Areas: 1990 and 2000"" "					
"(www.census.gov/population/cen2000/phc-t3/tab05.xls, accessed May 22, 2001)."