"Top 15 cities by percent population growth, 1990-2000" Growth Percent Growth 2000 Population 1990 Population 1990-2000 1990-2000 1 "Augusta-Richmond County, GA" "199,775" "44,639" "155,136" 347.5 2 "Gilbert, AZ" "109,697" "29,188" "80,509" 275.8 3 "Vancouver, WA" "143,560" "46,380" "97,180" 209.5 4 "Henderson, NV" "175,381" "64,942" "110,439" 170.1 5 "North Las Vegas, NV" "115,488" "47,707" "67,781" 142.1 6 "Athens-Clarke County, GA" "101,489" "45,734" "55,755" 121.9 7 "Peoria, AZ" "108,364" "50,618" "57,746" 114.1 8 "Pembroke Pines, FL" "137,427" "65,452" "71,975" 110.0 9 "Chandler, AZ" "176,581" "90,533" "86,048" 95.0 10 "Las Vegas, NV" "478,434" "258,295" "220,139" 85.2 11 "Plano, TX" "222,030" "128,713" "93,317" 72.5 12 "Palmdale, CA" "116,670" "68,842" "47,828" 69.5 13 "Corona, CA" "124,966" "76,095" "48,871" 64.2 14 "Fayetteville, NC" "121,015" "75,695" "45,320" 59.9 15 "Scottsdale, AZ" "202,705" "130,069" "72,636" 55.8 "Note: Ranking is based only on those cities with 100,000 or more people in 2000." "Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ""Census 2000 PHC-T-5. Ranking Tables for Incorporated Places of 100,000 or more: 1990 and 2000"" " "(www.census.gov/population/cen2000/phc-t5/tab04.xls, accessed May 22, 2001)."