"Top 25/Bottom 25 Counties and County Equivalents, Percent Change in Population, 2000-2001"				
				

Rank 	County/County Equivalent	"Percent Change, 2000-2001"	"Population
July 1, 2001"	"Population
April 1, 2000"

Counties/County Equivalents with the Fastest Rates of Growth				
 1 	"Douglas County, Colorado"	13.6	"199,753"	"175,766"
 2 	"Loudoun County, Virginia"	12.6	"190,903"	"169,599"
 3 	"Forsyth County, Georgia"	12.1	"110,296"	"98,407"
 4 	"Rockwall County, Texas"	11.4	"47,983"	"43,080"
 5 	"Williamson County, Texas"	11.2	"278,067"	"249,967"
 6 	"Henry County, Georgia"	11.1	"132,581"	"119,341"
 7 	"Spencer County, Kentucky"	10.8	"13,039"	"11,766"
 8 	"Flagler County, Florida"	10.3	"54,964"	"49,832"
 9 	"Collin County, Texas"	10.1	"541,403"	"491,675"
 10 	"Paulding County, Georgia"	9.9	"89,734"	"81,678"
 11 	"Newton County, Georgia"	9.8	"68,047"	"62,001"
 12 	"Scott County, Minnesota"	9.6	"98,100"	"89,498"
 13 	"Rains County, Texas"	9.5	"10,006"	"9,139"
 14 	"Lincoln County, South Dakota"	9.1	"26,322"	"24,131"
 15 	"Delaware County, Ohio"	8.9	"119,752"	"109,989"
 16 	"Tooele County, Utah"	8.4	"44,157"	"40,735"
 17 	"Wakulla County, Florida"	8.3	"24,761"	"22,863"
 18 	"Spotsylvania County, Virginia"	8.1	"97,760"	"90,395"
 18 	"Lake County, Florida"	8.1	"227,598"	"210,528"
 18 	"Placer County, California"	8.1	"268,512"	"248,399"
 18 	"Hamilton County, Indiana"	8.1	"197,477"	"182,740"
 22 	"Elbert County, Colorado"	7.9	"21,445"	"19,872"
 23 	"Stafford County, Virginia"	7.8	"99,692"	"92,446"
 23 	"Pickens County, Georgia"	7.8	"24,776"	"22,983"
 25 	"Weld County, Colorado"	7.7	"194,949"	"180,936"
 25 	"Hays County, Texas"	7.7	"105,115"	"97,589"
 25 	"Archuleta County, Colorado"	7.7	"10,659"	"9,898"
 25 	"Denton County, Texas"	7.7	"466,240"	"432,976"

Counties/County Equivalents with the Fastest Rates of Decline				
 3117 	"Sioux County, Nebraska"	-5.2	"1,399"	"1,475"
 3117 	"Cottle County, Texas"	-5.2	"1,805"	"1,904"
 3117 	"Kiowa County, Colorado"	-5.2	"1,537"	"1,622"
 3120 	"Jewell County, Kansas"	-5.3	"3,591"	"3,791"
 3121 	"Hidalgo County, New Mexico"	-5.4	"5,612"	"5,932"
 3121 	"Lander County, Nevada"	-5.4	"5,480"	"5,794"
 3123 	"Edwards County, Texas"	-5.5	"2,044"	"2,162"
 3123 	"Kent County, Texas"	-5.5	812	859
 3123 	"Sherman County, Oregon"	-5.5	"1,827"	"1,934"
 3123 	"Potter County, South Dakota"	-5.5	"2,544"	"2,693"
 3127 	"Blaine County, Nebraska"	-6.0	548	583
 3128 	"Sheridan County, North Dakota"	-6.1	"1,605"	"1,710"
 3129 	"Motley County, Texas"	-6.2	"1,338"	"1,426"
 3130 	"Jones County, South Dakota"	-6.3	"1,118"	"1,193"
 3131 	"Culberson County, Texas"	-6.8	"2,774"	"2,975"
 3132 	"Treasure County, Montana"	-6.9	802	861
 3132 	"Stonewall County, Texas"	-6.9	"1,576"	"1,693"
 3134 	"Terrell County, Texas"	-7.0	"1,005"	"1,081"
 3135 	"Borden County, Texas"	-7.1	677	729
 3136 	"Arthur County, Nebraska"	-7.4	411	444
 3136 	"Starke County, Indiana"	-7.4	"21,805"	"23,556"
 3138 	"Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska"	-7.6	"5,702"	"6,174"
 3139 	"Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska"	-8.1	"1,675"	"1,823"
 3140 	"Kalawao County, Hawaii"	-8.2	135	147
 3141 	"King County, Texas"	-10.4	319	356


"Source: Population Reference Bureau, analysis of data from U.S. Census Bureau, accessed at http://eire.census.gov/popest/data/counties/tables/CO-EST2001.csv (May 17, 2002)."