'Big D' area growing: Census Bureau cites 2009 population figures
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The numbers could well change when the final 2010 Census figures that lead to the distribution of such funds are delivered to the President in April of next year. But for now, Frisco (in the Dallas area), was tabbed as the fastest growing city in the country among cities with a population of more than 100,000. The city's average annual growth rate of 204 percent was also the nation's highest.
As for counties, Rockwall County (also near Dallas) was tabbed as one of the 10 fastest growing counties in the nation.
In neighboring Louisiana, the New Orleans population that was decimated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 continued its population growth. New Orleans' population grew to nearly 355,000 after an 18,000 increase in one year. However, the city has a long way to go yet to get back to its pre-Katrina population of nearly 455,000.
