Official US 2010 Census Results

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• Washington

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far less rapidly than suburban Seattle areas like Marysville (137%)

I'm sorry, but I find that idea hilarious.

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far less rapidly than suburban Seattle areas like Marysville (137%)

I'm sorry, but I find that idea hilarious.

Which idea is hilarious?  Marysville is the fastest-growing city in the state in percentage terms.  Granted, its 2000 base population was much lower than most - but even so, it picked up more residents than any city except Seattle and Renton.  It jumped from the state's 36th largest city to its 15th.

Snohomish County (17.7%) grew at a faster rate than King, Pierce or the state as a whole.

No, no. I don’t doubt you. I’ve just lived in or near Marysville (about 15 minutes west of) for most of my life, and my dad used to work for the City of Marysville as their finance director once upon a time, and the notion that Marysville is a Seattle suburb is a strange one to me. If anything, it's a suburb (sorta, it's complicated) of Everett.

Also, on the population growth, a good chunk of that growth in Marysville was from annexations of surrounding suburban areas that were previously unincorporated. It did grow, and quite a bit, don’t get me wrong, it’s just a bit inflated.

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Question for the northwesterners: why is Deschutes county (Bend, OR) growing so fast?

I'm not an expert on Bend, but I believe it's a combination of it being the big town near the Mt. Bachelor ski resort area and because it's seen a jump in retirees settling in.

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Question for the northwesterners: why is Deschutes county (Bend, OR) growing so fast?

I think you're seeing the same type of thing that partially drove growth in places like Montrose, Grand Junction and Eagle County, Colorado.  Bend is an outdoorsy lifestyle town that attracts both retirees and outdoor enthusiasts.  Tourism is its number one industry.  (Grand Junction also had a bit of an oil and gas play, though).

Also, its 2000 base population isn't as high as someplace like Portland, which makes the percentage growth higher than it would otherwise be.  But the city did have the second-highest population increase after Portland, and the county the third-highest after the two largest Portland-area counties.

That's pretty much my interpretation on the matter.

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Is Forest County, PA a typo or did the population really double while every county around it lost population?