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These are Georgia’s fastest growing cities, according to new U.S. Census report

By WSBTV.com News Staff
Suwanee City Hall Georgia Picture shows Suwanee City Hall at Suwanee Town Center in Suwanee on Wednesday, March 19, 2014. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM (HYOSUB SHIN / AJC/hshin@ajc.com)
By WSBTV.com News Staff

The U.S. Census Bureau released a new population report this week and Georgia has at least five cities in its top 100 “Fastest-Growing Cities" list.

The data is based on 2010 and 2019 numbers as the bureau continues to collect 2020 census data.

The census looked at how cities and towns with populations over 10,000 changed from April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2019.

These are the top 15 cities in Georgia based on the percent change.

City State National 2010 Pop. 2019 Pop. Difference % Change
Pooler 1 71 18,489 25,694 7,205 39
Woodstock 2 73 23,803 33,039 9,236 38.8
Suwanee 3 77 15,343 20,907 5,564 36.3
Grovetown 4 82 11,224 15,152 3,928 35
Sugar Hill 5 91 18,484 24,617 6,133 33.2
Decatur 6 106 19,630 25,696 6,066 30.9
Perry 7 110 13,737 17,894 4,157 30.3
Canton 8 114 23,518 30,528 7,010 29.8
Fairburn 9 125 13,100 16,768 3,668 28
Gainesville 10 134 34,035 43,232 9,197 27
Newnan 11 144 32,905 41,581 8,676 26.4
Winder 12 159 14,379 17,937 3,558 24.7
Loganville 13 169 10,412 12,880 2,468 23.7
Buford 14 176 12,562 15,522 2,960 23.6
McDonough 15 206 22,015 26,768 4,753 21.6

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It’s not just these Georgia cities that saw big population increases.

The U.S. Census Bureau says it is seeing rapid growth across the South. The region has 10 of the top 15 fastest-growing large cities with 50,000 or more.

Meanwhile in Atlanta, the city officially surpassed the 500,000 mark, according to census data. The city had 506,811 residents as of July 2019.

Want to know how a city outside the top 15 in Georgia and other states did? You can browse through the census interactive chart here.

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