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Census: Austin area's population keeps climbing

Here's something a little offbeat, especially since Austin is somewhat of an "oddball tech mecca".

Via The Austin Business Journal.

The Austin area was one of the country's fastest-growing metropolitan areas from 2000 to 2003, according to new figures from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The five-county area went from 1.25 million residents in 2000 to 1.378 million in 2003, for a gain of 10.2 percent. That growth rate was the 14th largest among U.S. metro areas during that period, the Census Bureau says in a report released Thursday.

Suburbs in the Austin area, particularly in Williamson and Hays counties, have experienced a population boom in recent years.

posted by Fergie @ 9/22/2005 08:19:00 AM