Utah 5th Fastest Growing
Utah's 2 percent growth from July 1, 2004, to July 1, 2005 — raising the state's population to 2,469,585 — was double the nation's growth of 0.9 percent. The nation's estimated population was 296.4 million.
Some demographers and political analysts say Utah and other Western states, and Southern states as well, are growing so much faster than the rest of the country that several may grab House seats from the Northeast and Midwest when Congress is reapportioned in 2010.
The top five fastest-growing states were, in order: Nevada, Arizona, Idaho, Florida and Utah…
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