Top 10 states in numeric growth: 2015 to 2016
State /2016 population /Amount of growth1. Texas /27,862,596 /432,9572. Florida /20,612,439 /367,5253. California /39,250,017 /256,0774. Washington /7,288,000 /127,7105. Arizona /6,931,071 /113,5066. North Carolina /10,146,788 /111,6027. Georgia /10,310,371 /110,9738. Colorado /5,540,545 /91,7269. Oregon /4,093,465 /68,83110. South Carolina /4,961,119 /66,285Source: U.S. Census Bureau
After near-paralysis during the worst of the recession, Americans are increasingly on the move, and a lot of them are coming to Georgia.
The state’s population grew by 110,973 between 2015 and 2016 – the seventh-largest surge in the nation, according to data collected and analyzed by the U.S. Census Bureau and released Tuesday.
By mid-2016, there were 10,310,371 people in Georgia, the bureau said.
In the past six years, Georgia has added 621,691 people – a 6.4 percent expansion of the population. That compares to a national increase in that time of 14.4 million people, a 4.7 percent increase. The U.S. population is currently at more than 325,165,000.