I don't know what is happening in your city, but in the Atlanta Metro Area, population growth was slower than normal for the second consecutive year and we only added 31,500 residents from 4/1/2009 to 4/2/2010. To put that in perspective, the Atlanta Metropolitian Area is 4,155,800 people which is larger than the population in 24 states. 
The area averaged more than 77,000 new residents the first 7 years of this decade and the current growth rate is slower than that of the 1950's. To see the entire charts and information issued by the Atlanta Regional Commission go to the Atlanta regional website
The Atlanta Regional Commission cites the slow down in the economy resulting in people not taking new jobs and the deterioration of the housing market creating problems for sellers to sell their homes. Chart 2 of the report tells the whole story. You can really see the dip in the numbers here.
According to the Census Bureau Population Growth is slowing from 1.1 percent to .54 percent over the next six decades. The projections for the United States can be found on this summary page of the Census Website
In the 90's, Atlanta and Georgia was one of the hottest growing Markets in the US. Are all the markets announcing slowing?? Only time will tell. What is the report in your local market?
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