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FIVE CALIF. CITIES ON LIST OF FASTED-GROWING; VICTORVILLE IS SECOND IN THE NATION

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Real Estate Agent with Liberty Investment Group

While there are signs of a slowdown in migration to the West and sunbelt region, California continues to see steady population growth, placing five cities on the list of the 25 fastest-growing large municipalities in the country between 2006 and 2007, according to new population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau.

According to the report, Victorville, Calif. saw a population increase of 9.5 percent to 107,232 in 2007, putting the San Bernardino County city second on the list of the nation's fastest-growing large cities with populations of 100,000 or more. New Orleans ranked number one on the list, with a population increase of 13.8 percent to 239,124 after a seeing its population in 2005 dwindle to half in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

The other four California cities that made the list are Bakersfield; Irvine; Moreno Valley; and Visalia.