population growth: Get A Historical Perspective
- 04/21/07 04:17 AM
I received the following comment last week on one of my older posts about Treasure Valley population growth: I live in Idaho (think McCall) and love it. I am currently attending college outside the state, but I frequently return home to visit. My favorite aspect of returning home to my beautiful state is seeing the sprawling development that is occurring all around. I am constantly impressed by the speed worthless scenic land can be turned into extensive housing tracks. Once productive and fertile farmland does far more for the state's culture and economy when it serves as the foundation for popular (0 comments)
population growth: Treasure Valley Population Growth
- 03/24/07 05:18 AM
Earlier this week the Census Bureau released new figures for population growth in U.S. counties. It has previously released figures that show that Arizona, Nevada, and Idaho were the three fastest growing states by percentage increase in the United States between mid 2005 and mid 2006 (3.6, 3.5, and 2.6 percent). Idaho has been the third fastest growing state for two years in a row now. The county numbers released this week show Ada county to be the fourth fastest growing county in the state, by percentage. Ada's growth of 13,617 last year was a 3.9 percent increase. Valley county (think McCall) (7 comments)