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Which Metropolitan Areas In the United States Grew the Fastest In the 1990s?

February 27, 2020 by Karen Hill

All of the fastest growing cities in the United States in the 1990s were in the West or the South.

Number one is Las Vegas, which added nearly half a million residents to its population between 1990 and 1998.

Following Las Vegas, the fastest growing cities in the United States were:

  1. Las Vegas, Nevada
  2. Laredo, Texas
  3. McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas
  4. Boise City, Idaho
  5. Naples, Florida
  6. Phoenix-Mesa, Arizona
  7. Austin-San Marcos, Texas
  8. Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, Arkansas
  9. Wilmington, North Carolina
  10. Provo-Orem, Utah

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About Karen Hill

Karen Hill is a freelance writer, editor, and columnist. Born in New York, her work has appeared in the Examiner, Yahoo News, Buzzfeed, among others.

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