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3/23/2017 |
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Census estimate shows Northwest Arkansas continues to lead state in pace of population growth |
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By Jeff Della Rosa
TBP
Between 2015 and 2016, Northwest Arkansas added about 31 people per day, or an estimated 11,583 people, making it the 22nd fastest growing area out of the 382 areas in the country, according to the US Census Bureau.
The number of people living in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metropolitan statistical area rose 2% to 525,032 people, from 513,449 in 2015. The area growth represented a large portion of the population increase in the state. In Arkansas, the population rose by an estimated 10,395 people, between 2015 and 2016. Only 21 metropolitan statistical areas are growing faster than Northwest Arkansas, noted the Census data released Thursday (March 23). The pace of growth was roughly the same as between 2014-2015.
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