Houston named fastest-growing metro in America on new Census Bureau report

Eleven major metropolitan areas, led by the Texas duo of Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth, are growing at a pace of more than 1,000 persons per week, based on population estimates issued this morning by the U.S. Census Bureau.

The federal agency released July 2016 estimates for 382 metros and 3,142 counties across the nation. Click through the slideshow to see the major metros (with populations greater than 500,000) that are growing or shrinking at the fastest weekly rates. Then scroll down to see a database that shows the 2010 and 2016 populations for all metros and counties.

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