The U.S. Census Bureau recently released the latest population growth data by counties. We’re breaking down the nuggets dentists, optometrists, physicians, and veterinarians need to know, so when searching for your medical office space, you can leverage demographic data to pinpoint your ideal patient base and find underserved areas with high growth.
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Four of the top 10 counties with the largest numeric growth are in Texas: Harris, Collin, Tarrant, and Bexar counties. (Table 2)
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Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington had the largest numeric growth of metropolitan areas, with Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land in third and Austin-Round Rock in seventh. (Table 7)
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Two of the 10 fastest-growing metro areas in percentage growth are in Midland and Odessa, Texas. (Table 8)
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Comal, Kaufman, Midland, and Hood counties experienced the greatest percentage growth from 2017 to 2018. (Table 3)
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Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington and Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land are the fourth and fifth most populous metropolitan areas, respectively. (Table 6)
“Migration, both domestic and international, as well as natural increase contributed to the growth in each of these areas, with natural increase serving as the largest source of population growth in Dallas,” as stated by the U.S. Census Bureau.
“One interesting trend we are seeing this year is that metro areas not among the most populous are ranked in the top 10 for population growth,” said Sandra Johnson, a demographer in the Census Bureau’s Population Division. “Though no new metro areas moved into the top 10 largest areas, Phoenix, Seattle, Austin, and Orlando all experienced numeric increases in population since 2010, rivaling growth in areas with much larger populations. This trend is consistent with the overall growth we are seeing in the south and the west.”
Among the 100 fastest-growing U.S. counties with 10,000 or more population, 27 of those are located in Texas.
3. Comal County, Texas
4. Kaufman County, Texas
7. Midland County, Texas
8. Hood County, Texas
13. Rockwall County, Texas
14. Hays County, Texas
18. Williamson County, Texas
20. Kendall County, Texas
22. Wise County, Texas
24. Waller County, Texas
31. Parker County, Texas
33. Collin County, Texas
34. Rains County, Texas
39. Ellis County, Texas
43. Montgomery County, Texas
48. Ector County, Texas
55. Liberty County, Texas
66. Denton County, Texas
67. Fort Bend County, Texas
68. Andrews County, Texas
74. Hunt County, Texas
79. Reeves County, Texas
81. Ward County, Texas
86. Bastrop County, Texas
88. Johnson County, Texas
89. Chambers County, Texas
92. Atascosa County, Texas
Ten Florida counties made the top 100 list.
6. Walton County, Florida
8. Osceola County, Florida
9. St. Johns County, Florida
25. Nassau County, Florida
41. Lake County, Florida
45. Polk County, Florida
52. Sumter County, Florida
54. Santa Rosa County, Florida
70. Pasco County, Florida
98. St. Lucie County, Florida
To learn how to analyze demographic data for medical and dental office spaces, register for our upcoming webinar, “How to Leverage Demographics to Identify a Practice Location.”