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Wake Forest is number twenty in Forbes
magazine’s July 16 list of the fastest
growing suburbs across the country.
The magazine took U.S.
Census data and compared the growth of
suburbs between 2000 and 2006. The
suburbs included cities, townships and
villages with more than 10,000 people in
2000.
According to the survey,
Wake Forest grew from 13,080 people in
2006 to 22,651 in 2006, a 73.2 percent
increase.
Wake Forest’s planning
department says the town’s population is
now over 25,000.
Holly Springs is number
eighteen on the list with a 74 percent
increase in the six years, from 10,017
to 17,425 people
Apex, another booming town,
is number sixty-three on the list,
growing from 21,042 to 30,208 residents,
a 43.6 percent increase.
Last month, Raleigh
officials said population estimates rank
the city as the fiftieth largest in the
country.
From July 1, 2004, to July
1, 2005, Wake County’s population grew
by 29,082, meaning about 80 people moved
in each day. |
