On the Records: Texas' Suburban Growth

Seven Texas counties — Rockwall, Williamson, Collin, Hays, Fort Bend, Montgomery and Denton — are listed among the nation's 30 fastest growing areas, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates released today. They also voted for John McCain in the 2008 presidential race.

By Matt Stiles

March 23, 20101 PM Central

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Seven Texas counties — Rockwall, Williamson, Collin, Hays, Fort Bend, Montgomery and Denton — are listed among the nation's 30 fastest-growing areas, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates released today.

They are also Republican-voting counties, according to results in the 2008 general election. Sen. John McCain won these counties by a 20-point margin, well over 240,000 votes.

Here's the census list of the counties:

Rank	County	July 2009	April 2000	Growth	%
1	Kendall County, IL	104,821	54,563	50,258	92.1
2	Pinal County, AZ	340,962	179,720	161,242	89.7
3	Rockwall County, TX	81,391	43,079	38,312	88.9
4	Flagler County, FL	91,622	49,832	41,790	83.9
5	Loudoun County, VA	301,171	169,599	131,572	77.6
6	Forsyth County, GA	174,520	98,367	76,153	77.4
7	Lincoln County, SD	41,218	24,147	17,071	70.7
8	Paulding County, GA	136,655	81,613	55,042	67.4
9	Williamson County, TX	410,686	249,979	160,707	64.3
10	Douglas County, CO	288,225	175,766	112,459	64.0
11	Henry County, GA	195,370	119,338	76,032	63.7
12	Newton County, GA	99,944	62,001	37,943	61.2
13	Collin County, TX	791,631	491,772	299,859	61.0
14	Union County, NC	198,645	123,777	74,868	60.5
15	Hays County, TX	155,545	97,582	57,963	59.4
16	Fort Bend County, TX	556,870	354,452	202,418	57.1
17	Osceola County, FL	270,618	172,493	98,125	56.9
18	Franklin County, WA	77,355	49,347	28,008	56.8
19	Barrow County, GA	72,158	46,144	26,014	56.4
20	Delaware County, OH	168,708	109,992	58,716	53.4
21	Hamilton County, IN	279,287	182,740	96,547	52.8
22	Jackson County, GA	63,544	41,589	21,955	52.8
23	Lyon County, NV	52,641	34,501	18,140	52.6
24	Montgomery County, TX	447,718	293,767	153,951	52.4
25	St. Johns County, FL	187,436	123,148	64,288	52.2
26	Washington County, UT	137,473	90,354	47,119	52.1
27	Denton County, TX	658,616	432,973	225,643	52.1
28	Dallas County, IA	61,950	40,776	21,174	51.9
29	Cherokee County, GA	215,084	141,948	73,136	51.5
30	Spencer County, KY	17,737	11,766	5,971	50.7

Source: U.S. Census Bureau | Download .csv

Here's a breakdown of how they voted in the 2008 general election:

County	Name	Party	Votes	Race Total	Pct
Collin	McCain	R	184,897	293,944	63%
Collin	Obama	D	109,047	293,944	37%
Denton	McCain	R	149,935	241,095	62%
Denton	Obama	D	91,160	241,095	38%
Fort Bend	McCain	R	103,206	201,574	51%
Fort Bend	Obama	D	98,368	201,574	49%
Hays	McCain	R	29,638	58,069	51%
Hays	Obama	D	28,431	58,069	49%
Montgomery	McCain	R	119,884	156,587	77%
Montgomery	Obama	D	36,703	156,587	23%
Williamson	McCain	R	88,323	156,014	57%
Williamson	Obama	D	67,691	156,014	43%
Rockwall	McCain	R	23,300	32,066	72%
Rockwall	Obama	D	8,492	32,066	26%

Source: Texas Legislative Council | Download .csv

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