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POPULATION GROWTH

Population growth is reported by the U.S. Census Bureau by city from 1990 through an estimate for 2016.

Greenville, South Carolina and Olympia, Washington rank #1 among our 99 top retirement cities with 20% population growth from 2000-2016. For ranking purposes, a moderate level of growth is preferable to too much or too little growth.

Population Change
2000 - 2016
	Population
	% Change	2016					2016	GPTR
City/Town	2000-2016	(est.)	2010	2000	1990	Metro Area/County	(est.)	Rank
Newport Beach, CA	23.8%	86,688	85,186	70,032	66,643	Orange county	3,172,532	15
Athens, GA	23.0%	123,371	115,452	100,266	na	Athens/Clarke county metro	205,290	14
Lynchburg, VA	22.9%	80,212	75,568	65,269	66,049	Lynchburg City	80,212	13
Bloomington, IN	21.9%	84,465	80,405	69,291	60,633	Bloomington metro	166,336	12
Vancouver, WA	21.8%	174,826	161,791	143,560	46,380	Portland/Vancouver metro	2,424,955	10
Wenatchee, WA	21.8%	33,921	31,925	27,856	21,756	Chelan county	76,338	10
Chapel Hill, NC	21.6%	59,246	57,233	48,715	38,719	Orange county	141,796	9
Middleton, WI	21.2%	19,109	17,442	15,770	13,289	Madison metro	648,929	5
Vail, CO	21.0%	5,483	5,305	4,531	3,659	Eagle county	53,989	4
Greenville, SC	20.4%	67,453	58,409	56,002	58,282	Greenville county	498,766	1
Olympia, WA	20.4%	51,202	46,478	42,514	33,840	Thurston county	275,222	1
Boise, ID	20.1%	223,154	205,671	185,787	125,738	Ada county	444,028	3
Hilton Head, SC	19.6%	40,500	37,099	33,862	23,694	Beaufort county	183,149	5
Iowa City, IA	19.6%	74,398	67,862	62,220	59,738	Johnson county	146,547	5
Casper, WY	19.5%	59,324	55,316	49,644	46,742	Natrona county	81,039	8
GPTR Rank = Moderate growth is better (Moderate defined as median of "% Change 2000-2016")
Negative change ranks lowest

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