“Georgetown, Texas is the fastest growing city by rate of change in 2022 and has the highest growth rate of all U.S. cities and towns with a population of 50,000 or more. It wasn’t the only city to hold that honor for the rest of the year.” said Crystal Delve, a statistician with the Census Bureau’s Population Division. “Despite its recent population decline, New York remains the largest city in the United States. With 8.3 million people, it is second only to the next largest city, Los Angeles, which has a population of about 4 million people. It was more than double.”

The 14.4% increase in population in Georgetown, Texas was followed by a 12.5% ​​increase in Santa Cruz, California, adding about 7,000 people. His next three fastest growing cities were also in Texas: Kyle, Leander and Little Elm.

Texas was the only state with three or more cities included in both the numerical change and rate of change lists of the 15 fastest growing large cities and towns. Fort Worth, Texas, will have the most population growth in 2022, with an increase of 19,170. Phoenix, Arizona (19,053); San Antonio, Texas (18,889); Seattle, Washington (17,749); and Charlotte, North Carolina (15,217) rounded out the top five cities with increasing numbers.