New figures from the US Census Bureau were released to day and Texas was the 6^th fastest growing state in the union over the past year based on percentage growth. Texas , the nation’s second most populous state grew by 1.7% from 22,471,000 to 22,860,000. New York , the third most populous continues to shrink with a loss of .1%. New York ’s population now stands at 19,255,000. California remains number one but its growth rate slowed to .8%. The Golden State now has 36,132,000 people. Overall the US population rose by .9% to 296.4 million.

The South and West again monopolized the list of the fastest-growing states: Idaho , Florida , Utah , Georgia , Texas , North Carolina , Delaware and Oregon rounded out the top 10. Oregon replaced New Mexico on the list of the top 10 fastest-growing states this year. The South now accounts for 36 percent of the nation’s total population, with the West comprising 23 percent, the Midwest 22 percent and the Northeast 18 percent. The South recorded both the largest numerical population increase (1.5 million) and the fastest rate of growth (1.4 percent) among regions between 2004 and 2005.

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