Deschutes County’s pace of population growth is leading
Oregon and also ranks among the top 100 counties in the nation according to
recent statistics from the US Census Bureau.
And from the period of July 2012 through July 2013 most
of the growth was the result of new residents moving from other areas of the
country.
The Census Bureau reported that Deschutes County added 4,065
residents in the one-year period, bringing the total to 165,594.
Of
those newcomers, 3,794, or more than 93%, came from other areas. That was more
than double the newcomers arriving in the previous one-year period.
Deschutes
County’s estimated one-year population growth rate of 2.51% placed it 97th
among 3,200 counties. Washington County was second in Oregon at 1.36% growth.
Deschutes
also led the state in three-year growth at 5.21%.
