30th Fastest Growing County In the Nation
Denton County, Texas
Seat: Denton
Denton County is the 30th fastest growing county in America
based on percent of growth between January 2000 and July 2006
for all counties that began the period with more than ten thousand residents, according to recent U.S. Census Bureau
estimates.
Denton County which was established in 1846, had already grown
in population to 432,966 by the year 2000. But in the six
years that marked the beginning of the 21st Century, the
county increased the number of inhabitants by 34.9 percent
bringing the estimated total population in July 2006 to
584,238.
The astounding growth of the last six years has made Denton
County the number 6 fastest growing county in the Lone Star
State of Texas and the 30th fastest in the nation.
It is difficult to determine how the growth may have affected
the price of homes in the area but in 2000 the median cost for
a home within the 888 square mile jurisdiction of Denton
County was $133,200. |
