All of the 10 fastest growing counties with more than 20,000 residents between 2023 and 2024 were in five states (see Table below), according to just released Census Bureau data (Texas, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina and Arizona).

Nine of the 10 fastest growers were in the now dominant southeast region. Taxes are well below the median in each of these states and they are all right to work states.

Four of the fastest growing counties were in Texas. Kaufman County  in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area had the largest percentage increase among the metropolitan areas.

The nation’s fastest growing county was Dawson, Georgia (in suburban Atlanta), which gained 6.4%.