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Originally Posted by JuanHunt
Dude, I posted the same link. The margin of error on the 2006 estimate is almost 6000, so that is NOT A FACT and FACTS are what you asked for.
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Huntsville's population is growing and at a faster rate than any of the large cities in the state. Educate yourself and go back to post 1 and read through all the posts and try and catch up. Are you an Al.com naysayer.
Blame ALDOT for the road woes, this has been well documented.
By TAYLOR BRIGHT
Times Montgomery Bureau
tbright@htimes.com
MONTGOMERY - It hasn't taken BRAC to make Huntsville and Madison County grow briskly.
Between 2000 and 2005, Huntsville added more people than any city in Alabama, according to the latest U.S. Census estimates.
In a state where many of the urban hubs are losing population, Huntsville and Madison, which ranked third in the number of people added, continue to grow.
According to numbers released Wednesday, Huntsville added 6,727 people in the last five years - an increase of 4.2 percent.
Madison added 6,567 people in the last five years, an increase of 22.4 percent.
"Huntsville and Madison are perennially the fastest-growing cities in Alabama," said Annette Watters, manager of the Alabama State Data Center at the University of Alabama.
After Huntsville, Madison was behind only Auburn, which added 6,620 people, in the number of people who moved to town since 2000.
Overall, Huntsville's population increased to more than 166,000.
As well as Huntsville did, Madison County did even better.
"There are a lot of attractive places to live in Madison County that are not inside the city limits of Huntsville," Watters said.
The county grew by 7.7 percent, increasing to 298,192 people.
Watters said the area will continue to grow, especially with the announcement of the Base Realignment and Closure Commission transfers. Redstone Arsenal is set to gain 4,700 Department of Defense jobs from BRAC moves, and another 5,000 contractor jobs are expected to follow.
"The recent BRAC announcements are really going to keep it in a high growth mode for the rest of the decade," Watters said.