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Washington State University, located in Whitman County, Washington, the fastest-growing large county in the US.

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  • Whitman County, Washington, was the fastest-growing US county based on a year's worth of data.
  • The Census Bureau released population estimates for counties for July 1, 2022, along with other county data.
  • Many counties that are in the middle of US, like in Kansas, saw some decline in their population.

Southern and western counties keep growing while many northern counties in states like New York and Pennsylvania are shrinking, the latest Census population growth data suggests.

The Census Bureau released county-level population estimates for July 1, 2022, along with net migration and natural change estimates for counties, on Thursday.

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This one map shows the fastest-growing and fastest-shrinking counties in the US