The Asian population of Los Angeles and Orange counties grew by 15% between 2000 and 2005, to 1.7m.
As Westchester and Putnam Counties grew in the 1960's, 70's and 80's, pollution seeped into the water from septic fields, sewage treatment plants, roads and lawns.
Indeed, neighboring Collin and Denton counties grew by 59 percent and 53 percent, respectively; nearby Rockwall County grew by more than 80 percent and is home to Fate, the biggest boomtown in Texas' 2010 census count (it grew 1,100 percent).
"Between 2000 and 2006, the total population in small towns and rural areas increased by 3percentt, but the Hispanic population in these counties grew from 2.6 million to 3.2 million, a 22percentt increase," the authors of the study wrote.
Overall nonfarm employment in Silicon Valley, a region sprawling across 1,500 square miles over four counties, grew by more than 33,000 from the second quarter of 2005 through the second quarter of 2006, an increase of nearly 3percentt.
The number of millennials in Orange, Seminole, Lake and Osceola counties grew by 27percentt during that period.
But, most recently, "core counties in the US grew approximately 2.7% and outlying counties grew approximately 1.9% from 2010-2013.
The population peaked at more than two million residents in 1950; afterward the city's population declined while that of the neighboring suburban counties grew.
During her time with Big Brothers Big Sisters, Melissa has grown children served by over 50%, launched a workplace-mentoring program that has partnered the agency with some of the most premier corporations in the country, lead their expansion into San Bernardino and Riverside counties, grew revenue by over 100%.
Medium- and high-wheat counties grew less corn and soybeans than did low-wheat counties and had a larger rural and farm population size.
With the numbers of Latinos in the county growing and the economy weakening, some residents say there is a deepening resentment toward illegal immigrants, particularly day laborers.
