Nine of the 15 fastest-growing cities in the U.S. are in the South, according to new U.S. Census data. For the second year in a row, Georgetown, Texas, topped the list of most rapidly expanding ...

The South as Epicenter of Rural Growth. In 2024, America gained population across every type of geography, from the nation’s largest cities to the countryside’s smallest towns. But that growth was ...

In 1950, the Northeast contained 28% of the U.S. population, while the six-state South contained a mere 16%. By 1996, the six-state South’s share of the population already exceeded the Northeast ...

While the US has experienced a population slowdown in recent years, the South has the highest birth rate of any region, per BofA. And people who were born in the region tend to stick around ...