Compared to the 433,000 residents Texas added in 2016, 60,500 new Utahans might seem like nothing. But the figure was enough to push Utah to the top of the heap of the fastest-growing US states, based on percentage increases in population, per Census data. The top 10:
- Utah: 2.03%
- Nevada: 1.95%
- Idaho: 1.83%
- Florida: 1.82%
- Washington: 1.78%
- Oregon: 1.71%
- Colorado: 1.68%
- Arizona: 1.66%
- District of Columbia: 1.61%
- Texas: 1.58%
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