US | population growth 10 Fastest-Growing Cities in US Half of them are in Texas By Evann Gastaldo Posted May 25, 2017 10:48 AM CDT Copied People dressed in green meet in downtown Conroe, Texas, to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day on March 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Conroe Courier, Ana Ramirez) Four of the top five fastest-growing US cities with populations of 50,000 or more are in Texas, according to US Census Bureau estimates released Thursday. And of the top 15, 10 are in the South, the AP reports. The top 10: Conroe, Texas: 7.8% increase from 2015 to 2016 Frisco, Texas: 6.2% McKinney, Texas: 5.9% Greenville, SC: 5.8% Georgetown, Texas: 5.5% Bend, Ore.: 4.9% Buckeye, Ariz.: 4.8% Bonita Springs, Fla.: 4.8% New Braunfels, Texas: 4.7% Murfreesboro, Tenn.: 4.7% Since the 2010 Census, large cities in the South grew, on average, 9.4%. In the West, that rate was 7.3%; in the Midwest, 3%; and in the Northeast, just 1.8%. No cities in the Northeast made the top 15. The entire list here. (Texas isn't the state that boasts the most happy cities.) Read These Next Who added bill's proposed tax on clean energy? No one knows. Soccer star Diogo Jota is killed in a car crash. Bryan Kohberger has admitted his guilt. Trump gives merch to hesitating Republicans. Report an error