The Marietta Daily Journal – Census Bureau Cobb growing faster than Georgia average

KENNESAW — Population estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau show Cobb and each of its six cities are growing faster than the state average, but lag behind other metro counties.

From 2010 to 2013, the new population estimates released in May show the county went from 688,078 residents to 717,190, a 4.2 percent increase.

That is a slightly faster rate of growth than the average for the entire state. Georgia expanded from 9,687,653 residents to 9,992,167, a 3.1 percent increase.

Tom Scott, a retired Kennesaw State University history professor who has lived in Cobb since 1968, said he remembers when the county saw double-digit growth for decades, especially during a boom in the 1990s when the net gain was more than 30 percent.

Then, Scott said, from 2000 to 2010, the growth slowed down. Now, the numbers are ticking back up.

via The Marietta Daily Journal – Census Bureau Cobb growing faster than Georgia average.