State Growth:
The Interior West states clearly won the national growth sweepstakes in the 1990s. Five western states, NV, AZ, UT, CO and ID, plus Georgia, stand out as growing twice as fast as the national average. Montana and Wyoming buck the western trend and grow slightly less than the 13.2% national average rate.

County Growth:
County level population growth patterns also mark the West as the nation's fastest growing region, along with parts of the Southeast and Texas. The West stands out especially because most of the Great Plains grows little or even loses population in the 1990s. The surprises in the West are those few counties that didn't grow.