West Hollywood Population Grew By Nearly 1,400: Report

WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA — West Hollywood added a modest 1,366 residents between July 1, 2015, and June 30 of last year, according to numbers released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday.

In all, the city saw an increase of 2,299 residents since the official census number in 2010, according to the Census Bureau. Countywide, the city of Los Angeles had the largest population increase in the county and the second largest numeric population increase in the country. The City of Angels added 27,173 residents last year.

The increase raised Los Angeles' population at the beginning of this fiscal year to nearly 3.98 million, maintaining its rank as the nation's second-most-populous city behind New York, which has 8.5 million residents.

The largest numeric increase was Phoenix, at 32,113, for a total population of 1.6 million, putting it fifth nationally.

Eight of the top 10 fastest-growing municipalities on a percentage basis were in Texas and the Deep South.

"Overall, cities in the South continue to grow at a faster rate than any other U.S region," said Amel Toukabri, a demographer in the Census Bureau's population division.

"Since the 2010 Census, the population in large southern cities grew by an average of 9.4 percent," Toukabri said. "In comparison, cities in the West grew 7.3 percent, while cities in the Northeast and Midwest had much lower growth rates at 1.8 percent and 3 percent respectively."

Four cities in the West — Bend, Oregon; Buckeye, Arizona; Lehi, Utah; and Meridian, Idaho — were among the top 15 fastest growing. The fastest growth in California was in Irvine, at 4 percent, which was 19th nationally.

— City News Service contributed to this report. Photo via Pixabay