County Grows by 4.4 Percent

County Grows by 4.4 Percent

Solano County has grown by an estimated 17,167 residents since 2000, a 4.4 percent gain that ranks it 19 in popuation of counties in California, according to estimates released recently by the U.S. Census Bureau.

The bureau estimates Solano County's population at 411,680 as of July 1, 2006, an increase of just 894 residents since July 1, 2005.

The estimates are part of a nationwide county population survey by the Bureau which found that Maricopa County, Ariz., which gained 696,000 residents between 2000 and 2006, showed the largest population gain in the nation.