The Bay Area's population growth rate outpaced the state last year

Santa Clara County, S.F. lead Bay Area in population growth
Matthew Yi, Chronicle Staff Writer
Thursday, December 20, 2007

The Bay Area's population growth rate outpaced the state last year as the nine-county region, led by San Francisco and Santa Clara County, added nearly 90,000 new residents, according to the Department of Finance's latest data released Wednesday.

Santa Clara County saw the area's biggest gain, attracting 29,904 new residents for a 1.67 percent increase from the previous year for a population of 1.8 million as of July 1. San Francisco was second, growing by 1.4 percent to 11,327 and bringing its population to 817,537. Contra Costa County was third with 13,189 new residents, or a growth rate of 1.28 percent. It now has 1.04 million residents.

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