"Census results show Hall is steadily growing"
In population estimates released today, the U.S. Census Bureau shows that Hall grew by 33 percent between 2000 and July 1, 2008, marking it as the nation’s 85th fastest-growing county. Hall housed 184,814 people in 2008, up from 178,620 in 2007, a 3.5 percent increase. The county grew 4.2 percent from 2006, when it had 171,444, according to the census numbers. "I am not surprised by these numbers," said Frank Norton, a real estate executive who monitors growth and economic trends. "They continue to (be) a little lower than our internal projections. We think the county is somewhere between 195,000 and 200,000 people." He added, "The Census is still playing a little bit of catch-up with the undercount we had in 2000, when they counted about 26,000 Hispanics. The (actual) number is substantially higher than that." Also, "we still have some degree of housing permits happening — many of those in South Hall and many of those are residents moving in (from outside Hall) instead of across the county.'"
