Mid-Decade Census Estimates Indicate Changing Demographics

By H.H. HOWZE Fayette County is growing in population and diversity according to recently released Census Data. The statistics cover the 10 year period between full census counts in 2000 and 2010. Overall, from 2005 to 2015, the county is estimated to have grown from a population of 22,537 to a population of 25,110, an increase of 2,573 or 11.4 percent. (The counted population in the 2000 census was 21,804.)

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