N.O. tops Forbes list of fast-growing cities | #Louisiana

Katrina rebound boosts population

BY TIMOTHY BOONE

Advocate business writer

June 19, 2013

New Orleans topped a Forbes magazine list of the cities that have seen the biggest population growth since the national recession, although officials with the business magazine say the ranking is partially due to the population rebound after Hurricane Katrina.

The population of the Crescent City increased by 28.2 percent since 2007, to reach 369,250, Forbes said in an article posted on its website Tuesday. That’s well ahead of the 17.7 percent population growth that happened in the second fastest-growing city, Chula Vista, Calif.

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