Mighty micropolitan - Twin Falls, Jerome counties rank 13th in growth among small urban areas

March 28, 2008

A regional economy fueled by manufacturing and the dairy industry has made the counties of Twin Falls and Jerome one of the nation's fastest-growing small urban areas.

According to U.S. Census Bureau estimates, the population of the two-county area grew by more than 2,200 between June 2006 and June 2007. The Census Bureau reported the population of the two-county area grew 2.4 percent to more than 93,000.

That made the Twin Falls and Jerome micropolitan area the 13th fastest-growing of 576 micropolitan areas nationwide.

By Joshua Palmer Times-News writer

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