The US population has grown by roughly 58 million since 2000, but the nation's biggest cities aren't the only areas seeing increases.
Whether it's suburbs next to urban areas or towns that have become hot spots in their own right, all 50 states are seeing population growth in small- and medium-sized towns.
Business Insider used the latest five-year Census population estimates, covering July 1, 2020, to July 1, 2025, to calculate the population growth percentage for each state's towns and cities over the period.
Census population estimates are revised every year, so some 2020 figures differ slightly from estimates published in previous years.
To avoid municipalities with negligible populations, we considered only places with more than 1,000 residents in the 2020 population estimates. We also excluded unincorporated areas and Census-designated places belonging to a larger city.…