Va. population growth continues at slower rate
By Ashley Woodard and Stephanie Kassab | January 26, 2007Virginia's population continued to grow in 2006, reaching 7.6 million in July, but it did so at a lower rate than in previous years, according to a recent annual study conducted by the University's Weldon Cooper Center. The study found Loudoun County to be the fastest-growing demographic area, with a population increase of 59 percent, followed by Manassas Park City with a 35 percent increase, said Mike Spar, research assistant at the Weldon Cooper Center. Qian Cai, director of the Weldon Cooper Center, explained that there are three components to population change: birth rate, death rate and migration.
