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Author: Real Estate Advisor The 50 fastest growing metro areas were mostly concentrated in the West and the South, with 23 of them in the West and 25 in the South, according to the latest U. S. Census Bureau's population estimates. Of the remaining two of the top 50, Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, Ark. -Mo. was the only metro area that spread over both the South and Midwest region while the lone metro area of the Midwest was Sioux Falls, S. D. It is interesting to note that there were no metro areas in the Northeast among the 50 fastest growing metro areas. The first fastest growing metro area in the Northeast region to feature in the list is York-Hanover, Pa. , at 95th rank. The U. S. Census Bureau's population estimates reveal the fastest growing metropolitan areas in the country from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006, as well as the top numeric gainers. It is an interesting fact that the top five metro areas with the largest numeric change in the last 6 years were all in the South