Kiryas Yoel, has grown faster than any other community in New York state from 2000 through 2006, according to census data released yesterday – and reported by the Patriot News.
Kiryas Yoel grew by 51%, to 20,071 residents from 13,273, over the six-year period.
The Census Bureau provided population estimates for 615 incorporated places in New York state; The New York Times calculated the rate of growth for each community from 2000 through 2006.
Generally, the communities that grew the most during that period were small villages. After Kiryas Yoel, the next fastest-growing community was New Square.
In absolute terms, NYC had the largest growth of any community in the state, gaining 196,076 residents, or 2%, between 2000 and 2006, but in raw terms, Kiryas Yoel, with a gain of 6,798 residents, was second to NYC in growth. New Square had a gain of 2,228 residents.
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charlie, they are almost complete building the water pipeline (despite Woodbury’s anti-semitic opposition, as they ended up doing it on private land the village purchased.)