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70th Fastest Growing County In the Nation Berkeley County, West Virginia Seat: Martinsburg Berkeley County is the 70th fastest growing county in the US based on rate of growth between January 2000 and July 2006 for all counties that began the century with more than ten thousand inhabitants, according to recent U.S. Census Bureau estimates. Berkeley County which was founded in 1772, grew in population to 75,905 by the year 2000. In the six years that marked the beginning of the 21st Century, the county increased the number of inhabitants by 28.5 percent bringing the estimated total population in July 2006 to 97,534. The outstanding growth of the last six years has made Berkeley County the fastest growing county in the Mountain State of West Virginia and the 70th fastest in the nation. The median value for a home within the 321 square mile jurisdiction of Berkeley County was $99,700 in 2000 but the Bureau had no statistics on home value for 2006. Determining how the rapid growth may have affected the value of homes in the area is difficult but the current auctions that follow should give some indication. |
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