Wash County Growth Slowing

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(KCPW News) After several years of record growth, Washington County's population boom seems to be cooling a bit. At six-point-one percent, the county's growth rate is still the highest in the state, but down from last year's eight and a half percent rate. Ken Sizemore of the Five County Association of Governments says it's because of housing:

"It's a function of the housing market, the fact that housing prices escalated so rapidly during the year," says Sizemore. "So it's not a function of land or water or roads. It's mainly market forces."

Sizemore says the number of housing permits issued in Washington County is on the decline, too. Based on data from utility companies, the tax commission, schools and the LDS Church, the Utah Population Estimates Committee says Washington County's current population is just shy of 135,000 people.

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