The U.S. population rate was little changed from 2006, but several
fast-growing states slowed.
States where population
growth has slowed are vulnerable to steeper price drops for housing and falling
state and local revenue to support school and other public construction. “In Maricopa
County, the largest in Arizona, a ‘large percentage’ of the one million
single-family homeowners will see their houses reassessed at lower rates in
February, said Keith Russell, the county assessor,” the New York
Times reported on Sunday.