Texas' Sun Belt Suburbs Experience Rapid Growth Amid COVID Easing.

Census Bureau data shows that six of the top 10 largest-growing counties in the US in 2022 were in Texas, with Maricopa County, Arizona being the largest gainer. The shift in money, people, and power to the Sun Belt, propelled by COVID, is continuing even as the pandemic eases. Big cities lost fewer residents last year as more immigrants moved in, while the suburbs of big cities and small and medium-size metropolitan areas continued to claim most of the country's growth.