Local News in Brief : Santa Clarita Valley Has Top Growth Rate
For the fourth straight year, the Santa Clarita Valley was the fastest-growing region in Los Angeles County, narrowly outpacing the Antelope Valley in 1988, according to a new report.
Palmdale was the county’s fastest-growing city, registering a whopping growth rate of 229% from 1980 to 1988, the Los Angeles County Department of Regional Planning said. The city grew from a population of 12,277 to 40,419 last year.
The total population of the county grew by 930,000 residents from 1980 to 1988, reaching 8.4 million, an increase of 12.4%. That was the largest population gain of any county in the United States during the 1980s, the report said.
The Santa Clarita Valley’s population jumped from 79,015 to 132,700, an increase of 68%.
Close behind was the Antelope Valley, which grew 65.7%, from 107,079 residents in 1980 to 177,500 in 1988.
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