ST. CLOUD - St. Cloud has been ranked as one of the fastest growing cities in America. The website NerdWallet ranks St. Cloud 7th in the nation in economic growth.

The rankings based on population, employment, and income list Boulder, Colorado first.

Followed by:
#2 - College Station, Texas
#3 - Lawrence, Massachusetts
#4 - Muncie, Indiana
#5 - Bloomington, Illinois
#6 - Lawrence, Kansas

The website says the St. Cloud area saw a slight tick downward in its working-age population growth, but that was offset by strong growth in employment and earnings.

NerdWallet analyzed data from over 500 of the largest American cities to find the ones with the highest overall growth rates between 2009 and 2013.

Duluth also made the list at #15.

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