Livingston, Ascension housing stock among fastest growing in U.S.

From the Baton Rouge Business Report:
In what appears to be further evidence of Livingston and Ascension parishes' continued population increases, each has landed on a top 100 list of U.S. counties and parishes with the greatest housing gains between April 2010 and July 2011. Among parishes or counties with at least 5,000 housing units, Livingston Parish has the 37th fastest-growing housing stock in the United States, and Ascension Parish the 69th fastest-growing, according to new data released by the U.S. Census Bureau. Two other Louisiana parishes also made the top 100 list for housing growth, as measured between April 2010 and July 2011: Orleans Parish at 77th and Bossier Parish at 91st. Livingston's housing stock grew by 2.8% over the 16-month span in the Census Bureau report, from roughly 50,195 units to 51,607. Ascension's stock grew by 2.3%, from 40,757 to 41,702. The county with the fastest-growing housing stock is Long County, Ga., located about 60 miles southwest of Savannah. Though Long County added just 382 units, it represents a 6.3% increase as the county had just 6,030 units in April 2010. Across Louisiana, the Census Bureau reports, the number of housing units grew by 0.6% between April 2010 and July 2011, to just shy of 2 million. You can access the complete top 100 list and more details from the report here.