An influx from California helped make Arizona the fastest-growing state, displacing Nevada for the first time in nearly two decades, according to census figures released yesterday.

Refugees fleeing Hurricane Katrina cost Louisiana 5 percent of its population, swelling the count in Texas and Georgia. As a result, Louisiana is likely to lose one of its seven seats in the House of Representatives, according to a study by Election Data Services, a Washington consulting firm.


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