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A friend has sent you a link to an article found on FlatheadBeacon.com. To read the full text of this article online, click here: http://www.flatheadbeacon.com/articles/article/whitefish_kalispell_fastest_growing_cities_in_the_state/4415/ ARTICLE EXCERPT: HELENA – New census statistics show that Whitefish is the fastest growing Montana city since the start of the decade, while Billings remains the largest. The population of Whitefish increased by 60.6 percent from the 2000 census to 8,083 residents by the summer of 2007. But it is still only the 11th largest city in Montana. Billings, with an estimated population of nearly 102,000, topped the population list. It grew by 13.4 percent over the same time frame. The other fastest growing places by percentage are: Kalispell (42.7), Belgrade (40.5), Columbia Falls (40.3) and Bozeman (38).