Original sentence: As the population of East Baton Rouge Parish grows, Zachary is increasingly transforming itself from a country town to an affluent suburb of Baton Rouge.Census Bureau released a population count for East Baton Rouge Parish, done in July 2006 but released in Mach 2007 which includes Baker, Louisiana and Zachary and found that only 19,264 displaced citizens remain in East Baton Rouge Parish which dismisses all claims about Zachary's "intensifying" growth with only a small portion of displaced citizens remaining and many still consider themselves "temporary" as they wait for federal recovery cash to return to their homes in the New Orleans metropolitan area or other Gulf Coast regions.However, the U.Land prices in Zachary have increased dramatically in recent years because of this, and, as of 2006, the displacement caused by Hurricane Katrina is expected to intensify this even more as former residents of New Orleans neighborhoods move northward
Edited sentence: A population survey completed in March 2007 suggest that New Orleans is once again the state's largest city as it's population shot up 14 percent during the seven months following the Census Bureau's population count.After Hurricane Katrina, Zachary, as well as other areas of East Baton Rouge saw population growth as residents evacuated from flooded areas around the the Gulf Coast and many believed they were going to remain there permanently with about 200,000 evacuees residing in EBR immediately after Katrina, however the U.As the population of East Baton Rouge grew, Zachary increasingly transformed itself from a country town to an affluent suburb of Baton Rouge.Census Bureau released a population count for East Baton Rouge Parish, completed in July 2006 but released in Mach 2007 which includes Baker, Louisiana and Zachary and found that only 19,000 displaced citizens remain in East Baton Rouge Parish (which is a decrease of 181,000 people) which dismisses all claims about Zachary growing "intensely" with only a small portion of displaced citizens remaining and many still consider themselves "temporary" as they wait for federal recovery cash to return to their homes in the New Orleans metropolitan area or other Gulf Coast regions.Land prices in Zachary have increased dramatically in recent years because of this, but it can also be attributed to higher construction cost due to Hurricane Katrina