Opinion ID: 1817476
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 8

Heading: The City's population and internal growth

Text: ¶ 21. The City's population increased by over twelve % from 1990 to 2000, and during that same period, the number of dwelling units increased from 19,588 to 21,961. While not an overwhelming population explosion, the City's population is steadily increasing. This Court recently upheld an annexation by a city whose population growth decreased by 7.6% from 1980 to 1990. In re Extension of Boundaries of City of Winona, 879 So.2d at 993 (Dickinson, J., dissenting). Thus, we are unable to say that the special chancellor was manifestly wrong to consider the City of Pearl's twelve% population increase as a factor supporting the reasonableness of the annexation.