1 process, procedure-A process is a set or series of actions directed to some end or a natural series of changes; a procedure is a series of actions conducted in a certain manner, an established way of doing something.
April 5 2007: 10:02 AM EDT. NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Atlanta has been the fastest growing metropolitan area in the nation since 2000, with a gain of nearly 900,000 residents to 5.1 million. Also gaining more than 800,000 residents in the five-year Census Bureau report were Dallas/Ft. Worth and Houston. Phoenix gained nearly 790,000.
Conroe, Texas, a northern Houston suburb, was the fastest-growing of the 15, seeing a 7.8% increase from 2015 to 2016, a growth rate more than 11 times that of the nation.The rest of the top five fastest-growing large cities were Frisco, Texas, a northern Dallas suburb, with a 6.2% increase; McKinney, Texas, another northern Dallas suburb, saw a 5.9% increase; Greenville, S.C., ran up a 5.8% increase; and Georgetown, Texas, a northern Austin suburb, had a 5.5% increase.