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Akron, OH MSA Regional Analytics
  -- Population & Components of Change; 2010-15

Components of Change: 7/1/2010-6/30/2015
Natural Change 3,478
  equals Births 38,057
  less Deaths 34,579
Net Migration -1,519
  equals net International Migration 7,039
  plus net Domestic Migration -8,558

The population of the Akron, OH MSA changed from 703,119 on 2010 to 704,243 in 2015 -- a change of 1,124 (0.16%). This report provides a summary of how and why the population has changed during this period and what these factors suggest about future change.

Primary Contributing Factors to Change
The primary contributing factors resulting in population change are 1) natural change (births less deaths) and/or 2) net migration. Eight tables are presented below providing annual data for each component county of the metro and metro summary. The tables provide data on the total population, births, deaths, natural change (births less deaths), international migration, domestic migration and net migration.

From 2010 to 2015 (7/1/2010-6/30/2015), natural change (3,478) exceeded net migration (-1,519); natural change has been the primary contributing factor for the total metro population change. Examine the metro by county tables below to learn about how each county contributes to the metro population growth or decline.

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Related Sections
  • Akron, OH MSA S&O Report
  • State of the States -- all states interactive table
  • Metro S&O Reports -- all metros interactive table
  • CountyTrends 2010-2015 -- all counties interactive table
  • CountyTrends -- multi-sourced county data
  • Regional Data Analytics Main

Table 1. Population          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg 10-15%Chg 10-15
Portage County, OH39133P0000001 161,448 161,899 161,482 161,593 162,235 162,275 827 0.51
Summit County, OH39153P0000001 541,671 541,281 541,192 542,195 542,600 541,968 297 0.05
Total P0000001 703,119 703,180 702,674 703,788 704,835 704,243 1,124 0.16
Table 2. Births          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Portage County, OH39133B0000001 1,644 1,511 1,384 1,420 1,508 1,492 7,315 
Summit County, OH39153B0000001 6,252 6,067 6,170 6,162 6,184 6,159 30,742 
Total B0000001 7,896 7,578 7,554 7,582 7,692 7,651 38,057 
Table 3. Deaths          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Portage County, OH39133D0000001 1,324 1,290 1,365 1,380 1,354 1,343 6,732 
Summit County, OH39153D0000001 5,056 5,369 5,665 5,636 5,553 5,624 27,847 
Total D0000001 6,380 6,659 7,030 7,016 6,907 6,967 34,579 
Table 4. Natural Change          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Portage County, OH39133NC000001 320 221 19 40 154 149 583 
Summit County, OH39153NC000001 1,196 698 505 526 631 535 2,895 
Total NC000001 1,516 919 524 566 785 684 3,478 
Table 5. International Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Portage County, OH39133MI000001 272 326 353 379 434 431 1,923 
Summit County, OH39153MI000001 764 851 947 1,004 1,159 1,155 5,116 
Total MI000001 1,036 1,177 1,300 1,383 1,593 1,586 7,039 
Table 6. Domestic Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Portage County, OH39133MD000001 -488 -8 -804 -339 150 -511 -1,512 
Summit County, OH39153MD000001 -2,400 -1,750 -1,528 -587 -954 -2,227 -7,046 
Total MD000001 -2,888 -1,758 -2,332 -926 -804 -2,738 -8,558 
Table 7. Net Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Portage County, OH39133MN000001 -216 318 -451 40 584 -80 411 
Summit County, OH39153MN000001 -1,636 -899 -581 417 205 -1,072 -1,930 
Total MN000001 -1,852 -581 -1,032 457 789 -1,152 -1,519 
Table 8. Group Quarters          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg10-15%Chg 10-15
Portage County, OH39133GQ000001 7,914 8,075 8,029 7,898 7,863 7,876 -38 -0.48
Summit County, OH39153GQ000001 9,967 10,633 10,821 10,352 10,349 10,356 389 3.90
Total GQ000001 17,881 18,708 18,850 18,250 18,212 18,232 351 1.96

Source: developed by ProximityOne based on Census Bureau and other data.
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