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Austin-Round Rock, TX MSA Regional Analytics
  -- Population & Components of Change; 2010-15

Components of Change: 7/1/2010-6/30/2015
Natural Change 83,187
  equals Births 127,952
  less Deaths 44,765
Net Migration 186,078
  equals net International Migration 32,491
  plus net Domestic Migration 153,587

The population of the Austin-Round Rock, TX MSA changed from 1,727,627 on 2010 to 2,000,860 in 2015 -- a change of 273,233 (15.82%). 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), net migration (186,078) exceeded natural change (83,187); net migration has been the primary contributing factor for the 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
  • Austin-Round Rock, TX 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
Bastrop County, TX48021P0000001 74,329 75,147 74,886 76,032 78,148 80,527 6,198 8.34
Caldwell County, TX48055P0000001 38,104 38,464 38,711 39,243 39,797 40,522 2,418 6.35
Hays County, TX48209P0000001 158,275 163,291 168,571 176,114 185,096 194,739 36,464 23.04
Travis County, TX48453P0000001 1,030,431 1,062,041 1,096,661 1,121,968 1,150,996 1,176,558 146,127 14.18
Williamson County, TX48491P0000001 426,488 442,466 456,469 471,082 489,428 508,514 82,026 19.23
Total P0000001 1,727,627 1,781,409 1,835,298 1,884,439 1,943,465 2,000,860 273,233 15.82
Table 2. Births          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Bastrop County, TX48021B0000001 736 878 801 892 1,026 1,045 4,642 
Caldwell County, TX48055B0000001 460 485 453 478 468 489 2,373 
Hays County, TX48209B0000001 1,992 2,106 2,022 2,090 2,230 2,334 10,782 
Travis County, TX48453B0000001 15,440 15,637 15,589 15,855 15,967 16,327 79,375 
Williamson County, TX48491B0000001 5,992 6,130 5,981 6,052 6,240 6,377 30,780 
Total B0000001 24,620 25,236 24,846 25,367 25,931 26,572 127,952 
Table 3. Deaths          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Bastrop County, TX48021D0000001 704 564 577 623 603 632 2,999 
Caldwell County, TX48055D0000001 152 281 299 285 305 298 1,468 
Hays County, TX48209D0000001 948 842 771 869 926 924 4,332 
Travis County, TX48453D0000001 4,408 4,646 4,702 5,126 5,223 5,409 25,106 
Williamson County, TX48491D0000001 1,600 1,961 2,062 2,127 2,355 2,355 10,860 
Total D0000001 7,812 8,294 8,411 9,030 9,412 9,618 44,765 
Table 4. Natural Change          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Bastrop County, TX48021NC000001 32 314 224 269 423 413 1,643 
Caldwell County, TX48055NC000001 308 204 154 193 163 191 905 
Hays County, TX48209NC000001 1,044 1,264 1,251 1,221 1,304 1,410 6,450 
Travis County, TX48453NC000001 11,032 10,991 10,887 10,729 10,744 10,918 54,269 
Williamson County, TX48491NC000001 4,392 4,169 3,919 3,925 3,885 4,022 19,920 
Total NC000001 16,808 16,942 16,435 16,337 16,519 16,954 83,187 
Table 5. International Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Bastrop County, TX48021MI000001 8 39 33 42 55 57 226 
Caldwell County, TX48055MI000001 4 16 16 23 26 29 110 
Hays County, TX48209MI000001 128 126 125 137 174 186 748 
Travis County, TX48453MI000001 3,764 4,623 4,485 4,999 5,807 5,871 25,785 
Williamson County, TX48491MI000001 756 938 1,035 1,089 1,269 1,291 5,622 
Total MI000001 4,660 5,742 5,694 6,290 7,331 7,434 32,491 
Table 6. Domestic Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Bastrop County, TX48021MD000001 596 435 -524 784 1,586 1,831 4,112 
Caldwell County, TX48055MD000001 -100 152 80 309 352 468 1,361 
Hays County, TX48209MD000001 3,292 3,502 3,834 6,167 7,011 8,143 28,657 
Travis County, TX48453MD000001 8,876 15,245 18,635 9,176 12,309 8,885 64,250 
Williamson County, TX48491MD000001 9,980 10,148 8,959 9,997 12,154 13,949 55,207 
Total MD000001 22,644 29,482 30,984 26,433 33,412 33,276 153,587 
Table 7. Net Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Bastrop County, TX48021MN000001 604 474 -491 826 1,641 1,888 4,338 
Caldwell County, TX48055MN000001 -96 168 96 332 378 497 1,471 
Hays County, TX48209MN000001 3,420 3,628 3,959 6,304 7,185 8,329 29,405 
Travis County, TX48453MN000001 12,640 19,868 23,120 14,175 18,116 14,756 90,035 
Williamson County, TX48491MN000001 10,736 11,086 9,994 11,086 13,423 15,240 60,829 
Total MN000001 27,304 35,224 36,678 32,723 40,743 40,710 186,078 
Table 8. Group Quarters          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg10-15%Chg 10-15
Bastrop County, TX48021GQ000001 2,340 2,403 2,413 2,406 2,418 2,420 80 3.42
Caldwell County, TX48055GQ000001 3,372 3,370 3,368 3,367 3,374 3,370 -2 -0.06
Hays County, TX48209GQ000001 7,014 6,999 7,065 7,629 8,049 8,040 1,026 14.63
Travis County, TX48453GQ000001 23,041 22,943 23,157 22,861 22,957 22,930 -111 -0.48
Williamson County, TX48491GQ000001 5,106 4,999 5,143 5,254 5,386 5,389 283 5.54
Total GQ000001 40,873 40,714 41,146 41,517 42,184 42,149 1,276 3.12

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