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Big Stone Gap, VA MISA Regional Analytics
  -- Population & Components of Change; 2010-15

Components of Change: 7/1/2010-6/30/2015
Natural Change -292
  equals Births 3,311
  less Deaths 3,603
Net Migration -2,346
  equals net International Migration 89
  plus net Domestic Migration -2,435

The population of the Big Stone Gap, VA MISA changed from 61,455 on 2010 to 58,772 in 2015 -- a change of -2,683 (-4.37%). 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 (-2,346) and natural change (-292); were both negative and jointly contributed to the declining metro population. 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
  • Big Stone Gap, VA MISA 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
Dickenson County, VA51051P0000001 15,870 15,763 15,670 15,459 15,306 15,115 -755 -4.76
Wise County, VA51195P0000001 41,616 41,427 40,889 40,664 39,952 39,718 -1,898 -4.56
Norton city, VA51720P0000001 3,969 4,015 4,046 4,014 4,023 3,939 -30 -0.76
Total P0000001 61,455 61,205 60,605 60,137 59,281 58,772 -2,683 -4.37
Table 2. Births          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Dickenson County, VA51051B0000001 156 178 184 174 156 166 858 
Wise County, VA51195B0000001 528 447 412 470 434 436 2,199 
Norton city, VA51720B0000001 64 53 47 58 47 49 254 
Total B0000001 748 678 643 702 637 651 3,311 
Table 3. Deaths          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Dickenson County, VA51051D0000001 308 195 212 198 188 188 981 
Wise County, VA51195D0000001 352 483 490 540 461 461 2,435 
Norton city, VA51720D0000001 44 41 45 42 33 26 187 
Total D0000001 704 719 747 780 682 675 3,603 
Table 4. Natural Change          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Dickenson County, VA51051NC000001 -152 -17 -28 -24 -32 -22 -123 
Wise County, VA51195NC000001 176 -36 -78 -70 -27 -25 -236 
Norton city, VA51720NC000001 20 12 2 16 14 23 67 
Total NC000001 44 -41 -104 -78 -45 -24 -292 
Table 5. International Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Dickenson County, VA51051MI000001 8 4 3 3 3 3 16 
Wise County, VA51195MI000001 4 1 2 7 7 7 24 
Norton city, VA51720MI000001 8 12 8 9 10 10 49 
Total MI000001 20 17 13 19 20 20 89 
Table 6. Domestic Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Dickenson County, VA51051MD000001 56 -106 -65 -177 -114 -153 -615 
Wise County, VA51195MD000001 356 -171 -469 -167 -682 -183 -1,672 
Norton city, VA51720MD000001 44 12 21 -50 -15 -116 -148 
Total MD000001 456 -265 -513 -394 -811 -452 -2,435 
Table 7. Net Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Dickenson County, VA51051MN000001 64 -102 -62 -174 -111 -150 -599 
Wise County, VA51195MN000001 360 -170 -467 -160 -675 -176 -1,648 
Norton city, VA51720MN000001 52 24 29 -41 -5 -106 -99 
Total MN000001 476 -248 -500 -375 -791 -432 -2,346 
Table 8. Group Quarters          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg10-15%Chg 10-15
Dickenson County, VA51051GQ000001 339 381 414 444 442 441 102 30.09
Wise County, VA51195GQ000001 3,222 3,175 2,938 3,008 2,920 3,028 -194 -6.02
Norton city, VA51720GQ000001 68 68 68 68 68 68 0 0.00
Total GQ000001 3,629 3,624 3,420 3,520 3,430 3,537 -92 -2.54

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