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Billings, MT MSA Regional Analytics
  -- Population & Components of Change; 2010-15

Components of Change: 7/1/2010-6/30/2015
Natural Change 3,055
  equals Births 10,423
  less Deaths 7,368
Net Migration 5,793
  equals net International Migration 330
  plus net Domestic Migration 5,463

The population of the Billings, MT MSA changed from 159,355 on 2010 to 168,283 in 2015 -- a change of 8,928 (5.60%). 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 (5,793) exceeded natural change (3,055); 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
  • Billings, MT 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
Carbon County, MT30009P0000001 10,066 10,084 10,124 10,312 10,413 10,408 342 3.40
Golden Valley County, MT30037P0000001 883 840 842 858 852 827 -56 -6.34
Yellowstone County, MT30111P0000001 148,406 149,865 151,917 154,040 155,588 157,048 8,642 5.82
Total P0000001 159,355 160,789 162,883 165,210 166,853 168,283 8,928 5.60
Table 2. Births          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Carbon County, MT30009B0000001 92 96 82 66 75 74 393 
Golden Valley County, MT30037B0000001 0 5 7 9 5 8 34 
Yellowstone County, MT30111B0000001 1,980 1,982 2,015 1,978 2,029 1,992 9,996 
Total B0000001 2,072 2,083 2,104 2,053 2,109 2,074 10,423 
Table 3. Deaths          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Carbon County, MT30009D0000001 168 93 100 86 78 73 430 
Golden Valley County, MT30037D0000001 20 10 9 13 9 6 47 
Yellowstone County, MT30111D0000001 1,388 1,368 1,336 1,460 1,354 1,373 6,891 
Total D0000001 1,576 1,471 1,445 1,559 1,441 1,452 7,368 
Table 4. Natural Change          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Carbon County, MT30009NC000001 -76 3 -18 -20 -3 1 -37 
Golden Valley County, MT30037NC000001 -20 -5 -2 -4 -4 2 -13 
Yellowstone County, MT30111NC000001 592 614 679 518 675 619 3,105 
Total NC000001 496 612 659 494 668 622 3,055 
Table 5. International Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Carbon County, MT30009MI000001 0 -1 3 3 3 3 11 
Golden Valley County, MT30037MI000001 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Yellowstone County, MT30111MI000001 48 50 64 61 73 71 319 
Total MI000001 48 49 67 64 76 74 330 
Table 6. Domestic Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Carbon County, MT30009MD000001 28 18 52 200 105 20 395 
Golden Valley County, MT30037MD000001 16 -40 5 23 -4 -23 -39 
Yellowstone County, MT30111MD000001 1,088 782 1,303 1,453 877 692 5,107 
Total MD000001 1,132 760 1,360 1,676 978 689 5,463 
Table 7. Net Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Carbon County, MT30009MN000001 28 17 55 203 108 23 406 
Golden Valley County, MT30037MN000001 16 -40 5 23 -4 -23 -39 
Yellowstone County, MT30111MN000001 1,136 832 1,367 1,514 950 763 5,426 
Total MN000001 1,180 809 1,427 1,740 1,054 763 5,793 
Table 8. Group Quarters          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg10-15%Chg 10-15
Carbon County, MT30009GQ000001 53 53 53 53 53 53 0 0.00
Golden Valley County, MT30037GQ000001 89 89 89 89 89 89 0 0.00
Yellowstone County, MT30111GQ000001 3,695 3,698 3,701 3,695 3,695 3,695 0 0.00
Total GQ000001 3,837 3,840 3,843 3,837 3,837 3,837 0 0.00

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