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Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA MSA Regional Analytics
  -- Population & Components of Change; 2010-15

Components of Change: 7/1/2010-6/30/2015
Natural Change 994
  equals Births 8,360
  less Deaths 7,366
Net Migration 2,407
  equals net International Migration 3,662
  plus net Domestic Migration -1,255

The population of the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA MSA changed from 178,525 on 2010 to 181,747 in 2015 -- a change of 3,222 (1.80%). 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 (2,407) exceeded natural change (994); 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
  • Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA 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
Floyd County, VA51063P0000001 15,355 15,416 15,442 15,527 15,581 15,651 296 1.93
Giles County, VA51071P0000001 17,317 17,119 16,979 16,942 16,786 16,708 -609 -3.52
Montgomery County, VA51121P0000001 94,597 94,842 95,691 96,782 97,369 97,653 3,056 3.23
Pulaski County, VA51155P0000001 34,806 34,743 34,744 34,510 34,312 34,332 -474 -1.36
Radford city, VA51750P0000001 16,450 16,770 16,646 17,075 17,390 17,403 953 5.79
Total P0000001 178,525 178,890 179,502 180,836 181,438 181,747 3,222 1.80
Table 2. Births          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Floyd County, VA51063B0000001 220 160 144 150 151 145 750 
Giles County, VA51071B0000001 248 180 168 187 146 148 829 
Montgomery County, VA51121B0000001 904 858 924 920 876 898 4,476 
Pulaski County, VA51155B0000001 272 284 325 353 326 315 1,603 
Radford city, VA51750B0000001 108 131 124 129 152 166 702 
Total B0000001 1,752 1,613 1,685 1,739 1,651 1,672 8,360 
Table 3. Deaths          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Floyd County, VA51063D0000001 64 150 143 145 158 149 745 
Giles County, VA51071D0000001 132 210 211 234 200 196 1,051 
Montgomery County, VA51121D0000001 580 618 583 611 595 587 2,994 
Pulaski County, VA51155D0000001 304 408 428 479 409 399 2,123 
Radford city, VA51750D0000001 8 92 104 106 82 69 453 
Total D0000001 1,088 1,478 1,469 1,575 1,444 1,400 7,366 
Table 4. Natural Change          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Floyd County, VA51063NC000001 156 10 1 5 -7 -4 5 
Giles County, VA51071NC000001 116 -30 -43 -47 -54 -48 -222 
Montgomery County, VA51121NC000001 324 240 341 309 281 311 1,482 
Pulaski County, VA51155NC000001 -32 -124 -103 -126 -83 -84 -520 
Radford city, VA51750NC000001 100 39 20 23 70 97 249 
Total NC000001 664 135 216 164 207 272 994 
Table 5. International Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Floyd County, VA51063MI000001 4 5 1 3 4 4 17 
Giles County, VA51071MI000001 4 4 7 7 8 8 34 
Montgomery County, VA51121MI000001 488 562 599 651 730 727 3,269 
Pulaski County, VA51155MI000001 8 3 3 3 3 3 15 
Radford city, VA51750MI000001 100 67 57 63 70 70 327 
Total MI000001 604 641 667 727 815 812 3,662 
Table 6. Domestic Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Floyd County, VA51063MD000001 96 44 24 71 70 59 268 
Giles County, VA51071MD000001 8 -175 -105 21 -111 -22 -392 
Montgomery County, VA51121MD000001 -68 -532 -86 128 -379 -741 -1,610 
Pulaski County, VA51155MD000001 -164 52 101 -80 -86 107 94 
Radford city, VA51750MD000001 -28 180 -202 338 176 -107 385 
Total MD000001 -156 -431 -268 478 -330 -704 -1,255 
Table 7. Net Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Floyd County, VA51063MN000001 100 49 25 74 74 63 285 
Giles County, VA51071MN000001 12 -171 -98 28 -103 -14 -358 
Montgomery County, VA51121MN000001 420 30 513 779 351 -14 1,659 
Pulaski County, VA51155MN000001 -156 55 104 -77 -83 110 109 
Radford city, VA51750MN000001 72 247 -145 401 246 -37 712 
Total MN000001 448 210 399 1,205 485 108 2,407 
Table 8. Group Quarters          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg10-15%Chg 10-15
Floyd County, VA51063GQ000001 85 85 85 85 85 85 0 0.00
Giles County, VA51071GQ000001 136 136 136 136 136 136 0 0.00
Montgomery County, VA51121GQ000001 9,232 9,357 9,009 9,601 9,429 9,414 182 1.97
Pulaski County, VA51155GQ000001 956 995 1,096 1,153 1,150 1,148 192 20.08
Radford city, VA51750GQ000001 2,652 3,076 3,099 3,109 3,207 3,155 503 18.97
Total GQ000001 13,061 13,649 13,425 14,084 14,007 13,938 877 6.71

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