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Bowling Green, KY MSA Regional Analytics
  -- Population & Components of Change; 2010-15

Components of Change: 7/1/2010-6/30/2015
Natural Change 3,209
  equals Births 10,226
  less Deaths 7,017
Net Migration 6,084
  equals net International Migration 2,584
  plus net Domestic Migration 3,500

The population of the Bowling Green, KY MSA changed from 159,154 on 2010 to 168,436 in 2015 -- a change of 9,282 (5.83%). 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 (6,084) exceeded natural change (3,209); 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
  • Bowling Green, KY 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
Allen County, KY21003P0000001 20,033 20,168 20,240 20,293 20,436 20,640 607 3.03
Butler County, KY21031P0000001 12,719 12,763 12,791 12,802 12,879 12,938 219 1.72
Edmonson County, KY21061P0000001 12,192 12,267 12,135 12,083 12,031 12,007 -185 -1.52
Warren County, KY21227P0000001 114,210 115,518 116,936 118,844 120,601 122,851 8,641 7.57
Total P0000001 159,154 160,716 162,102 164,022 165,947 168,436 9,282 5.83
Table 2. Births          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Allen County, KY21003B0000001 268 246 238 266 266 274 1,290 
Butler County, KY21031B0000001 144 143 145 145 186 182 801 
Edmonson County, KY21061B0000001 104 110 98 97 103 101 509 
Warren County, KY21227B0000001 1,476 1,445 1,478 1,568 1,545 1,590 7,626 
Total B0000001 1,992 1,944 1,959 2,076 2,100 2,147 10,226 
Table 3. Deaths          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Allen County, KY21003D0000001 76 216 204 225 215 236 1,096 
Butler County, KY21031D0000001 60 154 154 135 130 114 687 
Edmonson County, KY21061D0000001 72 124 122 143 131 140 660 
Warren County, KY21227D0000001 640 906 918 968 890 892 4,574 
Total D0000001 848 1,400 1,398 1,471 1,366 1,382 7,017 
Table 4. Natural Change          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Allen County, KY21003NC000001 192 30 34 41 51 38 194 
Butler County, KY21031NC000001 84 -11 -9 10 56 68 114 
Edmonson County, KY21061NC000001 32 -14 -24 -46 -28 -39 -151 
Warren County, KY21227NC000001 836 539 560 600 655 698 3,052 
Total NC000001 1,144 544 561 605 734 765 3,209 
Table 5. International Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Allen County, KY21003MI000001 4 8 7 8 9 9 41 
Butler County, KY21031MI000001 16 33 22 24 24 24 127 
Edmonson County, KY21061MI000001 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 
Warren County, KY21227MI000001 360 431 435 468 538 540 2,412 
Total MI000001 380 472 465 501 572 574 2,584 
Table 6. Domestic Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Allen County, KY21003MD000001 80 102 30 32 96 155 415 
Butler County, KY21031MD000001 24 6 15 -26 2 -21 -24 
Edmonson County, KY21061MD000001 96 57 -109 -1 -13 0 -66 
Warren County, KY21227MD000001 496 382 428 775 594 996 3,175 
Total MD000001 696 547 364 780 679 1,130 3,500 
Table 7. Net Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Allen County, KY21003MN000001 84 110 37 40 105 164 456 
Butler County, KY21031MN000001 40 39 37 -2 26 3 103 
Edmonson County, KY21061MN000001 96 57 -108 0 -12 1 -62 
Warren County, KY21227MN000001 856 813 863 1,243 1,132 1,536 5,587 
Total MN000001 1,076 1,019 829 1,281 1,251 1,704 6,084 
Table 8. Group Quarters          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg10-15%Chg 10-15
Allen County, KY21003GQ000001 197 197 197 197 197 197 0 0.00
Butler County, KY21031GQ000001 203 203 203 203 203 203 0 0.00
Edmonson County, KY21061GQ000001 351 349 351 358 352 352 1 0.28
Warren County, KY21227GQ000001 6,260 6,310 6,142 6,433 6,314 6,316 56 0.89
Total GQ000001 7,011 7,059 6,893 7,191 7,066 7,068 57 0.81

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