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Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY MSA Regional Analytics
  -- Population & Components of Change; 2010-15

Components of Change: 7/1/2010-6/30/2015
Natural Change 736
  equals Births 60,598
  less Deaths 59,862
Net Migration 1,113
  equals net International Migration 16,664
  plus net Domestic Migration -15,551

The population of the Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY MSA changed from 1,135,566 on 2010 to 1,135,230 in 2015 -- a change of -336 (-0.03%). 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 (1,113) exceeded natural change (736); but outbound 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
  • Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY 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
Erie County, NY36029P0000001 919,077 919,924 920,431 921,794 923,193 922,578 3,501 0.38
Niagara County, NY36063P0000001 216,489 215,669 214,767 214,214 213,449 212,652 -3,837 -1.77
Total P0000001 1,135,566 1,135,593 1,135,198 1,136,008 1,136,642 1,135,230 -336 -0.03
Table 2. Births          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Erie County, NY36029B0000001 10,220 9,774 9,816 10,023 10,000 10,098 49,711 
Niagara County, NY36063B0000001 2,172 2,164 2,165 2,204 2,163 2,191 10,887 
Total B0000001 12,392 11,938 11,981 12,227 12,163 12,289 60,598 
Table 3. Deaths          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Erie County, NY36029D0000001 9,024 9,747 9,386 9,843 9,617 9,538 48,131 
Niagara County, NY36063D0000001 2,380 2,370 2,303 2,332 2,416 2,310 11,731 
Total D0000001 11,404 12,117 11,689 12,175 12,033 11,848 59,862 
Table 4. Natural Change          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Erie County, NY36029NC000001 1,196 27 430 180 383 560 1,580 
Niagara County, NY36063NC000001 -208 -206 -138 -128 -253 -119 -844 
Total NC000001 988 -179 292 52 130 441 736 
Table 5. International Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Erie County, NY36029MI000001 2,148 2,789 2,853 3,036 3,509 3,501 15,688 
Niagara County, NY36063MI000001 172 165 192 192 214 213 976 
Total MI000001 2,320 2,954 3,045 3,228 3,723 3,714 16,664 
Table 6. Domestic Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Erie County, NY36029MD000001 -3,028 -1,473 -2,732 -1,555 -1,756 -4,381 -11,897 
Niagara County, NY36063MD000001 104 -679 -959 -576 -565 -875 -3,654 
Total MD000001 -2,924 -2,152 -3,691 -2,131 -2,321 -5,256 -15,551 
Table 7. Net Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Erie County, NY36029MN000001 -880 1,316 121 1,481 1,753 -880 3,791 
Niagara County, NY36063MN000001 276 -514 -767 -384 -351 -662 -2,678 
Total MN000001 -604 802 -646 1,097 1,402 -1,542 1,113 
Table 8. Group Quarters          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg10-15%Chg 10-15
Erie County, NY36029GQ000001 28,318 28,565 28,513 28,205 28,347 28,316 -2 -0.01
Niagara County, NY36063GQ000001 4,312 4,198 4,139 4,137 4,117 4,117 -195 -4.52
Total GQ000001 32,630 32,763 32,652 32,342 32,464 32,433 -197 -0.60

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