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Columbus, MS MISA Regional Analytics
  -- Population & Components of Change; 2010-15

Components of Change: 7/1/2010-6/30/2015
Natural Change 1,140
  equals Births 3,995
  less Deaths 2,855
Net Migration -1,197
  equals net International Migration 486
  plus net Domestic Migration -1,683

The population of the Columbus, MS MISA changed from 59,800 on 2010 to 59,710 in 2015 -- a change of -90 (-0.15%). 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), natural change (1,140) was not enough to offset outbound net migration (-1,197); outbound net migration has been the primary contributing factor for the total 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
  • Columbus, MS 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
Lowndes County, MS28087P0000001 59,800 59,567 59,623 59,843 59,750 59,710 -90 -0.15
Table 2. Births          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Lowndes County, MS28087B0000001 700 789 805 796 813 792 3,995 
Table 3. Deaths          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Lowndes County, MS28087D0000001 544 589 557 565 583 561 2,855 
Table 4. Natural Change          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Lowndes County, MS28087NC000001 156 200 248 231 230 231 1,140 
Table 5. International Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Lowndes County, MS28087MI000001 120 42 147 102 92 103 486 
Table 6. Domestic Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Lowndes County, MS28087MD000001 -200 -454 -344 -134 -375 -376 -1,683 
Table 7. Net Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Lowndes County, MS28087MN000001 -80 -412 -197 -32 -283 -273 -1,197 
Table 8. Group Quarters          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg10-15%Chg 10-15
Lowndes County, MS28087GQ000001 1,318 1,372 1,334 1,319 1,418 1,423 105 7.97

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