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Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL MSA Regional Analytics
  -- Population & Components of Change; 2010-15

Components of Change: 7/1/2010-6/30/2015
Natural Change 6,259
  equals Births 17,046
  less Deaths 10,787
Net Migration 19,338
  equals net International Migration 3,307
  plus net Domestic Migration 16,031

The population of the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL MSA changed from 236,005 on 2010 to 262,172 in 2015 -- a change of 26,167 (11.09%). 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 (19,338) exceeded natural change (6,259); 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
  • Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL 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
Okaloosa County, FL12091P0000001 180,757 183,208 190,207 193,458 195,650 198,664 17,907 9.91
Walton County, FL12131P0000001 55,248 55,642 57,299 59,425 61,559 63,508 8,260 14.95
Total P0000001 236,005 238,850 247,506 252,883 257,209 262,172 26,167 11.09
Table 2. Births          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Okaloosa County, FL12091B0000001 2,440 2,610 2,671 2,596 2,845 2,836 13,558 
Walton County, FL12131B0000001 552 624 661 696 752 755 3,488 
Total B0000001 2,992 3,234 3,332 3,292 3,597 3,591 17,046 
Table 3. Deaths          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Okaloosa County, FL12091D0000001 1,264 1,512 1,500 1,618 1,683 1,718 8,031 
Walton County, FL12131D0000001 608 565 512 542 579 558 2,756 
Total D0000001 1,872 2,077 2,012 2,160 2,262 2,276 10,787 
Table 4. Natural Change          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Okaloosa County, FL12091NC000001 1,176 1,098 1,171 978 1,162 1,118 5,527 
Walton County, FL12131NC000001 -56 59 149 154 173 197 732 
Total NC000001 1,120 1,157 1,320 1,132 1,335 1,315 6,259 
Table 5. International Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Okaloosa County, FL12091MI000001 844 232 970 577 531 665 2,975 
Walton County, FL12131MI000001 60 55 58 65 77 77 332 
Total MI000001 904 287 1,028 642 608 742 3,307 
Table 6. Domestic Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Okaloosa County, FL12091MD000001 -2,392 1,160 4,750 1,667 398 1,113 9,088 
Walton County, FL12131MD000001 788 232 1,422 1,934 1,737 1,618 6,943 
Total MD000001 -1,604 1,392 6,172 3,601 2,135 2,731 16,031 
Table 7. Net Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Okaloosa County, FL12091MN000001 -1,548 1,392 5,720 2,244 929 1,778 12,063 
Walton County, FL12131MN000001 848 287 1,480 1,999 1,814 1,695 7,275 
Total MN000001 -700 1,679 7,200 4,243 2,743 3,473 19,338 
Table 8. Group Quarters          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg10-15%Chg 10-15
Okaloosa County, FL12091GQ000001 4,829 4,762 4,949 4,817 4,390 4,362 -467 -9.67
Walton County, FL12131GQ000001 2,065 2,065 2,060 2,023 2,047 1,962 -103 -4.99
Total GQ000001 6,894 6,827 7,009 6,840 6,437 6,324 -570 -8.27

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