Dover, DE MSA Regional Analytics

Dover, DE MSA Regional Analytics
-- Population & Components of Change; 2010-15

Components of Change: 7/1/2010-6/30/2015

Natural Change	3,531
equals Births	10,878
less Deaths	7,347
Net Migration	6,775
equals net International Migration	1,833
plus net Domestic Migration	4,942

The population of the Dover, DE MSA changed from 162,990 on 2010 to 173,533 in 2015 -- a change of 10,543 (6.47%). 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 (6,775) exceeded natural change (3,531); 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
• Dover, DE 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 Name	GeoID	Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	Chg 10-15	%Chg 10-15
Kent County, DE	10001	P0000001	162,990	165,242	167,611	169,385	171,773	173,533	10,543	6.47
Table 2. Births
Area Name	GeoID	Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	Sum11-15
Kent County, DE	10001	B0000001	2,276	2,196	2,173	2,147	2,166	2,196	10,878
Table 3. Deaths
Area Name	GeoID	Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	Sum11-15
Kent County, DE	10001	D0000001	1,340	1,373	1,377	1,500	1,512	1,585	7,347
Table 4. Natural Change
Area Name	GeoID	Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	Sum11-15
Kent County, DE	10001	NC000001	936	823	796	647	654	611	3,531
Table 5. International Migration
Area Name	GeoID	Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	Sum11-15
Kent County, DE	10001	MI000001	384	299	458	342	352	382	1,833
Table 6. Domestic Migration
Area Name	GeoID	Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	Sum11-15
Kent County, DE	10001	MD000001	1,208	1,046	1,121	841	1,246	688	4,942
Table 7. Net Migration
Area Name	GeoID	Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	Sum11-15
Kent County, DE	10001	MN000001	1,592	1,345	1,579	1,183	1,598	1,070	6,775
Table 8. Group Quarters
Area Name	GeoID	Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	Chg10-15	%Chg 10-15
Kent County, DE	10001	GQ000001	4,339	4,497	4,590	4,594	4,646	4,665	326	7.51

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