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Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL MSA Regional Analytics
  -- Population & Components of Change; 2010-15

Components of Change: 7/1/2010-6/30/2015
Natural Change -1,133
  equals Births 7,656
  less Deaths 8,789
Net Migration 986
  equals net International Migration 372
  plus net Domestic Migration 614

The population of the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL MSA changed from 147,261 on 2010 to 146,950 in 2015 -- a change of -311 (-0.21%). 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 (986) exceeded natural change (-1,133); 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
  • Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 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
Colbert County, AL01033P0000001 54,514 54,443 54,472 54,471 54,480 54,354 -160 -0.29
Lauderdale County, AL01077P0000001 92,747 92,618 92,680 92,729 93,063 92,596 -151 -0.16
Total P0000001 147,261 147,061 147,152 147,200 147,543 146,950 -311 -0.21
Table 2. Births          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Colbert County, AL01033B0000001 648 605 623 589 587 573 2,977 
Lauderdale County, AL01077B0000001 956 950 893 943 935 958 4,679 
Total B0000001 1,604 1,555 1,516 1,532 1,522 1,531 7,656 
Table 3. Deaths          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Colbert County, AL01033D0000001 516 671 668 723 678 649 3,389 
Lauderdale County, AL01077D0000001 912 1,097 1,023 1,125 1,090 1,065 5,400 
Total D0000001 1,428 1,768 1,691 1,848 1,768 1,714 8,789 
Table 4. Natural Change          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Colbert County, AL01033NC000001 132 -66 -45 -134 -91 -76 -412 
Lauderdale County, AL01077NC000001 44 -147 -130 -182 -155 -107 -721 
Total NC000001 176 -213 -175 -316 -246 -183 -1,133 
Table 5. International Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Colbert County, AL01033MI000001 36 32 22 28 38 38 158 
Lauderdale County, AL01077MI000001 64 49 37 39 45 44 214 
Total MI000001 100 81 59 67 83 82 372 
Table 6. Domestic Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Colbert County, AL01033MD000001 180 -4 58 96 100 -6 244 
Lauderdale County, AL01077MD000001 56 6 152 181 475 -444 370 
Total MD000001 236 2 210 277 575 -450 614 
Table 7. Net Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Colbert County, AL01033MN000001 216 28 80 124 138 32 402 
Lauderdale County, AL01077MN000001 120 55 189 220 520 -400 584 
Total MN000001 336 83 269 344 658 -368 986 
Table 8. Group Quarters          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg10-15%Chg 10-15
Colbert County, AL01033GQ000001 474 474 474 474 474 474 0 0.00
Lauderdale County, AL01077GQ000001 1,891 1,863 2,084 2,043 2,073 2,073 182 9.62
Total GQ000001 2,365 2,337 2,558 2,517 2,547 2,547 182 7.70

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