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Grand Island, NE MSA Regional Analytics
  -- Population & Components of Change; 2010-15

Components of Change: 7/1/2010-6/30/2015
Natural Change 2,361
  equals Births 6,058
  less Deaths 3,697
Net Migration 653
  equals net International Migration 1,696
  plus net Domestic Migration -1,043

The population of the Grand Island, NE MSA changed from 82,057 on 2010 to 85,066 in 2015 -- a change of 3,009 (3.67%). 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 (2,361) exceeded net migration (653); natural change 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
  • Grand Island, NE 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
Hall County, NE31079P0000001 58,814 59,586 60,333 60,854 61,509 61,680 2,866 4.87
Hamilton County, NE31081P0000001 9,120 9,073 9,021 9,107 9,109 9,190 70 0.77
Howard County, NE31093P0000001 6,267 6,304 6,308 6,347 6,366 6,409 142 2.27
Merrick County, NE31121P0000001 7,856 7,735 7,799 7,791 7,767 7,787 -69 -0.88
Total P0000001 82,057 82,698 83,461 84,099 84,751 85,066 3,009 3.67
Table 2. Births          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Hall County, NE31079B0000001 888 933 899 905 998 988 4,723 
Hamilton County, NE31081B0000001 88 89 99 111 98 103 500 
Howard County, NE31093B0000001 80 63 73 81 76 82 375 
Merrick County, NE31121B0000001 92 86 77 99 98 100 460 
Total B0000001 1,148 1,171 1,148 1,196 1,270 1,273 6,058 
Table 3. Deaths          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Hall County, NE31079D0000001 420 568 514 528 471 504 2,585 
Hamilton County, NE31081D0000001 64 81 75 79 87 77 399 
Howard County, NE31093D0000001 12 60 65 77 56 51 309 
Merrick County, NE31121D0000001 128 83 82 85 75 79 404 
Total D0000001 624 792 736 769 689 711 3,697 
Table 4. Natural Change          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Hall County, NE31079NC000001 468 365 385 377 527 484 2,138 
Hamilton County, NE31081NC000001 24 8 24 32 11 26 101 
Howard County, NE31093NC000001 68 3 8 4 20 31 66 
Merrick County, NE31121NC000001 -36 3 -5 14 23 21 56 
Total NC000001 524 379 412 427 581 562 2,361 
Table 5. International Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Hall County, NE31079MI000001 300 327 299 319 360 360 1,665 
Hamilton County, NE31081MI000001 0 2 3 3 3 3 14 
Howard County, NE31093MI000001 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 
Merrick County, NE31121MI000001 0 1 2 3 3 3 12 
Total MI000001 300 331 305 326 367 367 1,696 
Table 6. Domestic Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Hall County, NE31079MD000001 64 88 74 -202 -225 -706 -971 
Hamilton County, NE31081MD000001 8 -52 -79 58 -8 44 -37 
Howard County, NE31093MD000001 -84 34 -4 38 0 20 88 
Merrick County, NE31121MD000001 44 -132 67 -19 -48 9 -123 
Total MD000001 32 -62 58 -125 -281 -633 -1,043 
Table 7. Net Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Hall County, NE31079MN000001 364 415 373 117 135 -346 694 
Hamilton County, NE31081MN000001 8 -50 -76 61 -5 47 -23 
Howard County, NE31093MN000001 -84 35 -3 39 1 21 93 
Merrick County, NE31121MN000001 44 -131 69 -16 -45 12 -111 
Total MN000001 332 269 363 201 86 -266 653 
Table 8. Group Quarters          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg10-15%Chg 10-15
Hall County, NE31079GQ000001 1,118 1,118 1,121 1,130 1,140 1,130 12 1.07
Hamilton County, NE31081GQ000001 124 124 129 125 118 117 -7 -5.65
Howard County, NE31093GQ000001 35 35 40 40 42 70 35 100.00
Merrick County, NE31121GQ000001 197 197 197 195 196 196 -1 -0.51
Total GQ000001 1,474 1,474 1,487 1,490 1,496 1,513 39 2.65

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