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Great Bend, KS MISA Regional Analytics
  -- Population & Components of Change; 2010-15

Components of Change: 7/1/2010-6/30/2015
Natural Change 342
  equals Births 1,843
  less Deaths 1,501
Net Migration -906
  equals net International Migration 5
  plus net Domestic Migration -911

The population of the Great Bend, KS MISA changed from 27,682 on 2010 to 27,103 in 2015 -- a change of -579 (-2.09%). 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), natural change (342) was not enough to offset outbound net migration (-906); 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
  • Great Bend, KS 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
Barton County, KS20009P0000001 27,682 27,684 27,526 27,426 27,258 27,103 -579 -2.09
Table 2. Births          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Barton County, KS20009B0000001 328 386 371 371 365 350 1,843 
Table 3. Deaths          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Barton County, KS20009D0000001 284 328 310 278 288 297 1,501 
Table 4. Natural Change          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Barton County, KS20009NC000001 44 58 61 93 77 53 342 
Table 5. International Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Barton County, KS20009MI000001 32 3 -3 -2 3 4 5 
Table 6. Domestic Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Barton County, KS20009MD000001 -36 -71 -215 -177 -246 -202 -911 
Table 7. Net Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Barton County, KS20009MN000001 -4 -68 -218 -179 -243 -198 -906 
Table 8. Group Quarters          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg10-15%Chg 10-15
Barton County, KS20009GQ000001 672 672 672 672 672 672 0 0.00

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