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Great Falls, MT MSA Regional Analytics
  -- Population & Components of Change; 2010-15

Components of Change: 7/1/2010-6/30/2015
Natural Change 1,956
  equals Births 5,912
  less Deaths 3,956
Net Migration -1,207
  equals net International Migration 711
  plus net Domestic Migration -1,918

The population of the Great Falls, MT MSA changed from 81,533 on 2010 to 82,278 in 2015 -- a change of 745 (0.91%). 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 (1,956) exceeded net migration (-1,207); 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
  • Great Falls, MT 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
Cascade County, MT30013P0000001 81,533 81,772 81,767 82,367 82,268 82,278 745 0.91
Table 2. Births          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Cascade County, MT30013B0000001 1,244 1,197 1,179 1,181 1,178 1,177 5,912 
Table 3. Deaths          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Cascade County, MT30013D0000001 924 820 790 794 804 748 3,956 
Table 4. Natural Change          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Cascade County, MT30013NC000001 320 377 389 387 374 429 1,956 
Table 5. International Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Cascade County, MT30013MI000001 224 63 253 140 109 146 711 
Table 6. Domestic Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Cascade County, MT30013MD000001 264 -150 -656 39 -540 -611 -1,918 
Table 7. Net Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Cascade County, MT30013MN000001 488 -87 -403 179 -431 -465 -1,207 
Table 8. Group Quarters          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg10-15%Chg 10-15
Cascade County, MT30013GQ000001 2,562 2,475 2,476 2,539 2,526 2,526 -36 -1.41

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