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Helena, MT MISA Regional Analytics
  -- Population & Components of Change; 2010-15

Components of Change: 7/1/2010-6/30/2015
Natural Change 950
  equals Births 4,215
  less Deaths 3,265
Net Migration 2,075
  equals net International Migration 223
  plus net Domestic Migration 1,852

The population of the Helena, MT MISA changed from 74,998 on 2010 to 78,063 in 2015 -- a change of 3,065 (4.09%). 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), net migration (2,075) exceeded natural change (950); 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
  • Helena, MT 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
Jefferson County, MT30043P0000001 11,393 11,433 11,382 11,497 11,552 11,645 252 2.21
Lewis and Clark County, MT30049P0000001 63,605 64,258 64,857 65,346 65,904 66,418 2,813 4.42
Total P0000001 74,998 75,691 76,239 76,843 77,456 78,063 3,065 4.09
Table 2. Births          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Jefferson County, MT30043B0000001 88 87 73 103 77 90 430 
Lewis and Clark County, MT30049B0000001 800 755 730 753 768 779 3,785 
Total B0000001 888 842 803 856 845 869 4,215 
Table 3. Deaths          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Jefferson County, MT30043D0000001 124 89 98 110 88 112 497 
Lewis and Clark County, MT30049D0000001 704 535 544 526 569 594 2,768 
Total D0000001 828 624 642 636 657 706 3,265 
Table 4. Natural Change          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Jefferson County, MT30043NC000001 -36 -2 -25 -7 -11 -22 -67 
Lewis and Clark County, MT30049NC000001 96 220 186 227 199 185 1,017 
Total NC000001 60 218 161 220 188 163 950 
Table 5. International Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Jefferson County, MT30043MI000001 8 5 3 3 3 3 17 
Lewis and Clark County, MT30049MI000001 44 43 51 33 40 39 206 
Total MI000001 52 48 54 36 43 42 223 
Table 6. Domestic Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Jefferson County, MT30043MD000001 4 6 -30 133 65 110 284 
Lewis and Clark County, MT30049MD000001 700 418 362 191 306 291 1,568 
Total MD000001 704 424 332 324 371 401 1,852 
Table 7. Net Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Jefferson County, MT30043MN000001 12 11 -27 136 68 113 301 
Lewis and Clark County, MT30049MN000001 744 461 413 224 346 330 1,774 
Total MN000001 756 472 386 360 414 443 2,075 
Table 8. Group Quarters          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg10-15%Chg 10-15
Jefferson County, MT30043GQ000001 230 230 230 230 230 230 0 0.00
Lewis and Clark County, MT30049GQ000001 1,946 1,946 1,946 1,946 1,947 1,948 2 0.10
Total GQ000001 2,176 2,176 2,176 2,176 2,177 2,178 2 0.09

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