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Houghton, MI MISA Regional Analytics
  -- Population & Components of Change; 2010-15

Components of Change: 7/1/2010-6/30/2015
Natural Change 122
  equals Births 1,971
  less Deaths 1,849
Net Migration -524
  equals net International Migration 879
  plus net Domestic Migration -1,403

The population of the Houghton, MI MISA changed from 38,859 on 2010 to 38,548 in 2015 -- a change of -311 (-0.80%). 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 (122) was not enough to offset outbound net migration (-524); 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
  • Houghton, MI 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
Houghton County, MI26061P0000001 36,715 36,895 36,827 36,707 36,491 36,380 -335 -0.91
Keweenaw County, MI26083P0000001 2,144 2,230 2,206 2,176 2,210 2,168 24 1.12
Total P0000001 38,859 39,125 39,033 38,883 38,701 38,548 -311 -0.80
Table 2. Births          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Houghton County, MI26061B0000001 440 403 375 379 367 363 1,887 
Keweenaw County, MI26083B0000001 8 19 17 13 20 15 84 
Total B0000001 448 422 392 392 387 378 1,971 
Table 3. Deaths          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Houghton County, MI26061D0000001 256 363 348 367 341 338 1,757 
Keweenaw County, MI26083D0000001 4 22 19 18 19 14 92 
Total D0000001 260 385 367 385 360 352 1,849 
Table 4. Natural Change          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Houghton County, MI26061NC000001 184 40 27 12 26 25 130 
Keweenaw County, MI26083NC000001 4 -3 -2 -5 1 1 -8 
Total NC000001 188 37 25 7 27 26 122 
Table 5. International Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Houghton County, MI26061MI000001 136 147 163 176 197 196 879 
Keweenaw County, MI26083MI000001 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Total MI000001 136 147 163 176 197 196 879 
Table 6. Domestic Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Houghton County, MI26061MD000001 44 -13 -263 -321 -433 -374 -1,404 
Keweenaw County, MI26083MD000001 -36 51 -22 -16 35 -47 1 
Total MD000001 8 38 -285 -337 -398 -421 -1,403 
Table 7. Net Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Houghton County, MI26061MN000001 180 134 -100 -145 -236 -178 -525 
Keweenaw County, MI26083MN000001 -36 51 -22 -16 35 -47 1 
Total MN000001 144 185 -122 -161 -201 -225 -524 
Table 8. Group Quarters          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg10-15%Chg 10-15
Houghton County, MI26061GQ000001 2,715 2,851 2,961 3,009 3,018 3,076 361 13.30
Keweenaw County, MI26083GQ000001 10 10 10 10 10 10 0 0.00
Total GQ000001 2,725 2,861 2,971 3,019 3,028 3,086 361 13.25

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