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Huntsville, AL MSA Regional Analytics
  -- Population & Components of Change; 2010-15

Components of Change: 7/1/2010-6/30/2015
Natural Change 8,195
  equals Births 25,595
  less Deaths 17,400
Net Migration 16,554
  equals net International Migration 3,079
  plus net Domestic Migration 13,475

The population of the Huntsville, AL MSA changed from 419,301 on 2010 to 444,752 in 2015 -- a change of 25,451 (6.07%). 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 (16,554) exceeded natural change (8,195); 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
  • Huntsville, AL 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
Limestone County, AL01083P0000001 83,163 85,557 87,321 88,870 90,612 91,663 8,500 10.22
Madison County, AL01089P0000001 336,138 339,574 342,696 346,720 350,112 353,089 16,951 5.04
Total P0000001 419,301 425,131 430,017 435,590 440,724 444,752 25,451 6.07
Table 2. Births          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Limestone County, AL01083B0000001 892 1,011 1,002 976 993 1,015 4,997 
Madison County, AL01089B0000001 3,856 4,249 4,034 4,002 4,128 4,185 20,598 
Total B0000001 4,748 5,260 5,036 4,978 5,121 5,200 25,595 
Table 3. Deaths          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Limestone County, AL01083D0000001 632 685 716 672 715 744 3,532 
Madison County, AL01089D0000001 2,408 2,716 2,575 2,890 2,787 2,900 13,868 
Total D0000001 3,040 3,401 3,291 3,562 3,502 3,644 17,400 
Table 4. Natural Change          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Limestone County, AL01083NC000001 260 326 286 304 278 271 1,465 
Madison County, AL01089NC000001 1,448 1,533 1,459 1,112 1,341 1,285 6,730 
Total NC000001 1,708 1,859 1,745 1,416 1,619 1,556 8,195 
Table 5. International Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Limestone County, AL01083MI000001 76 76 57 69 86 89 377 
Madison County, AL01089MI000001 560 530 492 500 582 598 2,702 
Total MI000001 636 606 549 569 668 687 3,079 
Table 6. Domestic Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Limestone County, AL01083MD000001 1,128 1,903 1,410 1,131 1,344 622 6,410 
Madison County, AL01089MD000001 3,120 1,409 1,173 2,195 1,416 872 7,065 
Total MD000001 4,248 3,312 2,583 3,326 2,760 1,494 13,475 
Table 7. Net Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Limestone County, AL01083MN000001 1,204 1,979 1,467 1,200 1,430 711 6,787 
Madison County, AL01089MN000001 3,680 1,939 1,665 2,695 1,998 1,470 9,767 
Total MN000001 4,884 3,918 3,132 3,895 3,428 2,181 16,554 
Table 8. Group Quarters          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg10-15%Chg 10-15
Limestone County, AL01083GQ000001 2,907 2,955 2,759 2,906 2,799 2,801 -106 -3.65
Madison County, AL01089GQ000001 8,051 7,577 7,535 7,670 7,770 7,793 -258 -3.20
Total GQ000001 10,958 10,532 10,294 10,576 10,569 10,594 -364 -3.32

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