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Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA MSA Regional Analytics
  -- Population & Components of Change; 2010-15

Components of Change: 7/1/2010-6/30/2015
Natural Change -3,987
  equals Births 14,978
  less Deaths 18,965
Net Migration 1,562
  equals net International Migration 292
  plus net Domestic Migration 1,270

The population of the Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA MSA changed from 309,584 on 2010 to 307,120 in 2015 -- a change of -2,464 (-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), net migration (1,562) exceeded natural change (-3,987); but outbound 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
  • Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 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
Hawkins County, TN47073P0000001 56,872 56,637 56,569 56,740 56,558 56,471 -401 -0.71
Sullivan County, TN47163P0000001 156,833 156,952 156,636 156,578 156,803 156,791 -42 -0.03
Scott County, VA51169P0000001 23,133 22,960 22,790 22,612 22,360 22,126 -1,007 -4.35
Washington County, VA51191P0000001 54,893 54,744 55,055 54,744 54,663 54,591 -302 -0.55
Bristol city, VA51520P0000001 17,853 17,815 17,812 17,515 17,339 17,141 -712 -3.99
Total P0000001 309,584 309,108 308,862 308,189 307,723 307,120 -2,464 -0.80
Table 2. Births          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Hawkins County, TN47073B0000001 516 550 532 565 527 525 2,699 
Sullivan County, TN47163B0000001 1,588 1,553 1,523 1,630 1,563 1,594 7,863 
Scott County, VA51169B0000001 252 185 217 181 193 191 967 
Washington County, VA51191B0000001 568 484 516 490 553 625 2,668 
Bristol city, VA51520B0000001 280 177 198 180 167 59 781 
Total B0000001 3,204 2,949 2,986 3,046 3,003 2,994 14,978 
Table 3. Deaths          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Hawkins County, TN47073D0000001 500 638 684 642 701 712 3,377 
Sullivan County, TN47163D0000001 1,932 1,954 1,967 2,102 1,934 1,867 9,824 
Scott County, VA51169D0000001 200 278 315 323 291 290 1,497 
Washington County, VA51191D0000001 704 578 626 635 613 590 3,042 
Bristol city, VA51520D0000001 116 269 243 247 232 234 1,225 
Total D0000001 3,452 3,717 3,835 3,949 3,771 3,693 18,965 
Table 4. Natural Change          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Hawkins County, TN47073NC000001 16 -88 -152 -77 -174 -187 -678 
Sullivan County, TN47163NC000001 -344 -401 -444 -472 -371 -273 -1,961 
Scott County, VA51169NC000001 52 -93 -98 -142 -98 -99 -530 
Washington County, VA51191NC000001 -136 -94 -110 -145 -60 35 -374 
Bristol city, VA51520NC000001 164 -92 -45 -67 -65 -175 -444 
Total NC000001 -248 -768 -849 -903 -768 -699 -3,987 
Table 5. International Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Hawkins County, TN47073MI000001 8 -7 -7 -5 -3 -2 -24 
Sullivan County, TN47163MI000001 44 16 18 20 27 28 109 
Scott County, VA51169MI000001 8 0 -3 -2 -2 -2 -9 
Washington County, VA51191MI000001 16 19 22 23 28 28 120 
Bristol city, VA51520MI000001 4 17 18 19 21 21 96 
Total MI000001 80 45 48 55 71 73 292 
Table 6. Domestic Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Hawkins County, TN47073MD000001 124 -161 95 210 22 62 228 
Sullivan County, TN47163MD000001 400 586 124 301 688 226 1,925 
Scott County, VA51169MD000001 -228 -109 -62 -38 -143 -158 -510 
Washington County, VA51191MD000001 212 -58 391 -209 -12 -152 -40 
Bristol city, VA51520MD000001 -96 46 25 -241 -123 -40 -333 
Total MD000001 412 304 573 23 432 -62 1,270 
Table 7. Net Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Hawkins County, TN47073MN000001 132 -168 88 205 19 60 204 
Sullivan County, TN47163MN000001 444 602 142 321 715 254 2,034 
Scott County, VA51169MN000001 -220 -109 -65 -40 -145 -160 -519 
Washington County, VA51191MN000001 228 -39 413 -186 16 -124 80 
Bristol city, VA51520MN000001 -92 63 43 -222 -102 -19 -237 
Total MN000001 492 349 621 78 503 11 1,562 
Table 8. Group Quarters          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg10-15%Chg 10-15
Hawkins County, TN47073GQ000001 456 456 456 456 456 456 0 0.00
Sullivan County, TN47163GQ000001 2,630 2,630 2,631 2,631 2,632 2,632 2 0.08
Scott County, VA51169GQ000001 610 708 683 707 706 706 96 15.74
Washington County, VA51191GQ000001 1,615 1,597 1,900 1,616 1,632 1,664 49 3.03
Bristol city, VA51520GQ000001 432 455 437 242 225 219 -213 -49.31
Total GQ000001 5,743 5,846 6,107 5,652 5,651 5,677 -66 -1.15

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