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  -- Population & Components of Change; 2010-15

Components of Change: 7/1/2010-6/30/2015
Natural Change 1,502
  equals Births 6,047
  less Deaths 4,545
Net Migration -1,373
  equals net International Migration -23
  plus net Domestic Migration -1,350

The population of the Laurel, MS MISA changed from 84,804 on 2010 to 84,784 in 2015 -- a change of -20 (-0.02%). 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 (1,502) was not enough to offset outbound net migration (-1,373); 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
  • Laurel, MS 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
Jasper County, MS28061P0000001 16,988 16,798 16,539 16,481 16,546 16,569 -419 -2.47
Jones County, MS28067P0000001 67,816 67,834 68,284 68,810 68,235 68,215 399 0.59
Total P0000001 84,804 84,632 84,823 85,291 84,781 84,784 -20 -0.02
Table 2. Births          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Jasper County, MS28061B0000001 220 215 232 253 216 212 1,128 
Jones County, MS28067B0000001 860 994 953 1,015 985 972 4,919 
Total B0000001 1,080 1,209 1,185 1,268 1,201 1,184 6,047 
Table 3. Deaths          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Jasper County, MS28061D0000001 88 186 215 207 152 172 932 
Jones County, MS28067D0000001 772 666 675 712 771 789 3,613 
Total D0000001 860 852 890 919 923 961 4,545 
Table 4. Natural Change          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Jasper County, MS28061NC000001 132 29 17 46 64 40 196 
Jones County, MS28067NC000001 88 328 278 303 214 183 1,306 
Total NC000001 220 357 295 349 278 223 1,502 
Table 5. International Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Jasper County, MS28061MI000001 0 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -5 
Jones County, MS28067MI000001 -12 -15 -7 0 2 2 -18 
Total MI000001 -12 -16 -8 -1 1 1 -23 
Table 6. Domestic Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Jasper County, MS28061MD000001 -420 -226 -276 -114 -2 -5 -623 
Jones County, MS28067MD000001 152 -263 183 242 -759 -130 -727 
Total MD000001 -268 -489 -93 128 -761 -135 -1,350 
Table 7. Net Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Jasper County, MS28061MN000001 -420 -227 -277 -115 -3 -6 -628 
Jones County, MS28067MN000001 140 -278 176 242 -757 -128 -745 
Total MN000001 -280 -505 -101 127 -760 -134 -1,373 
Table 8. Group Quarters          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg10-15%Chg 10-15
Jasper County, MS28061GQ000001 87 87 87 87 87 87 0 0.00
Jones County, MS28067GQ000001 1,818 1,859 1,748 1,872 1,877 1,878 60 3.30
Total GQ000001 1,905 1,946 1,835 1,959 1,964 1,965 60 3.15

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