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Lexington, NE MISA Regional Analytics
  -- Population & Components of Change; 2010-15

Components of Change: 7/1/2010-6/30/2015
Natural Change 892
  equals Births 2,022
  less Deaths 1,130
Net Migration -1,403
  equals net International Migration 335
  plus net Domestic Migration -1,738

The population of the Lexington, NE MISA changed from 26,379 on 2010 to 25,859 in 2015 -- a change of -520 (-1.97%). 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 (892) was not enough to offset outbound net migration (-1,403); 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
  • Lexington, NE 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
Dawson County, NE31047P0000001 24,335 24,296 24,055 24,086 24,024 23,886 -449 -1.85
Gosper County, NE31073P0000001 2,044 1,949 2,034 1,965 1,961 1,973 -71 -3.47
Total P0000001 26,379 26,245 26,089 26,051 25,985 25,859 -520 -1.97
Table 2. Births          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Dawson County, NE31047B0000001 368 341 391 389 392 399 1,912 
Gosper County, NE31073B0000001 8 23 26 22 20 19 110 
Total B0000001 376 364 417 411 412 418 2,022 
Table 3. Deaths          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Dawson County, NE31047D0000001 288 192 214 246 185 190 1,027 
Gosper County, NE31073D0000001 48 26 17 32 14 14 103 
Total D0000001 336 218 231 278 199 204 1,130 
Table 4. Natural Change          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Dawson County, NE31047NC000001 80 149 177 143 207 209 885 
Gosper County, NE31073NC000001 -40 -3 9 -10 6 5 7 
Total NC000001 40 146 186 133 213 214 892 
Table 5. International Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Dawson County, NE31047MI000001 76 62 54 62 75 77 330 
Gosper County, NE31073MI000001 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 
Total MI000001 76 63 55 63 76 78 335 
Table 6. Domestic Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Dawson County, NE31047MD000001 -116 -253 -481 -160 -345 -404 -1,643 
Gosper County, NE31073MD000001 40 -119 73 -51 -11 13 -95 
Total MD000001 -76 -372 -408 -211 -356 -391 -1,738 
Table 7. Net Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Dawson County, NE31047MN000001 -40 -191 -427 -98 -270 -327 -1,313 
Gosper County, NE31073MN000001 40 -118 74 -50 -10 14 -90 
Total MN000001 0 -309 -353 -148 -280 -313 -1,403 
Table 8. Group Quarters          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg10-15%Chg 10-15
Dawson County, NE31047GQ000001 299 299 300 295 298 299 0 0.00
Gosper County, NE31073GQ000001 40 40 44 41 45 44 4 10.00
Total GQ000001 339 339 344 336 343 343 4 1.18

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