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Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR MSA Regional Analytics
  -- Population & Components of Change; 2010-15

Components of Change: 7/1/2010-6/30/2015
Natural Change 17,627
  equals Births 48,973
  less Deaths 31,346
Net Migration 11,515
  equals net International Migration 5,054
  plus net Domestic Migration 6,461

The population of the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR MSA changed from 702,416 on 2010 to 731,612 in 2015 -- a change of 29,196 (4.16%). 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 (17,627) exceeded net migration (11,515); natural change 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
  • Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR 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
Faulkner County, AR05045P0000001 114,057 116,308 118,566 119,409 120,878 121,552 7,495 6.57
Grant County, AR05053P0000001 17,890 17,958 18,037 18,059 18,115 18,102 212 1.19
Lonoke County, AR05085P0000001 68,711 69,437 70,102 70,783 71,488 71,645 2,934 4.27
Perry County, AR05105P0000001 10,455 10,394 10,336 10,340 10,239 10,189 -266 -2.54
Pulaski County, AR05119P0000001 383,628 386,827 388,984 391,352 392,490 392,664 9,036 2.36
Saline County, AR05125P0000001 107,675 109,918 111,755 114,284 115,750 117,460 9,785 9.09
Total P0000001 702,416 710,842 717,780 724,227 728,960 731,612 29,196 4.16
Table 2. Births          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Faulkner County, AR05045B0000001 1,560 1,586 1,573 1,520 1,535 1,567 7,781 
Grant County, AR05053B0000001 184 191 210 218 178 190 987 
Lonoke County, AR05085B0000001 924 980 964 957 955 957 4,813 
Perry County, AR05105B0000001 124 116 104 100 105 104 529 
Pulaski County, AR05119B0000001 5,700 5,800 5,654 5,656 5,497 5,514 28,121 
Saline County, AR05125B0000001 1,152 1,309 1,331 1,415 1,311 1,376 6,742 
Total B0000001 9,644 9,982 9,836 9,866 9,581 9,708 48,973 
Table 3. Deaths          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Faulkner County, AR05045D0000001 964 806 831 905 862 854 4,258 
Grant County, AR05053D0000001 140 194 192 183 173 174 916 
Lonoke County, AR05085D0000001 412 602 604 638 598 604 3,046 
Perry County, AR05105D0000001 192 103 127 122 129 115 596 
Pulaski County, AR05119D0000001 3,484 3,388 3,409 3,773 3,471 3,545 17,586 
Saline County, AR05125D0000001 1,024 910 917 1,035 1,067 1,015 4,944 
Total D0000001 6,216 6,003 6,080 6,656 6,300 6,307 31,346 
Table 4. Natural Change          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Faulkner County, AR05045NC000001 596 780 742 615 673 713 3,523 
Grant County, AR05053NC000001 44 -3 18 35 5 16 71 
Lonoke County, AR05085NC000001 512 378 360 319 357 353 1,767 
Perry County, AR05105NC000001 -68 13 -23 -22 -24 -11 -67 
Pulaski County, AR05119NC000001 2,216 2,412 2,245 1,883 2,026 1,969 10,535 
Saline County, AR05125NC000001 128 399 414 380 244 361 1,798 
Total NC000001 3,428 3,979 3,756 3,210 3,281 3,401 17,627 
Table 5. International Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Faulkner County, AR05045MI000001 92 72 121 123 139 144 599 
Grant County, AR05053MI000001 4 9 8 8 10 10 45 
Lonoke County, AR05085MI000001 148 83 152 112 115 128 590 
Perry County, AR05105MI000001 0 1 2 3 3 3 12 
Pulaski County, AR05119MI000001 716 515 754 677 737 766 3,449 
Saline County, AR05125MI000001 64 54 66 71 84 84 359 
Total MI000001 1,024 734 1,103 994 1,088 1,135 5,054 
Table 6. Domestic Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Faulkner County, AR05045MD000001 2,488 1,332 1,374 100 662 -233 3,235 
Grant County, AR05053MD000001 100 60 55 -24 46 -49 88 
Lonoke County, AR05085MD000001 728 284 170 263 185 -360 542 
Perry County, AR05105MD000001 140 -80 -38 33 -114 -32 -231 
Pulaski County, AR05119MD000001 420 418 -815 -277 -1,402 -2,631 -4,707 
Saline County, AR05125MD000001 1,832 1,562 1,331 2,329 1,140 1,172 7,534 
Total MD000001 5,708 3,576 2,077 2,424 517 -2,133 6,461 
Table 7. Net Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Faulkner County, AR05045MN000001 2,580 1,404 1,495 223 801 -89 3,834 
Grant County, AR05053MN000001 104 69 63 -16 56 -39 133 
Lonoke County, AR05085MN000001 876 367 322 375 300 -232 1,132 
Perry County, AR05105MN000001 140 -79 -36 36 -111 -29 -219 
Pulaski County, AR05119MN000001 1,136 933 -61 400 -665 -1,865 -1,258 
Saline County, AR05125MN000001 1,896 1,616 1,397 2,400 1,224 1,256 7,893 
Total MN000001 6,732 4,310 3,180 3,418 1,605 -998 11,515 
Table 8. Group Quarters          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg10-15%Chg 10-15
Faulkner County, AR05045GQ000001 4,230 4,277 4,347 4,366 4,448 4,450 220 5.20
Grant County, AR05053GQ000001 143 143 143 143 143 143 0 0.00
Lonoke County, AR05085GQ000001 572 572 572 572 572 572 0 0.00
Perry County, AR05105GQ000001 152 152 152 152 152 152 0 0.00
Pulaski County, AR05119GQ000001 7,980 8,437 8,454 8,631 8,599 8,756 776 9.72
Saline County, AR05125GQ000001 1,447 1,424 1,412 1,370 1,390 1,422 -25 -1.73
Total GQ000001 14,524 15,005 15,080 15,234 15,304 15,495 971 6.69

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