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Mason City, IA MISA Regional Analytics
  -- Population & Components of Change; 2010-15

Components of Change: 7/1/2010-6/30/2015
Natural Change -103
  equals Births 2,738
  less Deaths 2,841
Net Migration -986
  equals net International Migration 156
  plus net Domestic Migration -1,142

The population of the Mason City, IA MISA changed from 51,697 on 2010 to 50,586 in 2015 -- a change of -1,111 (-2.15%). 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 (-986) and natural change (-103); were both negative and jointly contributed to the declining metro population. 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
  • Mason City, IA 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
Cerro Gordo County, IA19033P0000001 44,114 43,972 43,714 43,491 43,211 43,017 -1,097 -2.49
Worth County, IA19195P0000001 7,583 7,580 7,523 7,537 7,608 7,569 -14 -0.18
Total P0000001 51,697 51,552 51,237 51,028 50,819 50,586 -1,111 -2.15
Table 2. Births          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Cerro Gordo County, IA19033B0000001 496 479 484 442 482 471 2,358 
Worth County, IA19195B0000001 72 73 82 71 77 77 380 
Total B0000001 568 552 566 513 559 548 2,738 
Table 3. Deaths          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Cerro Gordo County, IA19033D0000001 532 463 501 465 500 495 2,424 
Worth County, IA19195D0000001 64 83 93 91 80 70 417 
Total D0000001 596 546 594 556 580 565 2,841 
Table 4. Natural Change          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Cerro Gordo County, IA19033NC000001 -36 16 -17 -23 -18 -24 -66 
Worth County, IA19195NC000001 8 -10 -11 -20 -3 7 -37 
Total NC000001 -28 6 -28 -43 -21 -17 -103 
Table 5. International Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Cerro Gordo County, IA19033MI000001 44 21 28 31 38 38 156 
Worth County, IA19195MI000001 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Total MI000001 44 21 28 31 38 38 156 
Table 6. Domestic Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Cerro Gordo County, IA19033MD000001 -156 -165 -274 -233 -284 -221 -1,177 
Worth County, IA19195MD000001 -56 4 -49 41 78 -39 35 
Total MD000001 -212 -161 -323 -192 -206 -260 -1,142 
Table 7. Net Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Cerro Gordo County, IA19033MN000001 -112 -144 -246 -202 -246 -183 -1,021 
Worth County, IA19195MN000001 -56 4 -49 41 78 -39 35 
Total MN000001 -168 -140 -295 -161 -168 -222 -986 
Table 8. Group Quarters          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg10-15%Chg 10-15
Cerro Gordo County, IA19033GQ000001 1,158 1,172 1,127 1,131 1,070 1,070 -88 -7.60
Worth County, IA19195GQ000001 90 90 83 90 90 90 0 0.00
Total GQ000001 1,248 1,262 1,210 1,221 1,160 1,160 -88 -7.05

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