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Niles-Benton Harbor, MI MSA Regional Analytics
  -- Population & Components of Change; 2010-15

Components of Change: 7/1/2010-6/30/2015
Natural Change 1,104
  equals Births 9,328
  less Deaths 8,224
Net Migration -3,184
  equals net International Migration 1,638
  plus net Domestic Migration -4,822

The population of the Niles-Benton Harbor, MI MSA changed from 156,792 on 2010 to 154,636 in 2015 -- a change of -2,156 (-1.38%). 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 (1,104) was not enough to offset outbound net migration (-3,184); 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
  • Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 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
Berrien County, MI26021P0000001 156,792 156,510 156,015 155,363 155,299 154,636 -2,156 -1.38
Table 2. Births          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Berrien County, MI26021B0000001 1,928 1,944 1,819 1,833 1,856 1,876 9,328 
Table 3. Deaths          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Berrien County, MI26021D0000001 1,708 1,613 1,674 1,654 1,659 1,624 8,224 
Table 4. Natural Change          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Berrien County, MI26021NC000001 220 331 145 179 197 252 1,104 
Table 5. International Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Berrien County, MI26021MI000001 260 280 300 321 368 369 1,638 
Table 6. Domestic Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Berrien County, MI26021MD000001 -576 -949 -950 -1,205 -527 -1,191 -4,822 
Table 7. Net Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Berrien County, MI26021MN000001 -316 -669 -650 -884 -159 -822 -3,184 
Table 8. Group Quarters          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg10-15%Chg 10-15
Berrien County, MI26021GQ000001 3,531 3,531 3,532 3,533 3,531 3,536 5 0.14

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