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Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA MSA Regional Analytics
  -- Population & Components of Change; 2010-15

Components of Change: 7/1/2010-6/30/2015
Natural Change 33,818
  equals Births 65,966
  less Deaths 32,148
Net Migration 14,331
  equals net International Migration 10,927
  plus net Domestic Migration 3,404

The population of the Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA MSA changed from 868,170 on 2010 to 915,312 in 2015 -- a change of 47,142 (5.43%). 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 (33,818) exceeded net migration (14,331); 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
  • Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 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
Harrison County, IA19085P0000001 14,927 14,796 14,522 14,417 14,337 14,265 -662 -4.43
Mills County, IA19129P0000001 15,056 15,010 14,846 14,854 14,754 14,844 -212 -1.41
Pottawattamie County, IA19155P0000001 93,368 93,463 92,897 92,828 93,207 93,671 303 0.32
Cass County, NE31025P0000001 25,263 25,264 25,161 25,369 25,496 25,512 249 0.99
Douglas County, NE31055P0000001 518,664 524,677 531,554 537,994 543,985 550,064 31,400 6.05
Sarpy County, NE31153P0000001 159,755 162,667 165,875 169,437 172,291 175,692 15,937 9.98
Saunders County, NE31155P0000001 20,862 20,884 20,824 20,908 20,932 21,016 154 0.74
Washington County, NE31177P0000001 20,275 20,263 20,294 20,217 20,265 20,248 -27 -0.13
Total P0000001 868,170 877,024 885,973 896,024 905,267 915,312 47,142 5.43
Table 2. Births          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Harrison County, IA19085B0000001 176 142 146 147 169 168 772 
Mills County, IA19129B0000001 120 157 152 155 152 138 754 
Pottawattamie County, IA19155B0000001 1,312 1,250 1,203 1,153 1,219 1,223 6,048 
Cass County, NE31025B0000001 284 314 259 284 283 270 1,410 
Douglas County, NE31055B0000001 8,336 8,126 8,336 8,481 8,445 8,497 41,885 
Sarpy County, NE31153B0000001 2,536 2,592 2,607 2,520 2,575 2,556 12,850 
Saunders County, NE31155B0000001 280 268 234 235 221 227 1,185 
Washington County, NE31177B0000001 216 198 207 201 228 228 1,062 
Total B0000001 13,260 13,047 13,144 13,176 13,292 13,307 65,966 
Table 3. Deaths          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Harrison County, IA19085D0000001 244 200 176 189 144 167 876 
Mills County, IA19129D0000001 72 143 157 152 120 125 697 
Pottawattamie County, IA19155D0000001 920 837 868 889 915 932 4,441 
Cass County, NE31025D0000001 376 224 217 219 237 233 1,130 
Douglas County, NE31055D0000001 3,676 3,734 3,724 3,998 3,814 3,713 18,983 
Sarpy County, NE31153D0000001 568 786 796 876 889 910 4,257 
Saunders County, NE31155D0000001 132 193 174 190 201 180 938 
Washington County, NE31177D0000001 112 164 151 190 158 163 826 
Total D0000001 6,100 6,281 6,263 6,703 6,478 6,423 32,148 
Table 4. Natural Change          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Harrison County, IA19085NC000001 -68 -58 -30 -42 25 1 -104 
Mills County, IA19129NC000001 48 14 -5 3 32 13 57 
Pottawattamie County, IA19155NC000001 392 413 335 264 304 291 1,607 
Cass County, NE31025NC000001 -92 90 42 65 46 37 280 
Douglas County, NE31055NC000001 4,660 4,392 4,612 4,483 4,631 4,784 22,902 
Sarpy County, NE31153NC000001 1,968 1,806 1,811 1,644 1,686 1,646 8,593 
Saunders County, NE31155NC000001 148 75 60 45 20 47 247 
Washington County, NE31177NC000001 104 34 56 11 70 65 236 
Total NC000001 7,160 6,766 6,881 6,473 6,814 6,884 33,818 
Table 5. International Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Harrison County, IA19085MI000001 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Mills County, IA19129MI000001 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 
Pottawattamie County, IA19155MI000001 24 23 39 48 57 59 226 
Cass County, NE31025MI000001 8 6 4 5 6 6 27 
Douglas County, NE31055MI000001 1,184 1,378 1,572 1,688 1,948 1,960 8,546 
Sarpy County, NE31153MI000001 452 189 558 409 410 477 2,043 
Saunders County, NE31155MI000001 8 14 14 14 17 17 76 
Washington County, NE31177MI000001 0 1 1 2 2 2 8 
Total MI000001 1,684 1,612 2,188 2,166 2,440 2,521 10,927 
Table 6. Domestic Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Harrison County, IA19085MD000001 40 -69 -248 -72 -96 -82 -567 
Mills County, IA19129MD000001 -48 -59 -159 10 -127 87 -248 
Pottawattamie County, IA19155MD000001 444 -291 -946 -401 88 112 -1,438 
Cass County, NE31025MD000001 184 -83 -153 129 70 -3 -40 
Douglas County, NE31055MD000001 356 482 709 296 -273 -377 837 
Sarpy County, NE31153MD000001 1,180 877 873 1,595 703 1,251 5,299 
Saunders County, NE31155MD000001 172 -80 -134 31 -8 7 -184 
Washington County, NE31177MD000001 68 -38 -27 -91 -18 -81 -255 
Total MD000001 2,396 739 -85 1,497 339 914 3,404 
Table 7. Net Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Harrison County, IA19085MN000001 40 -69 -248 -72 -96 -82 -567 
Mills County, IA19129MN000001 -40 -58 -159 10 -127 87 -247 
Pottawattamie County, IA19155MN000001 468 -268 -907 -353 145 171 -1,212 
Cass County, NE31025MN000001 192 -77 -149 134 76 3 -13 
Douglas County, NE31055MN000001 1,540 1,860 2,281 1,984 1,675 1,583 9,383 
Sarpy County, NE31153MN000001 1,632 1,066 1,431 2,004 1,113 1,728 7,342 
Saunders County, NE31155MN000001 180 -66 -120 45 9 24 -108 
Washington County, NE31177MN000001 68 -37 -26 -89 -16 -79 -247 
Total MN000001 4,080 2,351 2,103 3,663 2,779 3,435 14,331 
Table 8. Group Quarters          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg10-15%Chg 10-15
Harrison County, IA19085GQ000001 283 283 275 272 277 277 -6 -2.12
Mills County, IA19129GQ000001 608 606 608 607 608 608 0 0.00
Pottawattamie County, IA19155GQ000001 2,076 2,184 2,201 2,213 2,272 2,273 197 9.49
Cass County, NE31025GQ000001 297 297 298 281 298 298 1 0.34
Douglas County, NE31055GQ000001 12,188 12,105 12,401 12,434 12,527 12,556 368 3.02
Sarpy County, NE31153GQ000001 1,277 1,280 1,099 1,111 1,063 1,083 -194 -15.19
Saunders County, NE31155GQ000001 335 335 337 336 337 341 6 1.79
Washington County, NE31177GQ000001 535 535 533 525 525 529 -6 -1.12
Total GQ000001 17,599 17,625 17,752 17,779 17,907 17,965 366 2.08

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