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Salisbury, MD-DE MSA Regional Analytics
  -- Population & Components of Change; 2010-15

Components of Change: 7/1/2010-6/30/2015
Natural Change 583
  equals Births 20,769
  less Deaths 20,186
Net Migration 19,562
  equals net International Migration 5,169
  plus net Domestic Migration 14,393

The population of the Salisbury, MD-DE MSA changed from 374,783 on 2010 to 395,300 in 2015 -- a change of 20,517 (5.47%). 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 (19,562) exceeded natural change (583); net migration has been the primary contributing factor for the 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
  • Salisbury, MD-DE 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
Sussex County, DE10005P0000001 197,890 200,325 203,277 206,439 210,848 215,622 17,732 8.96
Somerset County, MD24039P0000001 26,479 26,331 26,114 26,057 25,632 25,768 -711 -2.69
Wicomico County, MD24045P0000001 98,938 100,097 100,590 101,087 101,768 102,370 3,432 3.47
Worcester County, MD24047P0000001 51,476 51,435 51,551 51,505 51,563 51,540 64 0.12
Total P0000001 374,783 378,188 381,532 385,088 389,811 395,300 20,517 5.47
Table 2. Births          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Sussex County, DE10005B0000001 2,288 2,234 2,222 2,201 2,257 2,252 11,166 
Somerset County, MD24039B0000001 260 242 274 278 252 257 1,303 
Wicomico County, MD24045B0000001 1,308 1,282 1,229 1,196 1,185 1,194 6,086 
Worcester County, MD24047B0000001 452 440 463 426 447 438 2,214 
Total B0000001 4,308 4,198 4,188 4,101 4,141 4,141 20,769 
Table 3. Deaths          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Sussex County, DE10005D0000001 1,888 2,111 2,072 2,236 2,328 2,406 11,153 
Somerset County, MD24039D0000001 384 285 233 246 289 268 1,321 
Wicomico County, MD24045D0000001 612 872 891 918 986 997 4,664 
Worcester County, MD24047D0000001 488 603 591 598 621 635 3,048 
Total D0000001 3,372 3,871 3,787 3,998 4,224 4,306 20,186 
Table 4. Natural Change          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Sussex County, DE10005NC000001 400 123 150 -35 -71 -154 13 
Somerset County, MD24039NC000001 -124 -43 41 32 -37 -11 -18 
Wicomico County, MD24045NC000001 696 410 338 278 199 197 1,422 
Worcester County, MD24047NC000001 -36 -163 -128 -172 -174 -197 -834 
Total NC000001 936 327 401 103 -83 -165 583 
Table 5. International Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Sussex County, DE10005MI000001 416 389 375 396 474 477 2,111 
Somerset County, MD24039MI000001 48 49 38 38 49 49 223 
Wicomico County, MD24045MI000001 396 484 443 485 551 551 2,514 
Worcester County, MD24047MI000001 64 63 57 64 68 69 321 
Total MI000001 924 985 913 983 1,142 1,146 5,169 
Table 6. Domestic Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Sussex County, DE10005MD000001 2,176 1,832 2,433 2,913 3,528 4,560 15,266 
Somerset County, MD24039MD000001 116 -151 -303 -123 -435 103 -909 
Wicomico County, MD24045MD000001 -256 274 -289 -320 -31 -201 -567 
Worcester County, MD24047MD000001 112 49 190 81 214 69 603 
Total MD000001 2,148 2,004 2,031 2,551 3,276 4,531 14,393 
Table 7. Net Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Sussex County, DE10005MN000001 2,592 2,221 2,808 3,309 4,002 5,037 17,377 
Somerset County, MD24039MN000001 164 -102 -265 -85 -386 152 -686 
Wicomico County, MD24045MN000001 140 758 154 165 520 350 1,947 
Worcester County, MD24047MN000001 176 112 247 145 282 138 924 
Total MN000001 3,072 2,989 2,944 3,534 4,418 5,677 19,562 
Table 8. Group Quarters          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg10-15%Chg 10-15
Sussex County, DE10005GQ000001 2,894 2,789 2,824 2,821 2,814 2,812 -82 -2.83
Somerset County, MD24039GQ000001 5,656 5,698 5,540 5,410 5,319 5,336 -320 -5.66
Wicomico County, MD24045GQ000001 4,421 4,950 4,730 4,832 4,870 4,864 443 10.02
Worcester County, MD24047GQ000001 735 729 731 719 721 721 -14 -1.90
Total GQ000001 13,706 14,166 13,825 13,782 13,724 13,733 27 0.20

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