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Santa Rosa, CA MSA Regional Analytics
  -- Population & Components of Change; 2010-15

Components of Change: 7/1/2010-6/30/2015
Natural Change 5,597
  equals Births 25,606
  less Deaths 20,009
Net Migration 11,028
  equals net International Migration 3,024
  plus net Domestic Migration 8,004

The population of the Santa Rosa, CA MSA changed from 484,791 on 2010 to 502,146 in 2015 -- a change of 17,355 (3.58%). 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 (11,028) exceeded natural change (5,597); 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
  • Santa Rosa, CA 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
Sonoma County, CA06097P0000001 484,791 487,778 490,746 495,046 499,674 502,146 17,355 3.58
Table 2. Births          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Sonoma County, CA06097B0000001 5,684 5,310 5,045 5,067 5,068 5,116 25,606 
Table 3. Deaths          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Sonoma County, CA06097D0000001 3,796 3,869 3,850 3,907 4,209 4,174 20,009 
Table 4. Natural Change          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Sonoma County, CA06097NC000001 1,888 1,441 1,195 1,160 859 942 5,597 
Table 5. International Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Sonoma County, CA06097MI000001 412 569 477 571 690 717 3,024 
Table 6. Domestic Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Sonoma County, CA06097MD000001 1,388 988 1,350 2,383 2,879 404 8,004 
Table 7. Net Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Sonoma County, CA06097MN000001 1,800 1,557 1,827 2,954 3,569 1,121 11,028 
Table 8. Group Quarters          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg10-15%Chg 10-15
Sonoma County, CA06097GQ000001 10,229 10,415 10,727 10,720 10,757 10,424 195 1.91

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