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Springfield, MA MSA Regional Analytics
  -- Population & Components of Change; 2010-15

Components of Change: 7/1/2010-6/30/2015
Natural Change 5,090
  equals Births 32,481
  less Deaths 27,391
Net Migration 4,163
  equals net International Migration 18,873
  plus net Domestic Migration -14,710

The population of the Springfield, MA MSA changed from 623,424 on 2010 to 631,982 in 2015 -- a change of 8,558 (1.37%). 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 (5,090) exceeded net migration (4,163); 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
  • Springfield, MA 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
Hampden County, MA25013P0000001 464,146 465,857 466,569 467,524 469,566 470,690 6,544 1.41
Hampshire County, MA25015P0000001 159,278 160,137 160,406 160,856 161,106 161,292 2,014 1.26
Total P0000001 623,424 625,994 626,975 628,380 630,672 631,982 8,558 1.37
Table 2. Births          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Hampden County, MA25013B0000001 5,312 5,535 5,426 5,364 5,284 5,344 26,953 
Hampshire County, MA25015B0000001 1,208 1,125 1,121 1,085 1,098 1,099 5,528 
Total B0000001 6,520 6,660 6,547 6,449 6,382 6,443 32,481 
Table 3. Deaths          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Hampden County, MA25013D0000001 4,264 4,238 4,203 4,445 4,249 4,203 21,338 
Hampshire County, MA25015D0000001 1,088 1,202 1,150 1,278 1,209 1,214 6,053 
Total D0000001 5,352 5,440 5,353 5,723 5,458 5,417 27,391 
Table 4. Natural Change          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Hampden County, MA25013NC000001 1,048 1,297 1,223 919 1,035 1,141 5,615 
Hampshire County, MA25015NC000001 120 -77 -29 -193 -111 -115 -525 
Total NC000001 1,168 1,220 1,194 726 924 1,026 5,090 
Table 5. International Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Hampden County, MA25013MI000001 1,792 2,689 2,805 2,745 3,373 3,380 14,992 
Hampshire County, MA25015MI000001 600 672 708 761 871 869 3,881 
Total MI000001 2,392 3,361 3,513 3,506 4,244 4,249 18,873 
Table 6. Domestic Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Hampden County, MA25013MD000001 -632 -2,048 -3,340 -2,521 -2,210 -3,206 -13,325 
Hampshire County, MA25015MD000001 3,756 294 -403 -115 -479 -682 -1,385 
Total MD000001 3,124 -1,754 -3,743 -2,636 -2,689 -3,888 -14,710 
Table 7. Net Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Hampden County, MA25013MN000001 1,160 641 -535 224 1,163 174 1,667 
Hampshire County, MA25015MN000001 4,356 966 305 646 392 187 2,496 
Total MN000001 5,516 1,607 -230 870 1,555 361 4,163 
Table 8. Group Quarters          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg10-15%Chg 10-15
Hampden County, MA25013GQ000001 15,275 15,569 15,670 15,284 16,166 16,184 909 5.95
Hampshire County, MA25015GQ000001 22,002 22,293 22,097 22,472 22,625 22,613 611 2.78
Total GQ000001 37,277 37,862 37,767 37,756 38,791 38,797 1,520 4.08

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