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State College, PA MSA Regional Analytics
  -- Population & Components of Change; 2010-15

Components of Change: 7/1/2010-6/30/2015
Natural Change 1,624
  equals Births 6,367
  less Deaths 4,743
Net Migration 4,772
  equals net International Migration 5,130
  plus net Domestic Migration -358

The population of the State College, PA MSA changed from 154,253 on 2010 to 160,580 in 2015 -- a change of 6,327 (4.10%). 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 (4,772) exceeded natural change (1,624); 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
  • State College, PA 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
Centre County, PA42027P0000001 154,253 154,976 155,839 158,213 159,506 160,580 6,327 4.10
Table 2. Births          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Centre County, PA42027B0000001 1,568 1,237 1,314 1,276 1,254 1,286 6,367 
Table 3. Deaths          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Centre County, PA42027D0000001 864 940 925 919 968 991 4,743 
Table 4. Natural Change          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Centre County, PA42027NC000001 704 297 389 357 286 295 1,624 
Table 5. International Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Centre County, PA42027MI000001 684 847 952 1,024 1,155 1,152 5,130 
Table 6. Domestic Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Centre County, PA42027MD000001 -300 -351 -484 950 -79 -394 -358 
Table 7. Net Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Centre County, PA42027MN000001 384 496 468 1,974 1,076 758 4,772 
Table 8. Group Quarters          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg10-15%Chg 10-15
Centre County, PA42027GQ000001 16,984 17,189 17,290 19,444 19,639 19,633 2,649 15.60

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