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Traverse City, MI MISA Regional Analytics
  -- Population & Components of Change; 2010-15

Components of Change: 7/1/2010-6/30/2015
Natural Change 124
  equals Births 7,145
  less Deaths 7,021
Net Migration 4,675
  equals net International Migration 239
  plus net Domestic Migration 4,436

The population of the Traverse City, MI MISA changed from 143,315 on 2010 to 148,334 in 2015 -- a change of 5,019 (3.50%). 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 (4,675) exceeded natural change (124); 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
  • Traverse City, MI MISA 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
Benzie County, MI26019P0000001 17,507 17,436 17,390 17,398 17,505 17,457 -50 -0.29
Grand Traverse County, MI26055P0000001 86,964 88,138 88,988 89,979 90,796 91,636 4,672 5.37
Kalkaska County, MI26079P0000001 17,128 17,147 17,085 17,281 17,378 17,260 132 0.77
Leelanau County, MI26089P0000001 21,716 21,659 21,623 21,711 21,884 21,981 265 1.22
Total P0000001 143,315 144,380 145,086 146,369 147,563 148,334 5,019 3.50
Table 2. Births          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Benzie County, MI26019B0000001 152 147 147 145 162 165 766 
Grand Traverse County, MI26055B0000001 928 871 923 915 972 974 4,655 
Kalkaska County, MI26079B0000001 184 159 181 188 159 165 852 
Leelanau County, MI26089B0000001 156 162 169 177 181 183 872 
Total B0000001 1,420 1,339 1,420 1,425 1,474 1,487 7,145 
Table 3. Deaths          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Benzie County, MI26019D0000001 244 200 204 207 215 198 1,024 
Grand Traverse County, MI26055D0000001 836 772 777 817 815 792 3,973 
Kalkaska County, MI26079D0000001 184 187 204 181 164 166 902 
Leelanau County, MI26089D0000001 276 198 223 242 240 219 1,122 
Total D0000001 1,540 1,357 1,408 1,447 1,434 1,375 7,021 
Table 4. Natural Change          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Benzie County, MI26019NC000001 -92 -53 -57 -62 -53 -33 -258 
Grand Traverse County, MI26055NC000001 92 99 146 98 157 182 682 
Kalkaska County, MI26079NC000001 0 -28 -23 7 -5 -1 -50 
Leelanau County, MI26089NC000001 -120 -36 -54 -65 -59 -36 -250 
Total NC000001 -120 -18 12 -22 40 112 124 
Table 5. International Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Benzie County, MI26019MI000001 0 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -5 
Grand Traverse County, MI26055MI000001 0 13 29 20 23 24 109 
Kalkaska County, MI26079MI000001 4 8 7 9 11 11 46 
Leelanau County, MI26089MI000001 12 12 17 20 20 20 89 
Total MI000001 16 32 52 48 53 54 239 
Table 6. Domestic Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Benzie County, MI26019MD000001 28 -42 14 69 173 -38 176 
Grand Traverse County, MI26055MD000001 -168 1,073 671 885 569 574 3,772 
Kalkaska County, MI26079MD000001 -96 50 -45 164 99 -83 185 
Leelanau County, MI26089MD000001 144 -135 5 127 221 85 303 
Total MD000001 -92 946 645 1,245 1,062 538 4,436 
Table 7. Net Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Benzie County, MI26019MN000001 28 -43 13 68 172 -39 171 
Grand Traverse County, MI26055MN000001 -168 1,086 700 905 592 598 3,881 
Kalkaska County, MI26079MN000001 -92 58 -38 173 110 -72 231 
Leelanau County, MI26089MN000001 156 -123 22 147 241 105 392 
Total MN000001 -76 978 697 1,293 1,115 592 4,675 
Table 8. Group Quarters          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg10-15%Chg 10-15
Benzie County, MI26019GQ000001 252 252 252 252 252 252 0 0.00
Grand Traverse County, MI26055GQ000001 2,642 2,645 2,654 2,665 2,673 2,698 56 2.12
Kalkaska County, MI26079GQ000001 138 138 138 138 138 138 0 0.00
Leelanau County, MI26089GQ000001 284 284 284 284 284 284 0 0.00
Total GQ000001 3,316 3,319 3,328 3,339 3,347 3,372 56 1.69

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