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Valdosta, GA MSA Regional Analytics
  -- Population & Components of Change; 2010-15

Components of Change: 7/1/2010-6/30/2015
Natural Change 4,741
  equals Births 10,324
  less Deaths 5,583
Net Migration -2,299
  equals net International Migration 1,519
  plus net Domestic Migration -3,818

The population of the Valdosta, GA MSA changed from 140,082 on 2010 to 142,875 in 2015 -- a change of 2,793 (1.99%). 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 (4,741) exceeded net migration (-2,299); 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
  • Valdosta, GA 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
Brooks County, GA13027P0000001 16,263 15,954 15,526 15,627 15,421 15,658 -605 -3.72
Echols County, GA13101P0000001 4,031 4,117 3,993 4,038 4,054 4,040 9 0.22
Lanier County, GA13173P0000001 10,099 10,470 10,448 10,396 10,390 10,312 213 2.11
Lowndes County, GA13185P0000001 109,689 111,928 114,759 112,898 113,563 112,865 3,176 2.90
Total P0000001 140,082 142,469 144,726 142,959 143,428 142,875 2,793 1.99
Table 2. Births          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Brooks County, GA13027B0000001 180 196 222 225 198 175 1,016 
Echols County, GA13101B0000001 56 64 78 74 59 45 320 
Lanier County, GA13173B0000001 112 132 127 132 135 132 658 
Lowndes County, GA13185B0000001 1,672 1,771 1,656 1,642 1,586 1,675 8,330 
Total B0000001 2,020 2,163 2,083 2,073 1,978 2,027 10,324 
Table 3. Deaths          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Brooks County, GA13027D0000001 244 176 156 202 195 195 924 
Echols County, GA13101D0000001 40 32 23 33 17 23 128 
Lanier County, GA13173D0000001 136 75 78 94 56 88 391 
Lowndes County, GA13185D0000001 940 837 734 862 826 881 4,140 
Total D0000001 1,360 1,120 991 1,191 1,094 1,187 5,583 
Table 4. Natural Change          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Brooks County, GA13027NC000001 -64 20 66 23 3 -20 92 
Echols County, GA13101NC000001 16 32 55 41 42 22 192 
Lanier County, GA13173NC000001 -24 57 49 38 79 44 267 
Lowndes County, GA13185NC000001 732 934 922 780 760 794 4,190 
Total NC000001 660 1,043 1,092 882 884 840 4,741 
Table 5. International Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Brooks County, GA13027MI000001 4 5 4 6 11 9 35 
Echols County, GA13101MI000001 -8 16 4 9 12 12 53 
Lanier County, GA13173MI000001 8 9 38 18 16 20 101 
Lowndes County, GA13185MI000001 240 153 360 252 259 306 1,330 
Total MI000001 244 183 406 285 298 347 1,519 
Table 6. Domestic Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Brooks County, GA13027MD000001 -192 -331 -506 69 -212 227 -753 
Echols County, GA13101MD000001 -24 24 -186 -2 -52 -35 -251 
Lanier County, GA13173MD000001 116 293 -109 -108 -113 -139 -176 
Lowndes County, GA13185MD000001 788 1,142 1,507 -3,010 -404 -1,873 -2,638 
Total MD000001 688 1,128 706 -3,051 -781 -1,820 -3,818 
Table 7. Net Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Brooks County, GA13027MN000001 -188 -326 -502 75 -201 236 -718 
Echols County, GA13101MN000001 -32 40 -182 7 -40 -23 -198 
Lanier County, GA13173MN000001 124 302 -71 -90 -97 -119 -75 
Lowndes County, GA13185MN000001 1,028 1,295 1,867 -2,758 -145 -1,567 -1,308 
Total MN000001 932 1,311 1,112 -2,766 -483 -1,473 -2,299 
Table 8. Group Quarters          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg10-15%Chg 10-15
Brooks County, GA13027GQ000001 81 81 81 83 88 171 90 111.11
Echols County, GA13101GQ000001 0 0 0 0 0 0 0..
Lanier County, GA13173GQ000001 260 255 260 245 214 227 -33 -12.69
Lowndes County, GA13185GQ000001 6,453 6,519 6,771 6,534 6,296 5,374 -1,079 -16.72
Total GQ000001 6,794 6,855 7,112 6,862 6,598 5,772 -1,022 -15.04

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