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Walla Walla, WA MSA Regional Analytics
  -- Population & Components of Change; 2010-15

Components of Change: 7/1/2010-6/30/2015
Natural Change 601
  equals Births 3,588
  less Deaths 2,987
Net Migration 556
  equals net International Migration 342
  plus net Domestic Migration 214

The population of the Walla Walla, WA MSA changed from 63,031 on 2010 to 64,282 in 2015 -- a change of 1,251 (1.98%). 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 (601) exceeded net migration (556); 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
  • Walla Walla, WA 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
Columbia County, WA53013P0000001 4,106 4,016 3,994 4,018 3,974 3,944 -162 -3.95
Walla Walla County, WA53071P0000001 58,925 59,512 59,435 59,575 59,771 60,338 1,413 2.40
Total P0000001 63,031 63,528 63,429 63,593 63,745 64,282 1,251 1.98
Table 2. Births          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Columbia County, WA53013B0000001 24 41 26 34 38 36 175 
Walla Walla County, WA53071B0000001 644 685 684 674 686 684 3,413 
Total B0000001 668 726 710 708 724 720 3,588 
Table 3. Deaths          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Columbia County, WA53013D0000001 88 63 46 44 41 44 238 
Walla Walla County, WA53071D0000001 480 515 521 557 577 579 2,749 
Total D0000001 568 578 567 601 618 623 2,987 
Table 4. Natural Change          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Columbia County, WA53013NC000001 -64 -22 -20 -10 -3 -8 -63 
Walla Walla County, WA53071NC000001 164 170 163 117 109 105 664 
Total NC000001 100 148 143 107 106 97 601 
Table 5. International Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Columbia County, WA53013MI000001 4 1 1 1 1 1 5 
Walla Walla County, WA53071MI000001 88 46 54 67 84 86 337 
Total MI000001 92 47 55 68 85 87 342 
Table 6. Domestic Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Columbia County, WA53013MD000001 172 -67 -4 30 -40 -16 -97 
Walla Walla County, WA53071MD000001 344 368 -303 -72 -13 331 311 
Total MD000001 516 301 -307 -42 -53 315 214 
Table 7. Net Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Columbia County, WA53013MN000001 176 -66 -3 31 -39 -15 -92 
Walla Walla County, WA53071MN000001 432 414 -249 -5 71 417 648 
Total MN000001 608 348 -252 26 32 402 556 
Table 8. Group Quarters          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg10-15%Chg 10-15
Columbia County, WA53013GQ000001 75 75 75 75 75 75 0 0.00
Walla Walla County, WA53071GQ000001 4,489 4,482 4,285 4,449 4,566 4,778 289 6.44
Total GQ000001 4,564 4,557 4,360 4,524 4,641 4,853 289 6.33

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