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Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA MSA Regional Analytics
  -- Population & Components of Change; 2010-15

Components of Change: 7/1/2010-6/30/2015
Natural Change 2,912
  equals Births 10,423
  less Deaths 7,511
Net Migration -106
  equals net International Migration 1,178
  plus net Domestic Migration -1,284

The population of the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA MSA changed from 167,919 on 2010 to 170,612 in 2015 -- a change of 2,693 (1.60%). 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 (2,912) exceeded net migration (-106); 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
  • Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 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
Black Hawk County, IA19013P0000001 131,174 131,454 131,734 132,716 133,121 133,455 2,281 1.74
Bremer County, IA19017P0000001 24,286 24,363 24,459 24,553 24,598 24,722 436 1.80
Grundy County, IA19075P0000001 12,459 12,469 12,431 12,321 12,377 12,435 -24 -0.19
Total P0000001 167,919 168,286 168,624 169,590 170,096 170,612 2,693 1.60
Table 2. Births          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Black Hawk County, IA19013B0000001 1,708 1,661 1,653 1,755 1,707 1,730 8,506 
Bremer County, IA19017B0000001 192 232 263 243 259 252 1,249 
Grundy County, IA19075B0000001 188 135 135 135 126 137 668 
Total B0000001 2,088 2,028 2,051 2,133 2,092 2,119 10,423 
Table 3. Deaths          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Black Hawk County, IA19013D0000001 1,308 1,139 1,168 1,198 1,206 1,172 5,883 
Bremer County, IA19017D0000001 164 210 196 216 191 200 1,013 
Grundy County, IA19075D0000001 156 127 122 122 124 120 615 
Total D0000001 1,628 1,476 1,486 1,536 1,521 1,492 7,511 
Table 4. Natural Change          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Black Hawk County, IA19013NC000001 400 522 485 557 501 558 2,623 
Bremer County, IA19017NC000001 28 22 67 27 68 52 236 
Grundy County, IA19075NC000001 32 8 13 13 2 17 53 
Total NC000001 460 552 565 597 571 627 2,912 
Table 5. International Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Black Hawk County, IA19013MI000001 104 171 211 232 262 262 1,138 
Bremer County, IA19017MI000001 4 8 5 5 8 9 35 
Grundy County, IA19075MI000001 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 
Total MI000001 108 180 217 238 271 272 1,178 
Table 6. Domestic Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Black Hawk County, IA19013MD000001 -148 -331 -408 159 -282 -522 -1,384 
Bremer County, IA19017MD000001 16 60 30 50 -22 45 163 
Grundy County, IA19075MD000001 0 2 -51 -113 63 36 -63 
Total MD000001 -132 -269 -429 96 -241 -441 -1,284 
Table 7. Net Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Black Hawk County, IA19013MN000001 -44 -160 -197 391 -20 -260 -246 
Bremer County, IA19017MN000001 20 68 35 55 -14 54 198 
Grundy County, IA19075MN000001 0 3 -50 -112 64 37 -58 
Total MN000001 -24 -89 -212 334 30 -169 -106 
Table 8. Group Quarters          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg10-15%Chg 10-15
Black Hawk County, IA19013GQ000001 5,967 5,832 5,623 5,552 5,584 5,585 -382 -6.40
Bremer County, IA19017GQ000001 1,718 1,784 1,734 1,729 1,644 1,644 -74 -4.31
Grundy County, IA19075GQ000001 154 147 148 154 151 150 -4 -2.60
Total GQ000001 7,839 7,763 7,505 7,435 7,379 7,379 -460 -5.87

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