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Waycross, GA MISA Regional Analytics
  -- Population & Components of Change; 2010-15

Components of Change: 7/1/2010-6/30/2015
Natural Change 500
  equals Births 3,613
  less Deaths 3,113
Net Migration -1,252
  equals net International Migration 151
  plus net Domestic Migration -1,403

The population of the Waycross, GA MISA changed from 55,181 on 2010 to 54,473 in 2015 -- a change of -708 (-1.28%). 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 (500) was not enough to offset outbound net migration (-1,252); outbound net migration 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
  • Waycross, GA 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
Pierce County, GA13229P0000001 18,810 18,732 18,850 18,982 19,001 19,103 293 1.56
Ware County, GA13299P0000001 36,371 36,188 35,820 35,722 35,515 35,370 -1,001 -2.75
Total P0000001 55,181 54,920 54,670 54,704 54,516 54,473 -708 -1.28
Table 2. Births          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Pierce County, GA13229B0000001 228 243 224 258 216 233 1,174 
Ware County, GA13299B0000001 508 513 504 481 465 476 2,439 
Total B0000001 736 756 728 739 681 709 3,613 
Table 3. Deaths          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Pierce County, GA13229D0000001 148 196 180 202 189 181 948 
Ware County, GA13299D0000001 532 434 434 440 447 410 2,165 
Total D0000001 680 630 614 642 636 591 3,113 
Table 4. Natural Change          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Pierce County, GA13229NC000001 80 47 44 56 27 52 226 
Ware County, GA13299NC000001 -24 79 70 41 18 66 274 
Total NC000001 56 126 114 97 45 118 500 
Table 5. International Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Pierce County, GA13229MI000001 8 11 10 10 11 11 53 
Ware County, GA13299MI000001 24 23 16 17 21 21 98 
Total MI000001 32 34 26 27 32 32 151 
Table 6. Domestic Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Pierce County, GA13229MD000001 112 -138 65 72 -3 50 46 
Ware County, GA13299MD000001 304 -349 -462 -172 -234 -232 -1,449 
Total MD000001 416 -487 -397 -100 -237 -182 -1,403 
Table 7. Net Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Pierce County, GA13229MN000001 120 -127 75 82 8 61 99 
Ware County, GA13299MN000001 328 -326 -446 -155 -213 -211 -1,351 
Total MN000001 448 -453 -371 -73 -205 -150 -1,252 
Table 8. Group Quarters          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg10-15%Chg 10-15
Pierce County, GA13229GQ000001 142 142 149 178 182 187 45 31.69
Ware County, GA13299GQ000001 2,439 2,499 2,386 2,391 2,175 2,128 -311 -12.75
Total GQ000001 2,581 2,641 2,535 2,569 2,357 2,315 -266 -10.31

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