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West Plains, MO MISA Regional Analytics
  -- Population & Components of Change; 2010-15

Components of Change: 7/1/2010-6/30/2015
Natural Change 97
  equals Births 2,591
  less Deaths 2,494
Net Migration -527
  equals net International Migration 48
  plus net Domestic Migration -575

The population of the West Plains, MO MISA changed from 40,569 on 2010 to 40,117 in 2015 -- a change of -452 (-1.11%). 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 (97) was not enough to offset outbound net migration (-527); 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
  • West Plains, MO 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
Howell County, MO29091P0000001 40,569 40,601 40,575 40,220 40,116 40,117 -452 -1.11
Table 2. Births          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Howell County, MO29091B0000001 492 560 510 484 533 504 2,591 
Table 3. Deaths          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Howell County, MO29091D0000001 348 495 468 522 525 484 2,494 
Table 4. Natural Change          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Howell County, MO29091NC000001 144 65 42 -38 8 20 97 
Table 5. International Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Howell County, MO29091MI000001 24 13 7 8 10 10 48 
Table 6. Domestic Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Howell County, MO29091MD000001 488 -29 -74 -317 -118 -37 -575 
Table 7. Net Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Howell County, MO29091MN000001 512 -16 -67 -309 -108 -27 -527 
Table 8. Group Quarters          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg10-15%Chg 10-15
Howell County, MO29091GQ000001 608 608 608 608 608 608 0 0.00

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