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Wichita, KS MSA Regional Analytics
  -- Population & Components of Change; 2010-15

Components of Change: 7/1/2010-6/30/2015
Natural Change 19,022
  equals Births 46,438
  less Deaths 27,416
Net Migration -6,477
  equals net International Migration 6,412
  plus net Domestic Migration -12,889

The population of the Wichita, KS MSA changed from 631,907 on 2010 to 644,610 in 2015 -- a change of 12,703 (2.01%). 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 (19,022) exceeded net migration (-6,477); 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
  • Wichita, KS 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
Butler County, KS20015P0000001 65,913 65,870 65,800 65,868 66,183 66,741 828 1.26
Harvey County, KS20079P0000001 34,741 34,715 34,820 34,768 34,797 35,073 332 0.96
Kingman County, KS20095P0000001 7,842 7,896 7,829 7,829 7,708 7,687 -155 -1.98
Sedgwick County, KS20173P0000001 499,315 501,042 504,167 506,570 509,294 511,574 12,259 2.46
Sumner County, KS20191P0000001 24,096 23,844 23,703 23,608 23,498 23,535 -561 -2.33
Total P0000001 631,907 633,367 636,319 638,643 641,480 644,610 12,703 2.01
Table 2. Births          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Butler County, KS20015B0000001 796 782 756 753 771 763 3,825 
Harvey County, KS20079B0000001 388 458 420 451 462 443 2,234 
Kingman County, KS20095B0000001 64 86 71 74 98 92 421 
Sedgwick County, KS20173B0000001 8,100 7,967 7,741 7,800 7,494 7,575 38,577 
Sumner County, KS20191B0000001 280 296 273 278 261 273 1,381 
Total B0000001 9,628 9,589 9,261 9,356 9,086 9,146 46,438 
Table 3. Deaths          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Butler County, KS20015D0000001 716 604 615 635 588 589 3,031 
Harvey County, KS20079D0000001 264 396 378 407 352 326 1,859 
Kingman County, KS20095D0000001 48 87 98 109 99 104 497 
Sedgwick County, KS20173D0000001 4,112 4,055 3,998 4,145 4,257 4,244 20,699 
Sumner County, KS20191D0000001 152 291 287 260 249 243 1,330 
Total D0000001 5,292 5,433 5,376 5,556 5,545 5,506 27,416 
Table 4. Natural Change          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Butler County, KS20015NC000001 80 178 141 118 183 174 794 
Harvey County, KS20079NC000001 124 62 42 44 110 117 375 
Kingman County, KS20095NC000001 16 -1 -27 -35 -1 -12 -76 
Sedgwick County, KS20173NC000001 3,988 3,912 3,743 3,655 3,237 3,331 17,878 
Sumner County, KS20191NC000001 128 5 -14 18 12 30 51 
Total NC000001 4,336 4,156 3,885 3,800 3,541 3,640 19,022 
Table 5. International Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Butler County, KS20015MI000001 16 53 52 54 61 61 281 
Harvey County, KS20079MI000001 40 51 52 60 64 65 292 
Kingman County, KS20095MI000001 0 1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -3 
Sedgwick County, KS20173MI000001 828 840 1,169 1,170 1,298 1,333 5,810 
Sumner County, KS20191MI000001 0 3 7 6 8 8 32 
Total MI000001 884 948 1,279 1,289 1,430 1,466 6,412 
Table 6. Domestic Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Butler County, KS20015MD000001 36 -295 -270 -135 97 287 -316 
Harvey County, KS20079MD000001 68 -134 12 -174 -139 62 -373 
Kingman County, KS20095MD000001 -68 51 -41 29 -124 -17 -102 
Sedgwick County, KS20173MD000001 -984 -2,956 -1,774 -2,505 -1,736 -2,435 -11,406 
Sumner County, KS20191MD000001 -268 -288 -136 -126 -122 -20 -692 
Total MD000001 -1,216 -3,622 -2,209 -2,911 -2,024 -2,123 -12,889 
Table 7. Net Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Butler County, KS20015MN000001 52 -242 -218 -81 158 348 -35 
Harvey County, KS20079MN000001 108 -83 64 -114 -75 127 -81 
Kingman County, KS20095MN000001 -68 52 -42 28 -125 -18 -105 
Sedgwick County, KS20173MN000001 -156 -2,116 -605 -1,335 -438 -1,102 -5,596 
Sumner County, KS20191MN000001 -268 -285 -129 -120 -114 -12 -660 
Total MN000001 -332 -2,674 -930 -1,622 -594 -657 -6,477 
Table 8. Group Quarters          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg10-15%Chg 10-15
Butler County, KS20015GQ000001 2,309 2,309 2,309 2,309 2,309 2,310 1 0.04
Harvey County, KS20079GQ000001 1,311 1,311 1,311 1,311 1,311 1,311 0 0.00
Kingman County, KS20095GQ000001 190 190 190 190 190 190 0 0.00
Sedgwick County, KS20173GQ000001 7,252 7,289 7,300 7,296 7,295 7,293 41 0.57
Sumner County, KS20191GQ000001 409 409 409 409 409 409 0 0.00
Total GQ000001 11,471 11,508 11,519 11,515 11,514 11,513 42 0.37

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