Two Maine counties had more births than deaths in 2016
In the coming months, the Census Bureau will release 2016 population estimates for cities and towns, as well as national, state and county population estimates by age, sex, race and Hispanic origin, according to a news release.
Among the state’s other large counties, Douglas County grew from 549,168 to 554,995, and Sarpy County grew from 175,690 to 179,023.
Duval County added more people previous year than did 29 states, according to new Census Bureau data that show how the pace of Jacksonville’s growth has quickened.
Florida as a whole added the second-most people and was the fourth-fastest growing state.
The next largest year-to-year population decline since the census occurred was from 2014 to 2015 – when the population decreased by 5,337, a 0.7 percent decline. Meanwhile, growth in urban counties that are home to the state’s largest cities is more dependent on worldwide migrants and residents having more children.
St. Louis County, Mo., dropped below 1 million for the first time since 2011, largely due to a rise in net domestic out-migration. Population estimates for cities, villages and townships are expected to be released later in the year.
Outside the city, Rockland, Saratoga and Tompkins counties saw the largest population increases. Of the 10 counties that gained the most people past year, four were in Texas.
At the county level, Maricopa County, Ariz., (home of Phoenix) overtook Harris County, Texas, (where Houston is situated), as the fastest-growing county in America after adding an estimated 81,360 people in 2016.
Indiana’s five fastest-growing counties were all in the Indianapolis metro area.
According to the bureau’s estimated figures from April 1, 2010, to July 1, 2016, within Tribland, Adams County saw growth, but it was about 10 percent of the increase seen in nearby Buffalo and Hall counties.
Population growth is a contentious issue in Clark County.
Saw 13,574 more births than deaths (38,702 compared to 25,128), putting the overall population increase at 830. Over the past year, the paper “surveyed dozens of former residents who’ve packed up in recent years and they cited a variety of reasons: high taxes, the state budget stalemate, crime, the unemployment rate and weather”. “We see this in a lot of states in the Northeast and the Midwest”. Rock Island County shrunk from 145,958 in mid-2015 to 144,784 last July. Anson County and Chester County, S.C., lost population.
In all, the nation’s 382 metro areas contained about 277.1 million people in 2016, representing roughly 86 percent of the nation’s population.
Since 2010, Washtenaw has shown the fastest population growth in southeastern MI, growing almost 5.5 percent or by 19,141 residents.