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Rural Population and Migration: Trend 3—Amenities Fuel Rapid Population Growth

Nonmetro population change and components of change by State, sorted by absolute population change, 2000-05
State Counties Nonmetro population
Nonmetro population
change,
2000-05
Components of change
2000
2005
Natural change (births)
Net domestic migration
Immigration
 
Number
Percent
NC
60
2,563,955
2,675,263
111,308
4.3
1.5
1.6
1.2
FL
29
1,009,305
1,119,776
110,471
10.9
-0.4
9.8
1.5
GA
89
1,659,931
1,744,267
84,336
5.1
2.3
1.8
1.0
TX
177
2,907,267
2,984,991
77,724
2.7
1.8
-0.3
1.6
TN
57
1,566,992
1,626,646
59,654
3.8
0.5
2.8
0.5
AZ
9
591,147
645,585
54,438
9.2
2.6
5.5
1.1
WA
22
740,956
787,321
46,365
6.3
1.2
3.5
1.5
CA
21
796,201
841,516
45,315
5.7
0.0
4.7
1.0
MI
57
1,839,213
1,881,240
42,027
2.3
0.8
1.2
0.4
WI
47
1,495,011
1,534,060
39,049
2.6
0.6
1.6
0.3
MO
81
1,525,250
1,564,007
38,757
2.5
0.6
1.6
0.4
KY
85
1,769,311
1,806,397
37,086
2.1
0.7
1.1
0.3
HI
4
335,381
369,928
34,547
10.3
3.6
4.8
1.9
CO
47
624,662
655,179
30,517
4.9
2.9
0.0
2.0
SC
25
1,009,984
1,039,974
29,990
3.0
2.0
0.2
0.8
OR
25
803,689
833,541
29,852
3.7
0.2
2.7
0.8
NH
7
465,355
494,558
29,203
6.3
0.5
5.3
0.5
PA
35
1,961,307
1,989,384
28,077
1.4
-0.1
1.3
0.2
NV
13
227,177
254,248
27,071
11.9
1.5
9.4
1.0
MN
66
1,385,105
1,412,006
26,901
1.9
1.0
0.4
0.5
VA
54
1,071,449
1,098,108
26,659
2.5
-0.3
2.3
0.5
MT
52
587,132
609,422
22,290
3.8
1.2
2.4
0.2
OH
48
2,212,326
2,233,979
21,653
1.0
1.5
-0.8
0.2
ID
32
486,912
507,581
20,669
4.2
3.6
-0.6
1.2
DE
1
156,635
176,548
19,913
12.7
0.9
10.6
1.2
MD
7
276,076
293,982
17,906
6.5
1.1
4.9
0.5
UT
19
263,136
278,468
15,332
5.8
5.6
-0.5
0.8
CT
2
291,303
305,897
14,594
5.0
1.0
3.3
0.7
AL
39
1,313,685
1,328,265
14,580
1.1
1.0
-0.4
0.5
ME
11
538,643
552,171
13,528
2.5
-0.4
2.7
0.2
WY
21
345,642
354,332
8,690
2.5
2.3
-0.2
0.5
VT
11
409,938
417,820
7,882
1.9
0.6
0.9
0.4
OK
60
1,293,622
1,300,532
6,910
0.5
0.7
-0.8
0.6
IN
46
1,394,113
1,400,598
6,485
0.5
1.7
-1.8
0.5
NY
26
1,560,928
1,566,914
5,986
0.4
0.5
-0.4
0.3
NM
26
671,622
673,937
2,315
0.3
3.3
-4.2
1.2
MA
2
24,507
25,760
1,253
5.1
2.2
0.7
2.2
AK
24
224,486
225,052
566
0.3
5.0
-5.5
0.7
LA
35
1,128,445
1,125,652
-2,793
-0.2
2.3
-2.7
0.2
AR
55
1,156,944
1,153,483
-3,461
-0.3
0.5
-1.4
0.6
MS
65
1,650,104
1,644,523
-5,581
-0.3
2.4
-3.0
0.3
SD
59
442,345
436,350
-5,995
-1.4
1.3
-2.9
0.2
WV
34
825,070
816,490
-8,580
-1.0
-0.7
-0.5
0.1
NE
84
768,762
758,466
-10,296
-1.3
1.0
-3.1
0.8
ND
49
358,238
340,372
-17,866
-5.0
0.2
-5.4
0.2
IL
66
1,705,950
1,687,277
-18,673
-1.1
0.0
-1.5
0.4
IA
79
1,362,652
1,340,955
-21,697
-1.6
0.2
-2.3
0.5
KS
88
1,044,137
1,015,745
-28,392
-2.7
1.3
-5.4
1.3
Source: USDA, Economic Research Service.

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Updated date: December 12, 2006