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Idaho population growth slows to under
one percent |
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December 30, 2011 |
Idaho’s population grew by just nine-tenths
percent between mid-2010 and mid-2011, the first
year population has grown less than 1 percent
since 1990.
The U.S. Census Bureau estimated Idaho’s
population at 1,584,985 on July 1, up almost
14,000 from July 1, 2010.
That growth rate ranked Idaho 16th nationally,
Idaho’s lowest ranking since 2000. The state’s
growth was two-tenths of a percentage point
better than the nation overall and higher than
the rates for Wyoming, Nevada, Montana and
Oregon. But it was a tenth of a point below the
rate for the West and well below Washington at
1.3 percent and Utah at 1.5 percent.
The District of Columbia led the nation at 2.2
percent growth followed by Texas at 1.7 percent.
Utah was third.
Rhode Island and Michigan were the only states
to lose population. Rhode Island fell a tenth of
a percent while Michigan dropped just a fraction
– fewer than 1,000 people.
Nationally, the population was up another 2.2
million to 311.6 million.
Idaho’s growth was primarily natural. Births at
nearly 23,000 were more than double deaths
during the 12-month period. Net migration to
Idaho from other states was negligible – just 62
over the year – while fewer than 2,100 people
settled in the state from other countries.
The Census Bureau did estimate that more
Idahoans left the state than moved in from other
states between the official census on April 1,
2010 and July 1, 2010. While that net
outmigration was fractional – fewer than 200 –
it ran completely counter to the state’s
experience for nearly two decades up to the
recession when Idaho was a magnet for people
from throughout the country.
From 2000 to 2007, Idaho’s population grew
nearly 16 percent, the third fastest rate for
that period among the states. Only Nevada and
Arizona grew more.
Information on the Census Bureau data for Idaho
is at
http://lmi.idaho.gov. |
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