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Idaho population growth strongest since 2008 |
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January 10, 2016 |
Idaho’s population grew by 1.8 percent between
mid-2015 and mid-2016, the third strongest
increase of all states and 1.1 percentage point
ahead of the national growth rate.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the state’s
population was 1,683,140 as of July 1, 2016, an
estimated increase of more than 30,300. This was
the strongest increase since 2008 when the
population grew 1.9 percent with an increase of
29,200.
Idaho’s population growth can be attributed to a
high birth rate and domestic migration, which
accounted for 90 percent of the state’s
population growth. Idaho ranked fifth in the
country for in-migration as nearly 19,000 people
moved from other states and countries between
mid-2015 and mid-2016. The state’s birth rate
was 13.7 births per thousand women, the seventh
highest in the country.
Utah’s population exceeded 3 million as it
became the nation’s fastest growing state with a
2 percent increase in population, followed by
Nevada, Idaho, Florida, Washington, Oregon,
Colorado, Arizona, District of Columbia and
Texas. Eight states – Mississippi, Wyoming,
Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut,
West Virginia and Illinois – lost population.
From 1990 through 2010 Idaho posted annual
population growth rates of more than 1 percent,
exceeding 2 percent a year during the mid-2000s
expansion and 3 percent in 1993 and 1994. In
2012 growth slid to just 0.7 percent, matching
the national rate. In 2013 Idaho’s rate rose to
1 percent while the national rate remained at
0.7 percent. Idaho continued to be above the
national rate at 1.8 percent compared with 0.7
percent nationally. |
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