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Population Change 2000–2010 (U.S.)

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Percentage change in U.S. population by county, 2000–2010

The map shows striking regional differences in the percentage of change in the population of counties in the United States between 2000 and 2010. In the Northeast and Midwest, most counties either had small gains of between 0 and 4.9 percent or lost between 0 and –5 percent. In a few counties in upstate New York, western Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio, and parts of northern Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota, losses exceeded 5 percent. Western Ohio, northern Indiana, much of Illinois, and eastern Iowa experienced modest declines of between 0 and –5 percent. At the same time, population increased by 5 to 14.9 percent in southern Minnesota, Wisconsin, Missouri, and parts of Indiana and Ohio. In the South, many areas showed strong growth—from 5 to 14.9 percent and higher—including Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Tennessee. Counties lost population (between 0 and –5 percent, with significant numbers of counties less than –5 percent) in West Virginia, eastern Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, and northern Louisiana. From the Northern Plains to Texas, a vast area of rural counties lost significant numbers of residents—declines of more than –5 percent in many counties. This population loss is most evident in eastern Montana, North and South Dakota, Nebraska, western Iowa, Kansas, southeastern Wyoming, Colorado, and West Texas. In contrast, counties in the Rocky Mountains, Great Basin, and Southwest often experienced strong growth—from 5 to 14.9 percent and higher—as exemplified by western Montana, southern Idaho, most of Wyoming and Colorado, parts of New Mexico, much of Nevada, and virtually all of Utah and Arizona. The Pacific coast states of Washington, Oregon, and California also grew, except for eastern Oregon, which saw declines from 0 to –5 percent and less. Hawaii’s population grew by more than 14.9 percent. In Alaska, the counties around Anchorage and Fairbanks also made strong gains, whereas other counties declined or grew slightly.

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Countries	European Monetary Union (“Euroland”)	Countries	Change in U.S. Summer Temperature from the 1901-1960 Period to the 1986-2016 Period
Population Change 2000–2010 (U.S.)	Value	U.S. Presidential Election: Popular Vote by County, 2008	South Central	Southeast	Northeast	West	Central	North Central	Central	Southwest	Southeast	Northeast	West Central	Upper Plains	East Central	Northeast Prairie	North Central	West Central	East Central	West Southwest	East Central	Central	Coastal Plain	South Central	Central	Northern Valley	Northwest Prairie	Southeast	North Central	Northeast	South Central	Southeast	South Central	West Central Plains	Central	East Central	South Central	Central	East Central	Southwest	Southwest	Eastern	Prairie	North Central	East Southeast	Northwest	East	Northwest	Southeast	Appalachian Mountain	North Central	Central	East Central	Southwest	South Central	East Ozarks	South Central	Central Panhandle	Northwest	Southwest	Northeast	Southwest	Low Rolling Plains	Southeast	Southeast	Central	Southwest	Southeast	East Central	North Central	Eastern	West Ozarks	Northwest	Central	Southwest	Central	West Central	Western	North Central	Southeast	Northeast	Western Plateau	Cumberland Plateau	North Central	Western	Edwards Plateau	Central	West Central	Blue Grass	Central	East Central	Middle	Piedmont Plateau	Central	North Central	Panhandle	Northeast	Southeast	Southwestern	South Central	West Central	Northeast	Southwest Plateau	East Texas	Central Mountains	West Central	Central	Northwest	Southwest	East Central	North Central	West Central	Southwestern Mountain	Southwest	Southern Mountains	Southwest	South Central	Central	Northwest	South Central	Central	Southwest	North Central	West Central	Northwest	South Central Lower	Central Lakes	West Central	South Central	Southwest	North Central	Northeast	Central Mountain	South Panhandle	Northwest	Southwest	Upper Susquehanna	South	Southwest Lower	South Central	Northwest	Northwest	East Central	Southeast	Aleutians	Northeast Interior	Central	Northwest Plateau	Middle Susquehanna	Northeastern	Snake Drainage	Western Piedmont	Eastern Plateau	Northeast	Upper Coast	Northwest	Southeast Interior	Central	North Central	Northwest	West Central	Southeastern	Central Piedmont	North Central	East Central	Central Coastal Plain	Northeastern	Southwest	High Plains	Eastern Piedmont	North	Northern Piedmont	Great Lakes	Northern Coastal Plain	Bristol Bay	Southern Piedmont	Northwest Gulf	East Central	Southeast	Northern Plateau	West Olympic Coast	North	Cook Inlet	Central	North Central	South Interior	Southern	Northeast	Southern Coastal Plain	South Central	Yellowstone Drainage	Wind River	Central Lower	North Central	Okanogan Big Bend	Southeast Lower	Northeast	Cheyenne Niobrara Drainage	Northeast Gulf	East Central Lower	Central Interior	Tidewater	West Upper	Northern	Kansas Drainage	East Upper	Arkansas Drainage	Everglades and Southwest Coast	East Olympic Cascade Foothills	Panhandle	Central Basin	Cascade Mountains West	Northern Mountains	Rio Grande Drainage	Southwestern Mountains	South Central	Big Horn	Powder, Little Mo and Tongue Drainages	South	Southeast	Eastern Highlands	West Coast	Northeastern	North Slope	Hudson Valley	Southwestern	Trans Pecos	Northeastern Plains	Coastal	Belle Fourche Drainage	Panhandle	Upper Snake River Plains	Western	East Slope Cascades	Green and Bear Drainage	Northeast Lower	Southern Desert	Central	Platte Drainage	Central Mountains	Willamette Valley	Coastal Area	Upper Platte	Sacramento Drainage	Southwestern Highlands	Southeastern Piedmont	East Central	Lower Platte	Northeast	Northeast	Northeastern Valleys	Northeastern	Northwest Lower	North Central	Northwestern Plateau	Southwestern Valleys	North Coast Drainage	Palouse Blue Mountains	Northern Mountains	San Joaquin Drainage	Central Valley	Central Coast Drainage	High Plateau	Northeast Interior Basins	Central Plains	Southeast	Southern	Western	Central Highlands	Southeastern Plains	Northwest	South Central	North Central	Northwestern	South Central	Colorado Drainage	North Central	Southwestern Valleys	South Central	South Coast Drainage	Southwest	Uinta Basin	Southeast	Southeast Desert Basins	Extreme Southern	South Central

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