More counties in South experienced population gains and faster growth than losses and more in the Northeast and Midwest counties had population losses turn to gains, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Vintage 2023 estimates of population and components of change.
Approximately 60% (1,876) of U.S. counties gained population from 2022 to 2023, an increase from the 52% of counties (1,649) that experienced population growth between 2021 and 2022.
The average change in the nation's 3,144 counties from 2022 to 2023 was 0.29%, up from 0.17% the previous year.
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