Is Del Norte County, CA's population growing or shrinking?
Refreshed annually
It shrank by 549 between 2024 and 2025. Changes in population reflect birth and death rates, immigration patterns, regional shifts, and even the overall health of the economy. Del Norte County, CA’s 2% annual decrease was primarily driven by people moving to other states.
In the decade between 2015 and 2025, Del Norte County, CA’s population shrank by 2.9%.
-549
population change (2024 to 2025)
-2%
percent change in population (2024 to 2025)
Since 2000, Del Norte County, CA’s population increased 12 out of 25 years. The largest increase occurred between 2023 and 2024, when Del Norte County, CA gained 439 residents. Its largest decline occurred between 2021 and 2022 when there were 855 fewer residents.
Del Norte County, CA lost 549 residents between 2024 and 2025.
Annual population change, 2001–2025
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What contributes to population change in Del Norte County, CA?
A county’s population is influenced by three factors:
- Natural population change: If births outnumber deaths in a given year, natural population growth is positive. If deaths exceed births, it is negative. Between 2024 and 2025 natural population change was negative in Del Norte County, CA, with deaths exceeding births by 157.
- Immigration: international migration directly into or out of a county: If more people move in than move out, population change from immigration is positive. If more people move out than move in, it’s negative. Between 2024 to 2025, Del Norte County, CA’s population change from immigration was negative with about 20 more people leaving for another country directly from Del Norte County, CA than coming.
- Domestic migration, moving between counties: Between 2024 to 2025, Del Norte County, CA’s population change from domestic migration was negative with about 370 more people moving to any other county in the US.
Between 2024 and 2025, domestic migration was the primary driver of population decline in Del Norte County, CA.
Components of population change from previous year, 2011–2025
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