Is Fulton County, PA's population growing or shrinking?
Updated annually
It shrank by 58 between 2023 and 2024. Changes in population reflect birth and death rates, immigration patterns, regional shifts, and even the overall health of the economy. Fulton County, PA’s 0.4% annual decrease was primarily driven by deaths outpacing births.
In the decade between 2014 and 2024, Fulton County, PA’s population shrank by 0.58%.
-58
population change (2023 to 2024)
-0.4%
percent change in population (2023 to 2024)
Since 2000, Fulton County, PA’s population increased 11 out of 24 years. The largest increase occurred between 2005 and 2006, when Fulton County, PA gained 191 residents. Its largest decline occurred between 2010 and 2011 when there were 123 fewer residents.
Fulton County, PA lost 58 residents between 2023 and 2024.
Annual population change
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 2023 and 2024 natural population change was negative in Fulton County, PA, with deaths exceeding births by 48.
- 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 2023 to 2024, Fulton County, PA’s population change from immigration was positive with about four more people coming from another country directly to Fulton County, PA than leaving.
- Domestic migration, moving between counties: Between 2023 to 2024, Fulton County, PA’s population change from domestic migration was negative with about 14 more people moving to any other county in the US.
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Between 2023 and 2024, natural change was the primary driver of population decline in Fulton County, PA.
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