Is population growing or shrinking?

Refreshed annually
It grew by 47 between 2024 and 2025. Changes in population can reflect birth and death rates, immigration patterns, regional shifts, and even the overall health of the economy. The 0.29% annual increase was primarily driven by immigration to the state.
In the decade between 2015 and 2025, Gooding County, ID’s population grew by 8.3%.

+47

population change (2024 to 2025)

+0.29%

percent change in population (2024 to 2025)
Since 2000, Gooding County, ID’s population increased 16 out of 25 years. The largest increase occurred between 2009 and 2010, when Gooding County, ID gained 1,000 residents. Its largest decline occurred between 2010 and 2011 when there were 118 fewer residents.

Gooding County, ID gained 47 residents between 2024 and 2025.

Annual population change, 2001–2025

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What contributes to population change in Gooding County, ID?

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 positive in Gooding County, ID, with births exceeding deaths by 46.
  • 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, Gooding County, ID’s population change from immigration was positive with about 69 more people coming from another country directly to Gooding County, ID than leaving.
  • Domestic migration, moving between counties: Between 2024 to 2025, Gooding County, ID’s population change from domestic migration was negative with about 70 more people moving to any other county in the US.

Between 2024 and 2025, immigration was the primary driver of population growth in Gooding County, ID.

Components of population change from previous year, 2011–2025

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