Is population growing or shrinking?

Refreshed annually
It grew by 438 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 0.69% annual increase was primarily driven by people moving from other states.
In the decade between 2015 and 2025, Knox County, OH’s population grew by 4.8%.

+438

population change (2024 to 2025)

+0.69%

percent change in population (2024 to 2025)
Since 2000, Knox County, OH’s population increased 22 out of 25 years. The largest increase occurred between 2009 and 2010, when Knox County, OH gained 1,500 residents. Its largest decline occurred between 2011 and 2012 when there were 509 fewer residents.

Knox County, OH gained 438 residents between 2024 and 2025.

Annual population change, 2001–2025

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What contributes to population change in Knox County, OH?

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 Knox County, OH, with births exceeding deaths by three.
  • 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, Knox County, OH’s population change from immigration was positive with about 64 more people coming from another country directly to Knox County, OH than leaving.
  • Domestic migration, moving between counties: Between 2024 to 2025, Knox County, OH’s population change from domestic migration was positive with about 372 more people coming from any other county in the US.

Between 2024 and 2025, domestic migration was the primary driver of population growth in Knox County, OH.

Components of population change from previous year, 2011–2025

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