Is population growing or shrinking?

Refreshed annually
It shrank by 32 between 2024 and 2025. Changes in population reflect birth and death rates, immigration patterns, regional shifts, and even the overall health of the economy. Montour County, PA’s 0.18% annual decrease was primarily driven by people moving to other states.
In the decade between 2015 and 2025, Montour County, PA’s population shrank by 2.3%.

-32

population change (2024 to 2025)

-0.18%

percent change in population (2024 to 2025)
Since 2000, Montour County, PA’s population increased 8 out of 25 years. The largest increase occurred between 2009 and 2010, when Montour County, PA gained 554 residents. Its largest decline occurred between 2022 and 2023 when there were 141 fewer residents.

Montour County, PA lost 32 residents between 2024 and 2025.

Annual population change, 2001–2025

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What contributes to population change in Montour County, PA?

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 Montour County, PA, with deaths exceeding births by 31.
  • 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, Montour County, PA’s population change from immigration was positive with about 35 more people coming from another country directly to Montour County, PA than leaving.
  • Domestic migration, moving between counties: Between 2024 to 2025, Montour County, PA’s population change from domestic migration was negative with about 35 more people moving to any other county in the US.

Between 2024 and 2025, domestic migration was the primary driver of population decline in Montour County, PA.

Components of population change from previous year, 2011–2025

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