Is Muscogee County, GA's population growing or shrinking?
Updated annually
It shrank by 129 between 2023 and 2024. Changes in population reflect birth and death rates, immigration patterns, regional shifts, and even the overall health of the economy. Muscogee County, GA’s 0.06% annual decrease was primarily driven by people moving to other states.
In the decade between 2014 and 2024, Muscogee County, GA’s population grew by 0.54%.
-129
population change (2023 to 2024)
-0.06%
percent change in population (2023 to 2024)
Since 2000, Muscogee County, GA’s population increased 12 out of 24 years. The largest increase occurred between 2019 and 2020, when Muscogee County, GA gained 10,900 residents. Its largest decline occurred between 2006 and 2007 when there were 4,600 fewer residents.
Muscogee County, GA lost 129 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 positive in Muscogee County, GA, with births exceeding deaths by 504.
- 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, Muscogee County, GA’s population change from immigration was positive with about 545 more people coming from another country directly to Muscogee County, GA than leaving.
- Domestic migration, moving between counties: Between 2023 to 2024, Muscogee County, GA’s population change from domestic migration was negative with about 1,200 more people moving to any other county in the US.
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Between 2023 and 2024, domestic migration was the primary driver of population decline in Muscogee County, GA.
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