Population

Is population growing or shrinking?

Updated annually
It shrank by 23 between 2023 and 2024. Changes in population reflect birth and death rates, immigration patterns, regional shifts, and even the overall health of the economy. Norton Independent City, VA’s 0.66% annual decrease was primarily driven by deaths outpacing births.
In the decade between 2014 and 2024, Norton Independent City, VA’s population shrank by 16%.

-23

population change (2023 to 2024)

-0.66%

percent change in population (2023 to 2024)
Since 2000, Norton Independent City, VA’s population increased 10 out of 24 years. The largest increase occurred between 2009 and 2010, when Norton Independent City, VA gained 276 residents. Its largest decline occurred between 2019 and 2020 when there were 302 fewer residents.

Norton Independent City, VA lost 23 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 Norton Independent City, VA, with deaths exceeding births 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 2023 to 2024, Norton Independent City, VA’s population change from immigration was positive with about zero more people coming from another country directly to Norton Independent City, VA than leaving.
  • Domestic migration, moving between counties: Between 2023 to 2024, Norton Independent City, VA’s population change from domestic migration was positive with about 22 more people moving from other county.

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Between 2023 and 2024, natural change was the primary driver of population decline in Norton Independent City, VA.

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