Is population growing or shrinking?

Refreshed annually
It grew by 13 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 0.05% annual increase was primarily driven by immigration to the state.
In the decade between 2015 and 2025, Plymouth County, IA’s population grew by 3.2%.

+13

population change (2024 to 2025)

+0.05%

percent change in population (2024 to 2025)
Since 2000, Plymouth County, IA’s population increased 11 out of 25 years. The largest increase occurred between 2009 and 2010, when Plymouth County, IA gained 783 residents. Its largest decline occurred between 2001 and 2002 when there were 193 fewer residents.

Plymouth County, IA gained 13 residents between 2024 and 2025.

Annual population change, 2001–2025

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What contributes to population change in Plymouth County, IA?

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 Plymouth County, IA, with deaths exceeding births 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, Plymouth County, IA’s population change from immigration was positive with about 10 more people coming from another country directly to Plymouth County, IA than leaving.
  • Domestic migration, moving between counties: Between 2024 to 2025, Plymouth County, IA’s population change from domestic migration was positive with about seven more people coming from any other county in the US.

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

Components of population change from previous year, 2011–2025

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