Population

Is population growing or shrinking?

Updated annually
It shrank by 660 between 2023 and 2024. Changes in population reflect birth and death rates, immigration patterns, regional shifts, and even the overall health of the economy. Potter County, TX’s 0.57% annual decrease was primarily driven by people moving to other states.
In the decade between 2014 and 2024, Potter County, TX’s population shrank by 6%.

-660

population change (2023 to 2024)

-0.57%

percent change in population (2023 to 2024)
Since 2000, Potter County, TX’s population increased 13 out of 24 years. The largest increase occurred between 2002 and 2003, when Potter County, TX gained 1,800 residents. Its largest decline occurred between 2020 and 2021 when there were 1,800 fewer residents.

Potter County, TX lost 660 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 Potter County, TX, with births exceeding deaths by 281.
  • 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, Potter County, TX’s population change from immigration was positive with about 995 more people coming from another country directly to Potter County, TX than leaving.
  • Domestic migration, moving between counties: Between 2023 to 2024, Potter County, TX’s population change from domestic migration was negative with about 1,900 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 Potter County, TX.

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