Population

Is population growing or shrinking?

Updated annually
It shrank by 67 between 2023 and 2024. Changes in population reflect birth and death rates, immigration patterns, regional shifts, and even the overall health of the economy. Schleicher County, TX’s 2.8% annual decrease was primarily driven by people moving to other states.
In the decade between 2014 and 2024, Schleicher County, TX’s population shrank by 27.2%.

-67

population change (2023 to 2024)

-2.8%

percent change in population (2023 to 2024)
Since 2000, Schleicher County, TX’s population increased 6 out of 24 years. The largest increase occurred between 2009 and 2010, when Schleicher County, TX gained 792 residents. Its largest decline occurred between 2019 and 2020 when there were 358 fewer residents.

Schleicher County, TX lost 67 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 Schleicher County, TX, with deaths exceeding births by 12.
  • 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, Schleicher County, TX’s population change from immigration was positive with about zero more people coming from another country directly to Schleicher County, TX than leaving.
  • Domestic migration, moving between counties: Between 2023 to 2024, Schleicher County, TX’s population change from domestic migration was negative with about 55 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 Schleicher County, TX.

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