Is Shelby County, TX's population growing or shrinking?
Updated annually
It shrank by 66 between 2023 and 2024. Changes in population reflect birth and death rates, immigration patterns, regional shifts, and even the overall health of the economy. Shelby County, TX’s 0.27% annual decrease was primarily driven by people moving to other states.
In the decade between 2014 and 2024, Shelby County, TX’s population shrank by 5.5%.
-66
population change (2023 to 2024)
-0.27%
percent change in population (2023 to 2024)
Since 2000, Shelby County, TX’s population increased 15 out of 24 years. The largest increase occurred between 2002 and 2003, when Shelby County, TX gained 388 residents. Its largest decline occurred between 2009 and 2010 when there were 1,300 fewer residents.
Shelby County, TX lost 66 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 Shelby County, TX, with deaths exceeding births by nine.
- 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, Shelby County, TX’s population change from immigration was negative with about 12 more people leaving for another country directly from Shelby County, TX than coming.
- Domestic migration, moving between counties: Between 2023 to 2024, Shelby County, TX’s population change from domestic migration was negative with about 45 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 Shelby County, TX.
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