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Components of Population Change

2000 - 2007

Chart: Components of Population Change, 2000 to 2005

  • The natural increase in population — births less deaths -- has accounted for about 42 percent of the state's growth since 2000.
  • Net migration - people moving in less people moving out - has accounted for about 58 percent of Washington's population growth since 2000.

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Last modified: October 30, 2007
E-mail: OFM.Forecasting@ofm.wa.gov
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