Broome County vs. New York
Comparative Trends Analysis:
Population Growth and Change, 1969-2022
Introduction
Broome County vs. New York
Broome County:
2022 Population = 197,117
2022 Percent of State = 1.00%
New York:
2022 Population = 19,677,151
2022 Percent of U.S. = 5.90%
Attracting and retaining people to live, work, raise a family, and retire underlies the economic vitality of any region. Population growth is both a cause--and a consequence--of economic growth. Patterns of population growth and change reflect differences among regions to attract and retain people both as producers and consumers in their economy.
The following graphs offer a broad overview of trends in the pattern of population growth and change of Broome County with comparisons to New York and the nation at large. This analysis features alternative approaches toward discussing, diagnosing and comparing Broome County vs. New York's population growth over 1969-2022. The data used are those compiled by the Regional Income and Product Divisions of the Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce.
Population, 1969-2022
Population, 1969-2022
Figure 1.
Figure 1 traces Broome County's annual population for the period 1969-2022 to illustrate population patterns over time. During this 54-year period, Broome County's population dropped from 222,021 in 1969 to 197,117 in 2022, for a net loss of -24,904, or -11.22%.
NOTE: The county and state population totals reported by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) are from the Bureau of Census midyear (July 1) estimates. These estimates may differ from those prepared independently in some states by various agencies and/or universities.
Population, 1969-2022
Population, 1969-2022
Figure 2.
Figure 2 traces New York's annual population for the period 1969-2022 to illustrate population patterns over time. During this 54-year period, New York's population rose from 18,105,000 in 1969 to 19,677,151 in 2022, for a net gain of 1,572,151, or 8.68%.
NOTE: The county and state population totals reported by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) are from the Bureau of Census midyear (July 1) estimates. These estimates may differ from those prepared independently in some states by various agencies and/or universities.
Population Indices (1969=100): 1969-2022
Population Indices (1969=100): 1969-2022
Figure 3.
Figure 3 portrays Broome County's population growth in a broader context by offering direct comparisons across time with New York, the United States. The growth indices shown here express each region's population in 1969 as a base figure of 100, and the populations in later years as a percentage of the 1969 base figure. This method allows for more direct comparison of differences in population growth between regions that may differ vastly in size.
Broome County's overall population growth was -11.22% over 1969-2022 trailed New York's increase of 8.68%, and fell below the United States' increase of 65.57%.
Population as a Percent of the New York Total: 1969-2022
Population as a Percent of the New York Total: 1969-2022
Figure 4.
Another interesting and insightful way of comparing the population growth of Broome County is to trace its individual percentage contributions to New York's statewide population over time, as shown in Figure 4. A rising share means a region's population grew faster, or declined less, than New York's population, while a declining share shows it grew more slowly.
In 1969, Broome County's population totaled 1.23% of New York's population, while in 2022 it comprised 1.00% thereby yielding a -0.22% share-shift.
   
 
Population Share-Shift
2022 vs. 1969
 
Share-
Shift*
 
2022
vs.
1969
-0.22%
=
1.00%
-
1.23%
 
   
Broome County Population:
Annual Percent Change, 1970-2022
Broome County Population:
Annual Percent Change, 1970-2022
Figure 5.
Figure 5 highlights the short-run pattern of Broome County's population growth by tracking the year-to-year percent change over 1970-2022. The average annual percent change for the entire 53-year period is also traced on this chart to provide a benchmark for gauging periods of relative high--and relative low--growth against the backdrop of the long-term average.
On average, Broome County's population contracted at an annual rate of -0.22% over 1970-2022. The county recorded its highest growth in 1975 (0.92%) and posted its lowest growth in 1995 (-1.59%). In 2022, Broome County's population declined by -0.80%
Broome County Population:
Annual Percent Change and Decade Averages Over 1970-2022
Broome County Population:
Annual Percent Change and Decade Averages Over 1970-2022
Figure 6.
Over the past five decades some counties have experienced extreme swings in growth, and often such swings have tended to coincide with the decades themselves. Figure 6 again depicts the annual percent change in Broome County's population since 1970, but this time they are overlayed with average growth rates for the decade of the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, and 2020-2022.
During the 1970s, Broome County's annual population growth rate averaged -0.22%. It averaged -0.22% during the 1980s, -0.55% during the 1990s, 0.00% during the 2000s, -0.10% in the 2010s, -0.29% thus far this decade (2020-2022).
Population Growth:
Average Annual Percent Change by Decade
Population Growth:
Average Annual Percent Change by Decade
Figure 7.
Figure 7 compares the decade average growth rates for Broome County noted in the previous graph with the corresponding decade averages for New York and the nation. As the chart reveals, Broome County's average annual population growth exceeded New York's average in the 1970s (-0.22% vs. -0.26%), recorded under New York's average during the 1980s (-0.22% vs. 0.20%), fell below New York's average throughout the 1990s (-0.55% vs. 0.49%), fell below New York's average throughout the 2000s (0.00% vs. 0.22%), posted below New York's average throughout the 2010s (-0.10% vs. 0.46%), and outgained New York's average over the 3 year period of the current decade, 2020-2022 (-0.29% vs. -0.91%).
Finally, relative to nationwide population growth trends, Broome County fell under the nation over the 1970s (-0.22% vs. 1.10%), trailed the nation throughout the 1980s (-0.22% vs. 0.95%), recorded underneath the nation throughout the 1990s (-0.55% vs. 1.23%), trailed the nation throughout the 2000s (0.00% vs. 0.95%), posted below the nation in the 2010s (-0.10% vs. 0.74%), and recorded underneath the nation over 2020-2022 (-0.29% vs. 0.31%).
   
 
Population Growth:
Average Annual Percent Change
 
 
 
-0.22
-0.22
-0.22
-0.55
0.00
-0.10
-0.29
-0.80
 
0.16
-0.26
0.20
0.49
0.22
0.46
-0.91
-0.91
 
0.96
1.10
0.95
1.23
0.95
0.74
0.31
0.38
 
   

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Broome County:
Population, 1969-2022
 
1969
 
222,021
100.0
N
1.23
1970
 
222,098
100.0
0.03
1.22
1971
 
223,043
100.5
0.43
1.21
1972
 
219,753
99.0
-1.48
1.20
1973
 
219,714
99.0
-0.02
1.21
1974
 
218,027
98.2
-0.77
1.21
1975
 
220,038
99.1
0.92
1.22
1976
 
219,795
99.0
-0.11
1.22
1977
 
219,098
98.7
-0.32
1.23
1978
 
217,848
98.1
-0.57
1.23
1979
 
217,081
97.8
-0.35
1.23
1980
 
213,708
96.3
-1.55
1.22
1981
 
213,544
96.2
-0.08
1.22
1982
 
213,903
96.3
0.17
1.22
1983
 
213,413
96.1
-0.23
1.21
1984
 
213,060
96.0
-0.17
1.20
1985
 
213,846
96.3
0.37
1.20
1986
 
212,792
95.8
-0.49
1.19
1987
 
211,283
95.2
-0.71
1.18
1988
 
211,984
95.5
0.33
1.18
1989
 
212,406
95.7
0.20
1.18
1990
 
212,252
95.6
-0.07
1.18
1991
 
212,820
95.9
0.27
1.17
1992
 
213,460
96.1
0.30
1.17
1993
 
212,756
95.8
-0.33
1.16
1994
 
210,823
95.0
-0.91
1.14
1995
 
207,478
93.4
-1.59
1.12
1996
 
204,415
92.1
-1.48
1.10
1997
 
202,053
91.0
-1.16
1.08
1998
 
201,072
90.6
-0.49
1.07
1999
 
200,881
90.5
-0.09
1.06
2000
 
200,351
90.2
-0.26
1.05
2001
 
200,868
90.5
0.26
1.05
2002
 
201,438
90.7
0.28
1.05
2003
 
201,037
90.5
-0.20
1.05
2004
 
200,974
90.5
-0.03
1.05
2005
 
200,477
90.3
-0.25
1.05
2006
 
200,905
90.5
0.21
1.05
2007
 
200,877
90.5
-0.01
1.05
2008
 
201,029
90.5
0.08
1.05
2009
 
200,935
90.5
-0.05
1.04
2010
 
200,702
90.4
-0.12
1.03
2011
 
200,503
90.3
-0.10
1.02
2012
 
200,729
90.4
0.11
1.02
2013
 
200,889
90.5
0.08
1.01
2014
 
201,122
90.6
0.12
1.01
2015
 
200,678
90.4
-0.22
1.00
2016
 
200,135
90.1
-0.27
0.99
2017
 
199,675
89.9
-0.23
0.99
2018
 
199,508
89.9
-0.08
0.99
2019
 
198,862
89.6
-0.32
0.98
2020
 
198,126
89.2
-0.37
0.99
2021
 
198,703
89.5
0.29
1.00
2022
 
197,117
88.8
-0.80
1.00
Source: Calculations by the New York Regional Economic Analysis Project (NY-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
November 2023
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New York:
Population, 1969-2022
 
1969
 
18,105,000
100.0
N
8.99
1970
 
18,271,605
100.9
0.92
8.97
1971
 
18,364,865
101.4
0.51
8.88
1972
 
18,351,767
101.4
-0.07
8.77
1973
 
18,194,767
100.5
-0.86
8.61
1974
 
18,072,768
99.8
-0.67
8.47
1975
 
18,032,254
99.6
-0.22
8.37
1976
 
17,974,654
99.3
-0.32
8.26
1977
 
17,851,507
98.6
-0.69
8.12
1978
 
17,720,421
97.9
-0.73
7.98
1979
 
17,633,646
97.4
-0.49
7.85
1980
 
17,566,754
97.0
-0.38
7.73
1981
 
17,567,731
97.0
0.01
7.66
1982
 
17,589,737
97.2
0.13
7.59
1983
 
17,686,907
97.7
0.55
7.57
1984
 
17,745,676
98.0
0.33
7.52
1985
 
17,791,678
98.3
0.26
7.48
1986
 
17,833,421
98.5
0.23
7.43
1987
 
17,868,844
98.7
0.20
7.38
1988
 
17,941,309
99.1
0.41
7.34
1989
 
17,983,084
99.3
0.23
7.29
1990
 
18,020,784
99.5
0.21
7.22
1991
 
18,122,510
100.1
0.56
7.16
1992
 
18,246,653
100.8
0.69
7.11
1993
 
18,374,954
101.5
0.70
7.07
1994
 
18,459,470
102.0
0.46
7.02
1995
 
18,524,104
102.3
0.35
6.96
1996
 
18,588,460
102.7
0.35
6.90
1997
 
18,656,546
103.0
0.37
6.84
1998
 
18,755,906
103.6
0.53
6.80
1999
 
18,882,725
104.3
0.68
6.77
2000
 
19,001,780
105.0
0.63
6.73
2001
 
19,082,838
105.4
0.43
6.70
2002
 
19,137,800
105.7
0.29
6.65
2003
 
19,175,939
105.9
0.20
6.61
2004
 
19,171,567
105.9
-0.02
6.55
2005
 
19,132,610
105.7
-0.20
6.47
2006
 
19,104,631
105.5
-0.15
6.40
2007
 
19,132,335
105.7
0.15
6.35
2008
 
19,212,436
106.1
0.42
6.32
2009
 
19,307,066
106.6
0.49
6.29
2010
 
19,419,964
107.3
0.58
6.28
2011
 
19,600,908
108.3
0.93
6.29
2012
 
19,757,479
109.1
0.80
6.29
2013
 
19,892,169
109.9
0.68
6.28
2014
 
20,002,008
110.5
0.55
6.26
2015
 
20,088,855
111.0
0.43
6.24
2016
 
20,150,838
111.3
0.31
6.21
2017
 
20,190,489
111.5
0.20
6.18
2018
 
20,222,664
111.7
0.16
6.16
2019
 
20,222,325
111.7
0.00
6.12
2020
 
20,108,296
111.1
-0.56
6.07
2021
 
19,857,492
109.7
-1.25
5.98
2022
 
19,677,151
108.7
-0.91
5.90
Source: Calculations by the New York Regional Economic Analysis Project (NY-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
November 2023
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United States:
Population, 1969-2022
 
1969
 
201,298,000
100.0
N
1970
 
203,798,722
101.2
1.24
1971
 
206,817,509
102.7
1.48
1972
 
209,274,882
104.0
1.19
1973
 
211,349,205
105.0
0.99
1974
 
213,333,635
106.0
0.94
1975
 
215,456,585
107.0
1.00
1976
 
217,553,859
108.1
0.97
1977
 
219,760,875
109.2
1.01
1978
 
222,098,244
110.3
1.06
1979
 
224,568,579
111.6
1.11
1980
 
227,224,719
112.9
1.18
1981
 
229,465,744
114.0
0.99
1982
 
231,664,432
115.1
0.96
1983
 
233,792,014
116.1
0.92
1984
 
235,824,907
117.2
0.87
1985
 
237,923,734
118.2
0.89
1986
 
240,132,831
119.3
0.93
1987
 
242,288,936
120.4
0.90
1988
 
244,499,004
121.5
0.91
1989
 
246,819,222
122.6
0.95
1990
 
249,622,814
124.0
1.14
1991
 
252,980,941
125.7
1.35
1992
 
256,514,224
127.4
1.40
1993
 
259,918,588
129.1
1.33
1994
 
263,125,821
130.7
1.23
1995
 
266,278,393
132.3
1.20
1996
 
269,394,284
133.8
1.17
1997
 
272,646,925
135.4
1.21
1998
 
275,854,104
137.0
1.18
1999
 
279,040,168
138.6
1.15
2000
 
282,162,411
140.2
1.12
2001
 
284,968,955
141.6
0.99
2002
 
287,625,193
142.9
0.93
2003
 
290,107,933
144.1
0.86
2004
 
292,805,298
145.5
0.93
2005
 
295,516,599
146.8
0.93
2006
 
298,379,912
148.2
0.97
2007
 
301,231,207
149.6
0.96
2008
 
304,093,966
151.1
0.95
2009
 
306,771,529
152.4
0.88
2010
 
309,378,433
153.7
0.85
2011
 
311,841,632
154.9
0.80
2012
 
314,344,331
156.2
0.80
2013
 
316,735,375
157.3
0.76
2014
 
319,270,047
158.6
0.80
2015
 
321,829,327
159.9
0.80
2016
 
324,367,742
161.1
0.79
2017
 
326,623,063
162.3
0.70
2018
 
328,542,157
163.2
0.59
2019
 
330,233,102
164.1
0.51
2020
 
331,511,512
164.7
0.39
2021
 
332,031,554
164.9
0.16
2022
 
333,287,557
165.6
0.38
Source: Calculations by the New York Regional Economic Analysis Project (NY-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
November 2023
REAP_PI_CA1400_100_PN
 
   
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