NE PA Population Growth Factors Population Growth Births, deaths, and migration account for the growth or decline of a region's population. That is, more people are leaving the state than are moving in. The number of births is steady for the past three years and migration out of the state has slowed over the past two years. This turned back to positive in the past year. The charts of regional population changes for the United States show Pennsylvania in the context of the U.S. and its major regions.
Natural growth is steady and net migration from the state is slowing over the past two years.
Natural growth is negative. That is, deaths outnumber births in the resident population. This contrasts sharply with the state as a whole and is due to the fact that Northeastern Pennsylvania has an aging population.