Estimates: Few Ohio counties had population growth

CINCINNATI (AP) — Less than a quarter of Ohio’s 88 counties have had population increases since the 2010 census, and some of those that have seen increases have been helped by immigrants and births exceeding deaths, according to new U.S. Census estimates.

Demographic and economic analysts say the new estimates indicate that a longtime trend of migration from the nation’s Midwest and Northeast to the South and West doesn’t appear to be changing, The Cincinnati Enquirer reported.

However, census estimates show Warren, Butler and Clermont counties in southwest Ohio are among 19 Ohio counties that have had population increases since the 2010 Census.