Some are up, some are down.
The population of Humboldt is one municipality whose population is up, according to the Saskatchewan Ministry of Health Covered Population numbers.
The Covered Population 2012 report, published annually by the Ministry of Health, is a count of all persons who held Saskatchewan health coverage on June 30 of 2012.
It's not a census, since it only counts persons who are registered for provincial health coverage and not every person who may have been a resident in Saskatchewan on June 30, but it gives an indication of which communities seem to be experiencing growth, or lack of it.
All residents of Saskatchewan are included in the covered population numbers except members of the Canadian Forces, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and inmates of federal prisons. People not yet meeting the residency requirement for health coverage - they have to be here three months in order to be covered - are also not included.
Still included in the numbers, however, are Saskatchewan residents who have moved elsewhere and remained eligible for health coverage during that time. And in the case of death, people who had coverage any time in June are included.
The numbers include every person, from babies under a year old to those over 95.
The population of the City of Humboldt was one of those within this trading region to see an increase in population - from 6,526 in 2011 to 6,644 (3,290 males and 3,354 females) in 2012. That's an increase of about two per cent from last year.
That's a far cry from the nine per cent it rose between 2010 and 2011, but it's still an increase.
The age group with the largest population is the 45 to 49 group, which numbers 476. Close behind is the 50 to 54 age group with 440, and then the 25 to 29 group with 422.
And there are 23 in the region over the age of 95.
Saskatoon's population also rose from 232,780 to 236,512, according to this report.
But unlike last year, when populations of most of the municipalities in the Humboldt area noted increases in the Covered Population report, 2012's report is a mixed bag.
Eighteen municipalities other than Humboldt in this area recorded increases in population, or stayed exactly the same in 2012. However, 29 municipalities saw their populations decrease, according to this report.
Those local municipalities reported to have seen increases in population include:
RM of St. Peter - 257 (up from 247 in 2011);
Lake Lenore - 490 (up from 486);
Muenster - 603 (up from 593);
RM of Humboldt - 349 (up from 325);
RM of Three Lakes - 176 (up from 164);
Middle Lake - 483 (at level with 2011);
St. Benedict - 151 (up from 147);
Nokomis - 473 (up from 458);
Wynyard - 2,100 (up from 2,054);
Dafoe - 22 (up from 19);
RM of Prairie Rose - 121 (up from 115);
Lanigan - 1,626 (up from 1,609);
Resort Village of Manitou Beach - 230 (up from 187);
Plunkett - 84 (up from 80);
Meacham - 160 (up from 134);
RM of Blucher - 462 (up from 385);
RM of Spalding - 173 (up from 172);
St. Brieux - 791 (up from 767).
According to this report, those municipalities that have seen drops in population include Annaheim, Englefeld, St. Gregor, Cudworth, Bruno, LeRoy, Pilger, Watson and the RMs of Lake Lenore, and LeRoy - all municipalities that had seen increases in 2011.
Annaheim - 391 (down from 407).
Englefeld - 357 (down from 383).
St. Gregor - 233 (down from 252).
RM of Bayne - 384 (down from 403).
Bruno - 686 (down from 736).
RM of Lake Lenore - 179 (down from 185).
Pilger - 162 (down from 169).
Simpson - 166 (down from 177).
RM of Elfros - 411 (down from 433).
Elfros - 126 (down from 134).
RM of Big Quill - 462 (down from 474).
Jansen - 189 (down from 200).
RM of Usborne - 384 (down from 389).
Drake - 334 (down from 369).
Watrous - 2,095 (down from 2,163).
Young - 400 (down from 429).
Watson - 991 (down from 1,020).
Quill Lake - 769 (down from 775).
RM of LeRoy - 164 (down from 165).
LeRoy - 567 (down from 587).
RM of Wolverine - 375 (down from 387).
RM of Viscount - 309 (down from 310).
Viscount - 308 (down from 313).
RM of Colonsay - 81 (down from 88).
Colonsay - 646 (down from 655).
Allan - 859 (down from 872).
Clavet - 866 (down from 900).
Spalding - 372 (down from 390).
Cudworth - 878 (down from 908).
Overall, the covered population for the Saskatoon Health Region in 2010 was 323,938 - including 161,072 males and 162,866 females.
The largest age group of males at 13,316 is the 25 to 29 range, and the same goes for females, who number 12,965 in that range.
Those over 95 in the region include 160 men and 586 women, but the male babies under a year outnumber the females 2,144 to 2,019.
