Gettysburg, PA Metro Area Immigration

Population

The Gettysburg Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/ increased from 57,273 in 1970 to 100,839 in 2010. That was an increase of 76.1 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 3,130 in 2000 to 4,027 in 2010. That was an increase of 28.7 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 3.4 percent to 4.0 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 9.8 percent from 2000 to 2010.

	Gettysburg MSA: Population  1970-2010

Sources of Population Change

The primary sources of population change are:

Natural Change [Births minus Deaths or B-D];
Net Domestic Migration [NDM - movement between states]; and
Net International Migration [NIM - movement into and out of the country].
There is also a residual "other" amount that isn't placed in one of those three categories.

The first chart below shows the three population change factors for three periods adjusted for annual average amounts. Domestic migration (NDM) was the major factor adding population in the first two periods, replaced by B-D in the latest period.

The second chart shows the same data but with an adjustment to reflect births to immigrants shifted to NIM. In it, NDM remained the primary factor adding population in the first two periods, and NIM teplaced NDM as the main source of added population in the latest period.

	Gettysburg MSA: Sources of Population Change 1990-2014 	Gettysburg MSA: Sources of Population Change (Adjusted) 1990-2014

		B-D	 NDM	 NIM						 B-D	 NDM	 NIM	
	90-'99	25.3%	69.4%	 5.3%					90-'99	 22.5%	69.4%	 8.1%
	00-'09	15.7%	69.5%	14.8%					00-'09	 10.3%	69.5%	20.2%
	10-'14	56.8%	 neg.	43.2%					10-'14	 15.5%	 neg.	84.5%

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