Akron, OH Metro Area Immigration

Population

The Akron Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/ increased from 679,239 in 1970 to 703,200 in 2010. That was an increase of 3.5 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 24,013 in 1970 to 27,833 in 2010. That was an increase of 15.9 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 3.5 percent to 4.0 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 3.1 percent.

	Akron MSA: Population  1960-2010
	

Sources of Population Change

The primary sources of population change are:

The first chart below shows the three population change factors for three periods adjusted for annual average amounts. Domestic migration (NDM) was consistently negative and B-D accounted for a majority of the population increase for the first two periods while NIM was the largest factor in the most recent period.

The second chart shows the same data but with an adjustment to reflect births to immigrants shifted to NIM. In it, the relative position of the three factors remained unchanged.

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

		B-D	NDM	 NIM						B-D	NDM	NIM	
	90-'99	91.3%	 neg.	 8.7%					90-'99	79.6%	 neg.	20.4%
	00-'09	75.1%	 neg.	24.9%					00-'09	55.8%	 neg.	44.2%
	10-'14	40.9%	 neg.	59.1%					10-'14	13.7%	 neg.	86.3%	

1/ Portage and Summit counties


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