Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area Immigration

Population

The Albany-Schenectady-Troy Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/ increased from 746,660 in 1970 to 870,716 in 2010. That was an increase of 16.6 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 38,743 in 1970 to 57,407 in 2010. That was an increase of 48.2 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 5.2 percent to 6.6 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 14.9 percent.

	Albany NY 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. Natural change (B-D) was the major factor in overall population increase in the first two periods, and NIM was 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, net immigration (NIM) was the primary factor in overall population increase in the two most recent periods.

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

		B-D	NDM	NIM						B-D	NDM	NIM	
	90-'99	79.0%	neg.	21.0%					90-'99	60.9%	neg.	39.1%
	00-'09	48.5%	23.0%	28.4%					00-'09	23.3%	23.0%	53.6%
	10-'14	39.2%	neg.	60.8%					10-'14	13.5%	neg.	86.5%

1/ Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, and Schoharie counties.

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